May 2009. Cleveland, Tennessee. In late 2009, Kelly DeLude, a hairdresser, noticed that it had been a while since Marsha Brantley, one of her regular clients, had come in. Donnie, Marsha’s husband, said she had left him and he hadn’t seen her since May or June 2009. It seemed that Marsha had simply vanished. However, as time went on, investigators noticed that Donnie kept changing his story. With few clues, no apparent motive for foul play, and a non-cooperative husband the case became very frustrating very quickly. Where is Marsha Brantley? And did her husband have anything to do with her disappearance?
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Deputies seek new leads in missing persons case WRCB TV 6/8/2011
Investigators search for missing Bradley Co. woman WRCB TV 11/17/2012
Bradley County officers search basement for missing woman Times Free Press
11/18/2012
Man indicted in wife’s murder WRCB TV 8/26/2013
Family relieved by Cleveland murder arrest WRCB TV 8/26/2013
Husband of missing woman arrested in Ga. WCYB News 5 8/27/2013
Bradley Co murder charge dropped against accused husband WRCB TV 5/13/2014
Brantley seeks recusal of DA in homicide case Cleveland Daily Banner 4/28/2017
UPDATE: Cold case charges against Donnie Brantley have been dismissed WRCB TV 2/5/2018
Criminal minds: Inside the head of a man authorities believe to be a killer CBS News 7/6/2018
Was A Missing Tennessee Woman Murdered Or Did She Willingly Disappear? 48 Hours CBS News 4/7/2018
Nearly 9 years later: What happened to Marsha Brantley? Times Free Press 7/7/2018