Husband reported HIS WIFE MISSING, but the truth shocked everyone! THE GRISLY CASE OF Janet March 

Husband reported HIS WIFE MISSING, but the truth shocked everyone! THE GRISLY CASE OF Janet March 

The story of the disappearance of the renowned children’s book illustrator Janet March, who lived in Nashville of Forest Hills, Tennessee, United States, began on August 29th, 1996. On that day, her husband, lawyer Perry March, reported to the police that he had last seen his wife leaving their shared home on the night of August 15th, 2 weeks prior, after an argument.

 The investigation into this case lasted for a long 10 years and its results shocked both the woman’s relatives and the concerned public. Janet Marchorn Janet Gail Lavine was born in 1963 to Lawrence Lavine and his wife Carolyn. The girl’s father was one of the most prominent lawyers in Nashville, owning his own law firm, Lavine Orin Graasiotti.

 The Lavine family had a high social status and was highly respected, especially in the city’s Jewish community. Janet was the eldest of their children. She grew up as a determined girl, talented in drawing and passionate about art. However, she was also forgetful and absent-minded, constantly running late, giving the impression that she was daydreaming.

 Despite this, Janet excelled academically at the prestigious Nashville University School, where she served as the vice president of her class and had many friends who overlooked her character flaws. Since childhood, the girl had a dream to become an artist. By the time she finished school, she began exhibiting her works in some of the city’s restaurants and the Jewish Community Center.

 After graduating, Janet enrolled in the University of Michigan where her father had graduated. There she studied art. During her university years, she met Perry March who was also studying there. Perry Aram March was born in 1961 to Arthur and Tipa March who had moved to East Chicago, Indiana, USA in 1956. The family’s father was a successful pharmacist and two more children were born later.

 In 1970, Tisapora March died under mysterious circumstances. Her husband claimed that her death was the result of an anaphylactic shock caused by medication she took to relieve a headache. However, the death certificate stated that she died due to accidental overdose. Rumors quickly spread in society that the woman had committed suicide and the March family moved to their country house in Michigan, Michigan.

 Arthur sent Perry to Lumierre High School in Laaport, Indiana, where he excelled academically and in track and field. In his free time, Perry attended karate classes and eventually earned a firstderee black belt. After graduating with honors, Perry decided to attend the University of Michigan due to its lower tuition, a crucial factor given his family’s financial situation since his father had retired by then.

 In college, Perry was drawn to the Asian Studies program in which he specialized. friends described him as intelligent, goal oriented, but with a sharp and temperamental character. After Janet and Perry were introduced by their mutual friends, they became inseparable. After graduating from university, Perry went to Chicago to work as a futures broker at Oppenheimer Co.

 and Janet moved to join him. Soon she missed home and she managed to arrange with her father to pay for Perry’s tuition at Vanderbilt University Law School where he excelled academically and established himself as a highly professional lawyer. His classmates described him as determined, competitive, a tough negotiator focused on achieving financial success.

 After years of waiting for Perry to propose, Janet took matters into her own hands and proposed to him, kneeling in Percy Warner Park. The couple married in 1987 after her parents raised funds for them to buy a house in a prestigious area of the city. Perry graduated from law school a year later and despite offers from well-known New York firms took a job at Bass Barry Sims, a Nashville-based firm specializing in financial matters where he excelled.

 Janet, after finishing university, began illustrating children’s books. Their first child, a son named Samson, was born in 1990, followed by a daughter to Zapora in 1994. By all American standards, they seemed to be a very happy and respectable family. Janet’s father not only helped his daughter and son-in-law, but also assisted Perry’s father, Arthur March.

 After Arthur’s house in Michigan was confiscated, Lawrence Lavine bought the property from the bank and leased it back to Perry’s father, not charging him rent and allowing him to live in the house for some time without payment. Later, he advised Arthur to move to Nashville to be closer to his son and grandson. When Arthur March finally moved, Janet’s parents allowed him to live in their home and lend him some money to settle in the new place.

 Despite all their efforts, in 1991, Arthur March declared bankruptcy. In the same year, Perry faced troubles at work. It began when a legal assistant in his office discovered the first in a series of anonymous typewritten letters on her desk. The letters were written by a secret admirer making indecent proposals and urging her to engage in intimate encounters.

 The author confessed to being married and described his marriage as dull, routine, and outdated. Several such letters followed, and the girl reported it to the firm’s management. With the help of an external investigator, they installed a hidden camera in the firm’s library tracking an obscure tax law volume where the author asked the girl to leave a note if she agreed to a relationship with him.

It turned out that the person behind these letters was Perry March. The firm’s management, highly sensitive to its reputation, offered Perry the choice to resign voluntarily or be publicly dismissed with the reason disclosed. Perry chose the first option and resigned voluntarily, agreeing to pay the woman $25,000 in compensation for emotional distress over the next four years.

The first half, $12,500, was to be paid monthly, and the second half was to be paid at the end of this period to avoid a sexual harassment lawsuit against him and the firm. He kept the payments a secret from Janet. Shortly after, the couple experienced marriage problems and started seeing a family therapist to salvage their relationship.

Perry’s career continued at Lvo or Janet’s father’s firm, where he represented the interests of some local high-profile clients, such as nightclub owners. Occasionally, he did pro bono work at the city’s Jewish community center, where he also served on the board. Janet continued her artistic career, often having solitary lunches in local restaurants while working on her sketchbook.

 She kept a distance from her friends and did not discuss the details of her relationship with her husband, although some mentioned that she sometimes seemed subdued. In 1995, a year after the birth of Tippura, Janet’s parents began considering the construction of a home for their growing young family. They purchased a 4acre plot in the affluent suburb of Forest Hills on the southern side of the city.

 They built a stone house in the country French style for $650,000, covering an area 5,300 square ft. Janet actively participated in the construction, coordinating the project and all its changes. This temporarily distracted her from dark thoughts of divorce and a crumbling marriage. However, the move to the new spacious house further exacerbated the already difficult relationship between the couple.

 Their joint visits to a family therapist yielded no results. Things got to the point where Perry occasionally did not spend the night at home and some friends later claimed to have seen him in the company of other women. When the couple stayed together, they constantly argued, sometimes in the presence of the children.

 Their family psychologist suggested trying a trial separation. Perry mentioned that he had already taken care of it and rented a place for this purpose but had not moved into it yet. In one of their last sessions, Janet insisted that Perry tell the truth about the reason for his dismissal from Bayerry. He responded evasively, claiming it was due to a conflict with a colleague, but did not provide details, causing even more distress and suspicion for Janet.

 In mid August 1996, Perry was supposed to make the final payment of $12,500 to his former legal assistant, but due to financial problems, he wrote her a letter asking to postpone the payment until October 1996. Meanwhile, Janet had seriously decided to get a divorce and asked her mother to schedule her for a consultation with a divorce lawyer on August 15th, 1996, but she did not attend.

 On that day, Janet mysteriously disappeared. After Perry March called the police to report his wife Janet missing for two weeks, investigators immediately went to the March house. They thoroughly searched and interviewed Perry and the household staff. Perry claimed that on the evening of August 15th, after putting the children to bed, they began to argue again. Around 8:00 p.m.

, Perry said he would spend the night at a hotel, as he had been doing for several weeks. In response, Janet announced that she needed to go on a short vacation for a few days, but did not disclose her destination. According to her husband, she packed some clothes and two bags in a suitcase, got into her gray Volvo 850 with her passport, $1,500 in cash, and a bag of marijuana.

 She left the house around 8:30 p.m., leaving him a list of things to do in her absence. The police also interviewed two workers who came to the March house in the afternoon of August 15th to perform warranty work, installing two countertops in the kitchen and fixing a faucet. They worked for about an hour and Janet closely observed them while her husband played with the children.

 These two workers were the last people to see her. Police checked phone records and found that shortly after 9:00 p.m., Perry March called family and friends, informing them that Janet had left him and the children. Around midnight, he called his wife’s relatives and informed them of their daughter’s actions.

 The woman’s mother recounted that she could not believe her daughter would act in such a strange way was not characteristic of her character, especially to leave her two beloved children. Thinking that Janet would soon return, the woman asked Perry to convey to his wife that she should call her immediately upon her return.

 Upon questioning the household staff, investigators learned that Janet’s absence seemed strange to several workers. the cleaning lady named Beard and the children’s nanny, Ella Goldmid. When Beard arrived at the March House as usual between 8 and 8:30 a.m. to clean, she immediately noticed something unusual. The house had already been cleaned.

 And Perry additionally mentioned that she didn’t need to clean the children’s playroom. All of this was very strange, and he explained his wife’s absence by stating that she had gone to California on a business trip. When Ella Goldmid, the nanny, arrived between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m., Perry told her that his wife had gone to California to visit her brother, Mark, who was practicing law in Los Angeles at the time.

 This seemed strange to the nanny because every time Janet left Nashville, she always informed her in advance and left instructions. Police also interviewed another witness, Marissa Moody, a neighbor who brought her son to play with Samson March, having arranged it with Janet beforehand. Marissa noticed something odd.

 Perry’s son was jumping on a Persian rug rolled up on the floor near the playroom as if it had been prepared for cleaning while there were no rugs on the floor throughout the house because Janet didn’t like them. When the woman returned for her son around 2 p.m., to her surprise, she saw that the rug was no longer in its place.

 Initially, Janet’s relatives believed Perry’s story, and her father went to Nashville International Airport to find out any details, perhaps if his daughter had left her car there, but it was not there. By the evening of Sunday, August 17th, Carolyn Lavine, the woman’s mother, began to worry because her daughter had never left her children for so long without telling anyone.

 She decided to call the police, but Perry and his brother Ron convinced her to wait for the expiration of the 12-day period, during which, according to the note left for her husband, she was supposed to be away. That evening, Perry also called his father, who by that time had moved to a caretaker’s cottage on an estate in the Mexican state of Jaliscoco, a popular place for many American retirees.

 Arthur March said he would come to help him with the children in a few days. On August 25th, 1996, a party was planned for Samson’s sixth birthday, and Janet couldn’t miss this event. The woman’s relatives hoped that she would still show up for her son’s birthday, but their expectations were not destined to come true.

 Guests who were unaware of the situation were told that Janet fell ill during her business trip, preventing her from returning home. On August 29th, the woman’s parents finally filed a missing person report with the police. The investigation into Janet March’s disappearance was assigned to experienced detectives who first checked hospital and morg admission records.

They also examined the movement of the woman’s bank accounts, but found no leads. On September 7th, a week after the start of the search for Janet, her Volvo was found in the parking lot of a residential complex about 5 miles from her home. The detective inspecting the car noticed a layer of dust and floral pollen on the outside, cobwebs on the wheel rims, and rust on the brake discs when the tires were removed, indicating that the car had been parked there for an extended period.

 Inside, a purse was found containing Janet’s ID, passport, credit cards, and $11 in cash. In the glove compartment, there was a $50 bill. A suitcase filled with a woman’s clothes and a small canvas bag with toiletries were also in the car. According to Perry, items his wife took when leaving home. Detectives observed that the front passenger seat was pushed back while the driver’s seat was close to the steering wheel.

 When examining the missing woman’s belongings, investigators found it strange that she didn’t take underwear and the cosmetic bag lacked toothpaste and a hairbrush. Carolyn and Lawrence Lavine did not believe in their daughter’s voluntary departure. And parallel to the police investigation, they initiated their own by hiring a private detective, causing Perry’s disapproval.

 He actively obstructed the investigation, making phone calls and demanding information from the private detective. Perry’s behavior raised even more suspicions about his involvement in his wife’s disappearance. The Levines expressed concerns about the to-do list supposedly written by their daughter, as Janet usually left handwritten lists of instructions for her husband or the staff.

 However, this particular list was printed on a computer. Another oddity was the way the date was written. Janet always placed the date exclusively in the upper corner, but on the list left on the day of departure, the date was at the bottom, the way Perry usually did it. On September 10th, the same detective who inspected Janet’s car also examined Perry’s Jeep, where female hairs and foreign fibers were found on the rear seat.

 Additionally, the interior had a strong smell of some potent cleaner or disinfectant. During the search of Janet and Perry’s home, the police found that the hard drive had been forcibly removed from the computer. The police continued to investigate the man’s actions after his wife’s disappearance. They discovered that on August 21st, almost a week later, he went to a local tire store and bought new wheels for his Jeep.

 The store owner told detectives that the old tires were in excellent condition, and he couldn’t understand why Perry decided to replace them. On September 18th, shortly after the search of the house, Perry took most of his and his wife’s belongings, and most importantly, without notifying anyone, took the children and moved to the Chicago area, where he rented a house in Wilmet.

Andrew Saxs, a friend who helped him pack, mentioned that Perry didn’t hide his anger and irritation towards his wife’s family during that time. Meanwhile, Andrew’s wife, Diane, a longtime friend of Janet, frequently called Perry in Chicago to inquire about the children. In one of those phone conversations, he suddenly asked, “Does she think he killed Janet?” Before she could answer, Perry continued asking what would she think if he told her that he wrapped his wife’s body in a carpet, placed it on the backseat of her car, left the children

alone in the house, hid it where no one would ever find it, and returned as if nothing happened. It was a strange conversation that disturbed Diane, and she immediately reported it to the police and Janet’s relatives. With information from Diane, the police initiated extensive searches involving military helicopters, divers, service dogs, and thermal imaging devices to search for Janet’s body in the forest of that area.

 Unfortunately, yielding no results. Perry’s lawyer informed the police that his client would no longer cooperate with them and that they would need a warrant for any future searches of his property. In November 1996, Perry did not participate in Janet’s memorial service organized by her family. further intensifying suspicions of his involvement in his wife’s disappearance.

 Shortly after moving to Chicago, Perry initiated legal proceedings for his wife’s inheritance, which was vehemently opposed by Janet’s father. He filed a counter claim to prevent his son-in-law from accessing his daughter’s funds. Carolyn and Lawrence Lavine also filed a lawsuit for permission to communicate with and visit their grandchildren.

 The court allowed them to visit the children at the end of 1999. However, when they arrived in Wilmet to take the children, Perry’s lawyer informed them that he had moved to Mexico to live with his father, where he had already married a local resident named Carmen Roas. In May 2000, Carolyn and Lawrence Lavine traveled to Mexico to demand from Perry the right to visit their grandchildren.

 He and his father refused to allow them to see the children, forcing them to return to Nashville. A month later, they returned to Mexico with a court order from the Mexican authorities, leading to Perry’s arrest on charges of violating immigration laws. While he was in custody, Janet’s parents went to the children’s school, took custody of the grandchildren, and brought them back to Nashville.

 The visitation decree limited their time with the children to 39 days, and they immediately took steps to obtain permanent custody of the grandchildren. Despite their efforts, they were unsuccessful. And after 39 days, they had to return the children to their father, receiving a reprimand for the unlawful abduction of the children. After Perry regained custody, he settled in Mexico, working as a business and financial consultant and opening a cafe with his new wife.

 His business reputation was dubious, with many immigrants accusing him of fraud. Detectives also learned that in 2001, during a public argument, Perry threatened a Mexican lawyer and his client, stating that he would deal with them the same way he dealt with his wife. Although the Minnesota police never found the missing woman’s body, they continued their investigation.

 In late 2004, a grand jury heard testimony from 59 witnesses against Perry, resulting in an indictment on charges of seconddegree murder, evidence tampering, and abuse of a corpse. The indictment and supporting materials remained confidential, while prosecutors and the FBI collaborated with the Mexican government to formalize documents for Perry March’s arrest and extradition.

 In August 2005, he was arrested in his restaurant as he prepared for its opening. He was taken to Guadalajara International Airport and put on a plane to Los Angeles. Once there, Mexican authorities handed him over to the FBI and he was arrested on the charges brought against him. Upon returning to Nashville, Perry was placed in the county jail.

 On his first night, he struck up a conversation with Russell Ferris, a pre-trial detainee facing attempted murder charges, inquiring about the prison’s protocols. Later, through the camera door slot, Perry allegedly proposed that Ferris post bail for him in exchange for killing Carolyn and Lawrence Lavine.

 After a month of such conversations, Ferris told his lawyer about it, and they both went to the police. A covert recording of conversations between Perry and Ferris was arranged, during which Perry provided his father, Arthur March’s number in Mexico, and a list of code words to use for Arthur to know it was indeed Perry making the call.

 Shortly after, Ferris was transferred to a jail in the adjacent Williamson County, informing Perry that he had been released. Perry gave him the Lavine’s address on a piece of paper. After the transfer to another jail, authorities recorded five separate phone conversations between Ferris and Arthur. During these calls, the man explained the best time to approach Lavine, suggested weapons to use, emphasized the need for surgical gloves to avoid leaving traces, and discussed crossing into Mexico.

 Things escalated to the point where Arthur went to Guadalara airport to meet Ferris under a fictitious name. Ultimately, Arthur was arrested and extradited to Nashville, where he was placed in jail. There he provided testimony about the events in August 1996 involving his son and future daughter-in-law in exchange for a reduced sentence.

 He revealed that Janet found letters indicating inappropriate behavior by Perry during his work at a law firm. They argued and he struck her. Upon discovering she was dead, he decided to conceal everything, hiding her body in the woods. Later, when Arthur came to Nashville, he assisted Perry in transporting Janet’s body to Kentucky and burying it somewhere under a bush, but he couldn’t precisely remember the location, and it was never found.

 Perry faced additional charges of solicitation to commit murder and conspiracy to commit murder. 2 months later, nearly 10 years after Janet’s disappearance, Perry March’s trial began. To avoid pre-trial publicity, the jury was selected from Hamilton County, isolated during the proceedings. Prosecutors presented all available evidence, phone call recordings, witness testimonies, and on August 17th, 2006, Perry March was convicted of seconddegree murder, evidence tampering, abuse of a corpse theft, and conspiracy to commit murder. He was sentenced to 56

years in prison. Currently, he serves his sentence at the Morgan County Correctional Complex with the possibility of parole only in 2038. On the same day Perry March was found guilty, a sentence was also handed down to his father, Arthur March. When he reached a plea agreement, his lawyers and the federal prosecutor agreed that he would serve 18 months with a subsequent longer period of supervised release.

 However, the judge rejected this agreement in favor of a 5-year prison sentence. 3 months later, on December 21st, 2006, he passed away at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Janet’s parents initiated another lawsuit for full custody of the grandchildren, which was finally ruled in their favor. Friends, thank you for watching.

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