On Tuesday April 28th, 1987, Larry Sarnhat contacted Terry to set up an interview.

Unlike the way Terry had acted toward Elkhart cops, Terry was polite to Larry and not at all

hesitant to chat.

He said that Ed had given him a heads up that his brother-in-law would be looking into Ada's disappearance, sort of in a private

investigator capacity.

And Terry told Larry that he would help him if he could.

So the two of them arranged to meet that evening at Terry's shop.

This is episode 9. He said what?

Terry didn't waste any time on small talk once Larry arrived at his store that night. He jumped right in with

more commentary on the paternity of Ed and Ada's younger son Jeff. Despite wavering

with local police in the past saying it was something he just suspected, oh not really,

kind of, but yes he was never told that outright.

This time Terry's story was that Ed had confided in him that Jeff wasn't his son. He said that Ada's

unexpected pregnancy left Ed distraught. But Terry couldn't say for sure if Ed's distress was

because Jeff wasn't his or because he simply

didn't want another child. Terry said when he visited them in the hospital after

Jeff was born he jokingly asked Ed who the baby resembled, which Ed didn't find funny at all.

And after that Terry said he didn't give the matter a second thought, until Ada went

missing. But he told Larry that Ed now denied ever questioning Jeff's

paternity so Terry didn't push him on it. To Larry, Terry painted a picture of

Ada as a sincere hard-working woman who wasn't overly complicated.

He said she'd been a huge support to him during his divorce from his first wife.

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