Over Labor Day weekend in 1985, a woman named Deborah went on a

whitewater rafting trip with her husband and some people from an Elkhart-based

kayaking club.

At that point, Ada's disappearance was still big news, so it was only natural that the group

started to talk about it when they stopped at a campsite to rest and cook dinner.

And as they sat around the campfire chatting,

one guy's commentary really stood out.

45-year-old Terry, who was there with his wife.

This guy appeared to know a lot about the situation. He told them he knew the

Herodines well. He was the godfather of their youngest son, Jeff, and he said he

didn't believe Ada would willingly leave the boy behind.

But he said that if anyone had the right to leave, it was Ada.

Sure, on the surface, her family had it all,

like a nice home in a good neighborhood and a lake house.

But the truth was, he said, her in Ed's marriage was far from perfect.

Ed was rarely around, always either working late or out drinking, and Terry thought

Ada would be tempted to have an affair. Actually, Terry claimed she had already

had an affair,

because he said that Ed wasn't Jeff's biological father.

Her mysterious Paramore was.

And although Terry didn't name names,

Deborah got the impression that he knew who the guy was.

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