Woman in Secret Affair With Married Colleague Vanishes
Patti Adkins is presumed dead but her body has never been found.
Between being a single mother and a full-time job at a Honda factory in Marysville, Ohio, 29-year-old Patti Adkins had little time for romance. However, she wouldn’t have to look far. A year before she went missing, she became enamored with a married co-worker and began an illicit affair.
Patti adored her 7-year-old daughter Michaley. She shared custody with her ex-husband and dropped her off at his house every Friday for the weekend.
On Friday, June 29, 2001, Patti dropped her daughter off for the last time.
A Secret Love Affair
Patti told her sister Marcia about her secret love affair with her colleague; how much she adored him and his promise to leave his wife and children for her. He said they would start a new life together and have children of their own. Patty told Marcia there was only one reason he hadn’t filed for divorce; he and his brother-in-law owned a business together and he wanted to buy him out before the divorce in fear of retaliation.
He asked Patti to loan him the money, and since she thought she was investing in their future together, she agreed. Patti took out a second mortgage on her…
