On October 24th, 1970, the body of 30-year-old Gwendylen-More was discovered in the bottom of a well. She had four children

that she loved more than anything and she proved that love by staying in an

abusive relationship with her children's father and her husband, Marshall.

Through small town secrets father and her husband, Marshall.

Through small town secrets and the What Happens at Home stays at home mentality of the day, only

minimal time was spent trying to find the person responsible.

It was theorized that perhaps Gwendlin chose the well

as an alternative to her abusive marriage.

Her son didn't believe for a second, though,

that his mother left her children intentionally.

In 2006, it's Gwendolin's great niece Leslie that helps reopen her case and

set a true investigation into motion.

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files.

I'm Brooke, and here's the awe-inspiring Bill Curtis

with a classic case, a son remembers.

My grandmother had passed away and I had went with my mom to her house to go through some of her belongings and

pack things and stuff like that. In the spring of 2001, Leslie Power and her mom

sort through a box of family photos and happened upon a picture of a

relative Leslie never knew she had. So we pulled him down and started going

through all the pictures and you know seeing who they were and this was one of the

pictures that was in there

which I found out was a picture Gwenlin we think was probably a school picture.

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