Beth Bentley - 98 weeks and counting

And now she has been gone 98 weeks. Beth Bentley vanished sometime on the week-end of May 20-23, 2010.

She supposedly traveled that week-end with her friend, Jennifer Wyatt, from Woodstock to Mount Vernon, Ill. on Thursday night, May 20. Leaving Woodstock after her son's baseball game and a trip to Dairy Queen, they might have hit the road about 9:00-10:00PM. Beth's car had been parked in the garage of Jenn's rented home at 749 Tara Drive, Woodstock, and they were using a rental car.

Jenn didn't have a valid driver's license. Her California driver's license had expired on her birthday in November 2009. The rental car agency would not have accepted her as an authorized driver. So did Beth drive all 300+ miles to Mount Vernon?.

They were to hang out with Ryan Ridge (reportedly, Jenn's boyfriend at the time) and his younger brother, Nathan

What time did they get to Mount Vernon? Did they sleep? How late on Friday did they sleep? And then what did they do? Did they have dinner at the Frosty Mug, where a waitress said she refused to serve Nathan Ridge, because he was under 21? What did they do Friday night after dinner?

And Saturday? Did they really rent a boat? Were there four men and the two women on the boat? Woodstock Police say they confirmed the boat rental. A local resident said she talked to the marina operator and it never happened. Saturday night? Was there a party at the house being rehabbed by Ryan Ridge or did they go to town?

And Sunday? What did they do during the day? Why were there so many phone calls from Jenn's phone to Ryan on Sunday morning? Weren't they together? And was a pizza really ordered from Beth's phone, right about the time Jenn says she was dropping Beth off 25 miles away near the Centralia Amtrak station?

And what were the original plans for Beth and Jenn to meet back up near Woodstock, so they could return to Jenn's house, so that Beth could pick up her car and get home before Scott got home from work?

So many unanswered questions... One person knows most of the answers. Others know some of the answers.