Ohio Investigators are working alongside Benton County Authorities to determine whether or not a man threw his 70-year-old wife into the Tennessee River. Officers in Hartville, Ohio say that Philip Snyder told his wife’s brother that he had taken his wife Roberta to Graceland “one last time before she died.” Snyder told the brother that his wife had died in Memphis. He claimed that her death was confirmed by EMS Techs who took her away. The brother then went to the police in Hartville who launched a probe into the incident. However, investigators found nothing when they contacted Memphis hospitals, medical examiner offices, and public/private EMS companies. Nobody had any reports of Roberta or a Jane Doe.

Further investigation found Snider had indeed checked into a Days Inn in the Graceland area on January 5th, 2018 but video and still images uncovered revealed she never checked into that hotel or any other hotel. Police say Snider then changed his story after being confronted with the findings. This time, Snider told police Roberta had died of natural causes during the trip and he “put her with nature” by throwing her off the U.S. Route 40 Tennessee River Bridge on January 6th.

Benton County Sheriff’s units are searching the area in an effort to find Roberta’s body and verify if Snider’s story is true. Hartville Police say Snider has submitted an FBI interview and polygraph, the results which are currently being analyzed.