Merl Mackey charged with murdering wife Laverne in 1. Never found: Evelyn 'Laverne' Mackey has been missing since the morning of November 5, 1. A man has been charged with murdering his wife 3. TV show is credited with cracking open the investigation. Merl Mackey, 7. 2, was indicted by a Levy County grand jury in September on a charge of first- degree murder, investigators announced Monday at a news conference at the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. Mackey's wife, Evelyn 'Laverne' Mackey, was last seen on November 5, 1. Kelly Carpenter before school. Kelly's stepfather Merl said Laverne had gone to stay with relatives. After a few months, Kelly filed a missing person's report that lay dormant for decades. However, more than 3. Hernando Sheriff Al Nienhuis invited TNT's reality TV show Cold Justice to look at the case. According to detective George Loydgren, it marked a breakthrough.'Because of their tight time schedule, (the show's producers) wanted a case that had a good suspect and maybe was relatively close to being solved,' Loydgren said. The show flew investigators to interview Merl Mackey in Texas earlier this year. During the interview, Loydgren said, Mackey made admissions to being responsible for his wife's death. Detectives would not say would led them to believe that Merl Mackey killed his wife in Levy County. Scroll down for video Mackey was arrested in New Mexico in September. It's unclear whether he has an attorney to contact for comment on the case. The Cold Justice episode aired May 1. The show concluded that Merl Mackey exploited Laverne Mackey, that he isolated her, claimed he had terminal cancer and had her add his name to the ownership of her house. Merl Mackey, 7. 2, was indicted by a Levy County grand jury in September on a charge of first- degree murder, investigators announced Monday at a news conference at the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. Laverne Mackey's daughter Kelly Carpenter spoke at the news conference. With Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey. A rich housewife enlists her maid's help to murder her husband; they go on the lam and end up in Mortville, a. Carpenter was 1. 4 when her mother disappeared and said she had always thought her stepfather was responsible for the disappearance. Carpenter said Merl Mackey told her that her mother had to care for a sick relative in Indiana. The relative denied ever seeing Laverne Mackey. Her family reported her missing in January 1. I was always hopeful that this day would come, but we still have a long way to go,' Carpenter said.
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