Married couple Cal and Michelle Harris were living separate lives under the same roof as their divorce proceedings began in 2001.

When Michelle didn't return from work one September night, it was assumed that she'd stayed with friends or with her boyfriend.

But when her van was found at the edge of their property, the police focused on the It was assumed that she'd stayed with friends or with her boyfriend.

But when her van was found at the edge of their property,

the police focused on her estranged husband,

developing circumstantial evidence, as well as what appears to have been total fabrications

while dragging Cal Harris through four trials over the course of 15 years.

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Welcome back to Rolful Conviction, where we're heading to Tioga County, New York, where our

guests today, Cal Harris, worked for his family's

auto dealership business while raising his four kids until it was all derailed, first by marital

troubles, followed by the disappearance of his estranged wife, Michelle. Cal, I'm sorry you're here

because of what you've gone through, but I'm very happy and honored to have you with us. Welcome.

Yeah, thank you.

And to help him tell this story, we're joined by two of his attorneys from Barquette Epstein, Aida Lisenring and Bruce Barquette.

Thanks for having us.

I'm very happy to be here.

So, Cal, we've got a lot of ground to cover. Let's rewind all the way back to where you grew up, the family, the auto business. And then, of course, we'll turn to the tale of you and Michelle. I grew up in the Binghamton area, about an hour north of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and about an hour south of Syracuse, New York. My father

started the business back in 1967 with a small Ford dealership in a Wigo, New York. And when my

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