SHerrie
Wife: Sherrie, 34
Location: Honey Grove, Texas
Missing Husband: JM, 36
Disappeared: May 2013
Relationship Length: Approximately 4 years
Relationship Background / First Love
Sherrie met JM in 2009 through a mutual friend when she was 18 years old, freshly out of high school. They were indeed High School sweet hearts who feel hard for one another.
Their love was intense and consuming. Within months, they started living together.
For two years, they built a life side by side before marrying on July 25, 2011.
They were a happy, albeit young couple, who were starting out in life. They never had any children.
Marriage and the Breaking Point
Sadly, their happy life took a major turn when JM’s mother was suddenly and tragically killed in a car accident. The loss was devastating for JM. As a result, JM and Sherrie moved from Texas to Arkansas to live with his father, a decision Sherrie believes was deeply damaging to both their relationship and their future.
Sherrie felt that her father in law never liked her and, over time, began to poison JM against her and their marriage. She believes he constantly pointed out her faults, manipulated JM’s perception of their relationship, and encouraged him to leave her. She even overheard JM’s father telling him he would be better off without her and offering to pay for a divorce. Ultimately, JM gave in to his father’s wishes.
Their divorce was finalized in June 2012. Sherrie was heartbroken, but she believed the pressure from his father influenced his decision more than his true feelings did.
Reconnection and Hope
Less than a year later, no longer living with his father, JM reached out. He told Sherrie he had changed his mind and admitted that he missed her. They began talking again, cautiously at first, rebuilding a friendship before slowly reconciling and learning how to be a couple once more.
They officially got back together right before Valentine’s Day in 2013.
Soon after, they moved into a hotel in the small town of Sherman, Texas, while they searched for permanent housing. It was meant to be temporary, a place outside of his father’s home where they could regroup and focus on one another. They saw it as a reset, a neutral space where they could rebuild their foundation while looking for a home where they could truly establish roots and begin again.
Sherrie allowed herself to believe in their relationship once more. For her, this felt like a genuine fresh start.
Disappearance
On May 19, 2013, at around 4:00 pm, the hotel manager asked Sherrie to come downstairs for a brief conversation. She was gone for only five minutes, but when she returned, JM was gone.
His phone was still on the bed. His clothes were still hanging in the closet. Most alarming of all, his medication, which he depended on for a medical condition, had been left untouched. Sherrie is certain he would not have left without it.
He had also left his cell phone behind, making it impossible for her to contact or track him.
When Sherrie asked other guests if they had seen her husband, she received conflicting accounts about which direction he had gone. Some said he walked down the road, while others claimed he headed into the wooded area behind the hotel. None of it made sense.
By 10:00 pm, terrified for his health and safety, Sherrie filed a missing persons report with the local police.
In the days and weeks that followed, authorities were unable to uncover any clues or provide any answers.
Aftermath & Searching For Answers
Sherrie reached out to his father, the closest family member to JM, hoping for reassurance that he was safe and for some kind of explanation. He gave her nothing. He offered no confirmation, did not deny anything, and ultimately refused to speak with her. There was only silence.
She contacted his friends, but they either did not respond or claimed they knew nothing. His social media accounts went dark, and there was no activity or response from him online.
Sherrie began to wonder whether his father had helped him leave, encouraging him to abandon everything and start over somewhere else.
Thirteen years later, she still does not know whether JM walked away by choice, whether something happened to him, or whether his disappearance had been planned in advance. She continues to question whether his father played a role in it.
The police were never able to uncover any information.
Living With the Trauma
Sherrie carries a constant fear of abandonment and the lingering anxiety that someone she loves could disappear without warning. He was her first love and her husband.
She describes the experience as trauma that has never fully resolved. It all comes back to a five minute window that continues to echo through her life.
She believes it is possible that he is with his family, specifically his father in Arkansas, but she has no evidence to support that belief.
Life Now
Sherrie now lives in Honey Grove, Texas, with her sister, who has been her anchor throughout the ordeal and a steady source of support in her life.
She is also the mother of a five year old son from a different relationship and spends much of her time focused on co parenting with his father.
Although she has built a stable and grounded life, JM’s disappearance continues to haunt her.
Why She Needs Answers Now
Sherrie does not necessarily want reconciliation, although she is open to it. More than anything, she wants to find him to learn whether he is alive and whether something happened to him. She wants to believe that he is okay, and chances are that he is, but the not knowing has been devastating for her.
She wants to understand how someone can vanish in less time than it takes to walk downstairs and back, leaving behind the medication that kept him alive.
For Sherrie, finding that answer would mean finally releasing the fear that someone can love you one minute and disappear the next.
Over the years, Sherrie has made significant progress in healing from the trauma of his disappearance. Close friends worry that reopening the investigation could trigger painful memories and emotions for her and might ultimately do more harm than good.