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Authors: Mike Riley
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For a long time her other children refused to come home from school before Gloria was home from work. Unable to afford to move, they continued to live in the house where the murder took place.
Gloria legally adopted Emily. The child who had been her granddaughter became her own daughter, and she became a sister rather than niece to Weidner’s siblings. The now grown Emily refers to Gloria as her mom and her aunts and uncle as her brother and sisters.
The family made sure Emily knew her mother growing up, keeping her memory alive with stories. Emily herself has no memories of her mother.
Emily has noticed a difference in the family since Weidner’s death. Watching family home movies, she could see a time where everyone was happy at her first and second birthday parties, and after that they didn’t seem as happy again.
Detective Carter was offered a position on the homicide squad, but he chose to remain in his current position. On his own time, he is now investigating other cold cases in Indianapolis.
The Truth Hidden For 25 Years
Victim: Martha Jean Lambert
Location: Elkton, Florida
Suspect: David Lambert
Date of Crime: November 27, 1985
Date Identified: 2010
Backstory:
Martha Jean Lambert was twelve years old, and lived in Elkton, Florida. She’d grown up with a difficult home life. Both she and her two older brothers had previously suffered child abuse and been placed in foster care. One of her brothers had also run away from home in the past, and both brothers had previous brushes with the law.
Lambert was in seventh grade at her junior high school. She was blonde and 4’5” tall. Her brother David Lambert has said that despite her small size, she was extremely feisty. Other extended family members however recall her as shy. She was good at school, and always wore a smile, according to their recollections.
Her neighbors said that she was a girl who was friendly, but was always dirty. They recalled screaming and abuse at home, and thought her family was “odd”. There was a large age gap between her father, who was seventy-four, and her mother, who was just thirty-three. Her father was an alcoholic, and her neighbors also thought her brothers were “a bit strange”. They were however fond of Lambert herself, despite their thoughts about her family.
On The Day In Question:
On November 27, 1985, Lambert was having dinner with her brother, according to his report to investigators. After they’d eaten, she told him she was going out, but refused to disclose her destination.
A witness reported seeing her walking west along a road named Kerri-Lynn Road in St. Augustine, Florida. She was wearing a two-piece bathing suit. The temperature that day was average for the time of year, neither too hot nor too cold.
That would be the last time anyone saw Lambert alive.
Investigation:
As the last family member to see her alive, her brother David Lambert (then fourteen), was questioned extensively by police, but he was never arrested or charged with anything having to do with her disappearance. Thanksgiving was the next day, and he told police that Lambert had wanted to get out of the house to escape her father. He had been yelling over their burned turkey.
Her mother was insistent that Lambert would not have run away, or gotten into a friend’s car without permission. Friends and police searched the area and backwoods for days, but nothing was ever found.
Neighbors told investigators that Lambert knew them all, and would have felt comfortable running to any one of their homes should she have felt threatened, or if someone was following her.
A neighbor told investigators that she saw a green van with two men inside roaming around the neighborhood around the time of Lambert’s disappearance.
Soon after Lambert disappeared, her mother received an anonymous phone call. A girl’s voice told her “Mom, I’m OK”, but her mother does not believe
Gloria legally adopted Emily. The child who had been her granddaughter became her own daughter, and she became a sister rather than niece to Weidner’s siblings. The now grown Emily refers to Gloria as her mom and her aunts and uncle as her brother and sisters.
The family made sure Emily knew her mother growing up, keeping her memory alive with stories. Emily herself has no memories of her mother.
Emily has noticed a difference in the family since Weidner’s death. Watching family home movies, she could see a time where everyone was happy at her first and second birthday parties, and after that they didn’t seem as happy again.
Detective Carter was offered a position on the homicide squad, but he chose to remain in his current position. On his own time, he is now investigating other cold cases in Indianapolis.
The Truth Hidden For 25 Years
Victim: Martha Jean Lambert
Location: Elkton, Florida
Suspect: David Lambert
Date of Crime: November 27, 1985
Date Identified: 2010
Backstory:
Martha Jean Lambert was twelve years old, and lived in Elkton, Florida. She’d grown up with a difficult home life. Both she and her two older brothers had previously suffered child abuse and been placed in foster care. One of her brothers had also run away from home in the past, and both brothers had previous brushes with the law.
Lambert was in seventh grade at her junior high school. She was blonde and 4’5” tall. Her brother David Lambert has said that despite her small size, she was extremely feisty. Other extended family members however recall her as shy. She was good at school, and always wore a smile, according to their recollections.
Her neighbors said that she was a girl who was friendly, but was always dirty. They recalled screaming and abuse at home, and thought her family was “odd”. There was a large age gap between her father, who was seventy-four, and her mother, who was just thirty-three. Her father was an alcoholic, and her neighbors also thought her brothers were “a bit strange”. They were however fond of Lambert herself, despite their thoughts about her family.
On The Day In Question:
On November 27, 1985, Lambert was having dinner with her brother, according to his report to investigators. After they’d eaten, she told him she was going out, but refused to disclose her destination.
A witness reported seeing her walking west along a road named Kerri-Lynn Road in St. Augustine, Florida. She was wearing a two-piece bathing suit. The temperature that day was average for the time of year, neither too hot nor too cold.
That would be the last time anyone saw Lambert alive.
Investigation:
As the last family member to see her alive, her brother David Lambert (then fourteen), was questioned extensively by police, but he was never arrested or charged with anything having to do with her disappearance. Thanksgiving was the next day, and he told police that Lambert had wanted to get out of the house to escape her father. He had been yelling over their burned turkey.
Her mother was insistent that Lambert would not have run away, or gotten into a friend’s car without permission. Friends and police searched the area and backwoods for days, but nothing was ever found.
Neighbors told investigators that Lambert knew them all, and would have felt comfortable running to any one of their homes should she have felt threatened, or if someone was following her.
A neighbor told investigators that she saw a green van with two men inside roaming around the neighborhood around the time of Lambert’s disappearance.
Soon after Lambert disappeared, her mother received an anonymous phone call. A girl’s voice told her “Mom, I’m OK”, but her mother does not believe
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