It makes me incredibly sad and upset
that this wonderful person who was my husband
and the father of my children, disappeared without a trace.
Those four scenarios: that there was an accident,
that there was some sort of suicide...
that he's deliberately gone missing, started the whole new life thing...
or that there's been foul play.
Each and every one of those is still an option in this case.
I'm thinking, "Oh my God, what's happened to him at work?"
That was the first thing that came to mind
is that there's something...
untoward in that instance.
He's just had an accident or something and...
Where was he? I didn't really know what to think at that point.
I just thought it was going to be an accident and we were going to find him within a 24-hour period.
But once we got past that 24-hour period, I was thinking...
Okay, he's had a breakdown. He's out there and they'll find him,
and we'll just have to deal with the ramifications of that.
There's nothing to indicate
he would be the subject
of some sort of accident...
There's nothing to indicate he'd created a new life for himself...
There's nothing to indicate that he was the victim of foul play...
And some of his personal property being located in the acid vat four or five days later,
poses more questions than answers.
Going through Jim's personal life and unpicking that the very best we can,
there is nothing to indicate even remotely that Jim associates with any criminal enterprise,
or is involved in anything that would lead him to a situation where he would be the victim
of foul play.
He's just Mr. Vanilla.
There's just nothing in there, there's no hint of anything he's been in contact with...
or involved with, or anything he was doing that would lead you to think about
anything that would lead to a homicide, to the killing of somebody.
Stuff was going on in his life which does or could be linked to self-harming,
but there's just no evidence of anything.
He doted on his children, we had no financial difficulties...
There was nothing to walk away from.
So why would you?
That's never been plausible for me, because his commitment was his children and his family,
and he'd always want to be there for his children.
No matter what.
Where is he?
The thing for me is that every other investigation into missing persons,
or homicides, that kind of stuff, you can anchor yourself around some facts.
In Jim Donnelly's case, there are more questions than answers,
and there continues to be more questions than answers.