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In all my years of law enforcement, very few times what I say that I've ever dealt with a true social

plan. As Quedans was a conniving type person,

daddy bought the property and then they had it both in both of their names.

She was going to get this property by whatever means possible.

It was late November 1987. Willie, Fred Wilkerson, was a 49-year-old resident of the City of

the Grange, Georgia, about 60 miles southwest of Atlanta. The Grange is called the city,

but it's really more like a small town. The population at the time was fewer than 25,000.

In addition to working as a truck driver, Fred was also chief of the troop county volunteer rescue

squad and a loving father to his son, Tim and daughter, Tracy. But on that late fall day,

the day after Thanksgiving, Fred disappeared. He didn't tell anyone where he was going.

He didn't leave a note. He didn't even take a bag or clothes or his wristwatch.

He just vanished and didn't come back. What happened to Fred became the talk of the town.

Rumors flew. People had suspicions, but the truth remained a mystery for 16 years.

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files, the podcast.

I'm Brooke. And to tell you the story of this classic case, the secret in the well,

here's Bill Curtis. In 1987, Tim Wilkerson is 18 years old. The night his father, Fred,

goes missing. I knew something was wrong, you know, immediately. When I got inside and saw

there was no no or anything. Of course, he was gone. His car was gone. And I thought it was very

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