Barbara Annette McClure
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On November 2, 1978, 24-year-old Barbara McClure went out with friends and acquaintances. There was a dance competition that evening at the Fandango disco bar in Lake Forest Park, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. There was a disagreement that evening, and Barbara left on foot to walk home, which was about five miles away. A couple who had been with Barbara at the disco said they later went after her and offered her a ride, but she declined. Barbara never made it home that night and was never seen or heard from again. Days later, Barbara’s license turned up on the side of a roadway, but the stories of who exactly had found it have varied. At the time of her disappearance, Barbara was a single mother with a young daughter, Jamie. Decades later, Jamie decided it was time for her to fight to uncover the truth. Teaming up with her cousin, Karleen, Jamie delved into a perplexing trail of clues, exposing unsettling connections within their family circle and the closely-knit church community they belonged to.
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Sorry, one more comment. The grandfather had a lot of money in the church. If he was a millionaire, he got that million dollars through his church, from the people, his congregation. If his daughter Barbara was a threat to his reputation, his image, that could affect his income.  sadly, often money is the bottom line. 
Without knowing Barbara personally, my feeling is that she would not have abandoned her children! She sounds like a very strong, independent and capable woman. It seems like she would not have complied with her grandfather’s wishes without being forced to do so. I feel she may have been taken against her will.
If it was me, I’m not sure I would have trusted Ken, the best friend of Ken Anderson. I’m questioning why he had a file, when his best friend Ken , Who is related to Barbara, and whom hated his sister and his sister‘s daughter, would go through so much trouble to have a file on Barbara in the first place. Uncle Ken didn’t care, so why would his best friend Ken care? Could he have been infiltrating information to his best friend, Ken, Barbara’s brother for some reason??