October 17th, 2011. Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The congregation of Calvary Emerald Coast Church thought that Pastor James Flanders and his wife Tanya invited Marie Carlson to live with them because she had left an abusive relationship and was pregnant. When Marie went missing, investigators learned the truth about their relationship.

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