Peggy Anne Sweeten was 51 when she vanished from her home in Grove, Oklahoma, in January 1998. Her husband, James Sweeten, said he last saw her on January 17, 1998, returning from a conference to find a typed note and her rings left behind; their son Patrick disputes that story, saying Peggy was not computer literate and would not have been emailing someone. All of Peggy’s personal effects, including her car, clothes and sentimental items, remained at the house.

Family and timeline questions have shadowed the case. James did not tell his son Peggy was missing until March 1998, and a formal missing persons report was not filed until June at Patrick’s urging. The alleged note had disappeared by then. James filed for divorce three weeks after Peggy’s disappearance, the divorce was finalized in April 1998, and he later acknowledged an affair. Law enforcement later named James a person of interest; searches of the property and nearby Grand Lake have been carried out, including recovery of a deteriorated 55-gallon barrel in 2023 that did not contain human remains.

No cause for Peggy’s disappearance has been established and she has not been found. Did anyone in the Grove area have contact with Peggy in late 1997 or early 1998 who might help fill in the timeline?