Endgame

In August 1996, Janet March, a devoted mother and talented artist in Nashville, vanished from her dream home after an argument with her husband, attorney Perry March. He claimed she packed bags and drove off in her Volvo for a 12-day vacation, leaving a to-do list he signed. But friends and family insisted Janet would never abandon her children, Sammy and Tzipora ("Zippy"), or miss Sammy's sixth birthday two weeks later. Police launched a missing persons probe that quickly turned into a homicide investigation when her car surfaced abandoned nearby, with no financial trail or signs of travel.

Initial Evidence and Perry's Evasions

Nashville detectives found suspicious gaps early: no note on the family computer (its hard drive missing), Perry replacing his car's tires six days after her disappearance despite no wear, and his refusal to cooperate or consent to interviews. He waited two weeks to report her missing—blaming in-laws Larry and Carolyn Levine, who countered that Perry resisted police involvement, preferring a private investigator. Janet had confided marital troubles to her mother that day, planning a divorce consultation. Searches of the home yielded vacuum bags, fingerprints, and palm prints but no body or direct proof. Perry moved to Chicago with the children, fought the Levines for custody (they won visitation), then fled to Mexico in 1999 with them, joining his