Faith Nanette Lippe, a 50-year-old nutrition consultant for Ossining schools, was last seen on October 3, 2008, in Cortlandt, New York. Her husband Werner Lippe told police he saw her get into a Jeep with an unidentified person and leave; she did not take her purse or cell phone and left behind most personal belongings, though an expensive pair of earrings worth $10,000 to $15,000 were missing.

Werner’s conduct after Faith vanished—waiting two days to report her missing, driving to Connecticut for lunch and checking on his boat, and disposing of her clothing and health food—attracted attention. In late October 2008 he confessed to a friend, on a recording given to police, saying he struck Faith with a piece of wood, placed her in a 55-gallon oil drum, and burned her remains; he repeated the confession to investigators but later recanted. The burn barrel he described was not found on his property.

Werner Lippe was arrested and tried; the first trial in February 2010 ended in a mistrial, and a later trial in October 2010 resulted in a conviction and a 25-years-to-life sentence. Faith’s body has never been recovered. Does anyone have information about Faith’s last known movements or the missing burn barrel?