WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:07.200 Hey everyone, it's Mike with Bigfoot's Wilderness and I have a special treat for 2 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:11.400 you. One of my favorite true crime podcasts, brought to you by Spreaker 3 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:16.839 from iHeart and Then They Were Gone is a weekly podcast hosted by Kona and 4 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:24.039 Ethan. This true crime audio experience focuses on unsolved missing persons cases, going 5 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:28.760 beyond the headlines and social media posts. They bring a mix of high profile 6 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:34.439 cases and those that haven't gotten the media coverage that they deserve. Their soothing 7 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:39.240 and calming voices will guide you through these stories while also trying to find answers 8 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:43.960 and raise awareness. You won't be able to miss a single episode, that's 9 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:48.479 for sure. You're about to hear a preview of And Then They Were Gone. 10 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:54.039 Listen to And Then They Were Gone on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, 11 00:00:54.200 --> 00:01:02.240 Spotify and others. August twenty first, two thousand and nine, a young 12 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:07.120 mother wanted a night out. Twenty one year old Rosemarie Bly had two children 13 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:11.560 under the age of two. Rose stayed home with the kids while her husband, 14 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:15.640 whom she had just married in February of that year, worked. Rose 15 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:19.359 told her husband that she was going to go visit her cousin who lived near 16 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:23.680 their home in Saint Croix Falls, Wisconsin, but Rose never made it. 17 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:27.560 Her case received a fair amount of local attention, but not a lot of 18 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:34.959 clues, so eventually it faded from the public consciousness. That is until twelve 19 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.439 years later, when her family was facing another tragedy, the disappearance of her 20 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:44.879 niece Summer wells. When a person goes missing, there's a special kind of 21 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:48.040 pain in the not knowing. I want to tell you the stories of those 22 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:52.519 who never came home today. I want to tell you the story of Rosemarie 23 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:59.439 bl I'm kinda Gallagher, and this is and then they were gone. Rosemarie 24 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:04.400 Bly was born in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, on September sixteenth, nineteen eighty seven, 25 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:08.479 to Candas Horror and Kenneth Bly. Kenneth actually usually went by the name 26 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:13.199 Jim, which his middle name was James. I know, it's like Jim 27 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:16.639 is not short for Kenneth, so anyway. Jim had two children prior to 28 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:22.919 his marriage to Candice, a daughter named Kathleen and a son named Kenneth. 29 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:28.680 Jim married his first wife in nineteen fifty eight, and they divorced in nineteen 30 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:35.159 seventy two on grounds of cruelty. The couple had lived in Connecticut, but 31 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:39.039 Jim eventually made his way to Galveston, Texas, and that's where he met 32 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:46.000 Candas. Horror. Now, Candice is Summer Wells's grandma, and if you 33 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:53.360 recall from Summer's story, she was there that day and she and Candice Summer's 34 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:58.800 mom and Candas we're all planting flowers shortly before her disappearance. All right, 35 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:05.840 so we've got Ken Jim m. Yeah, then his son Ken Yeah. 36 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:08.280 Then we have Candice well and her daughter Candy. Yeah. No, So 37 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:13.120 the funny thing is is that so yes, uh, Kenneth and his son 38 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:17.639 Kenneth has he has the daughter named Kathleen. His first wife's name is Kathleen. 39 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:23.240 Oh and then I need to chart. I can't see it. Okay, 40 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:25.879 So the first two kids, Jim's first two kids, don't come into 41 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:30.280 this, so we don't need to worry about them. Ken Jim, Yeah, 42 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:34.280 Ken Jim. Um. But yeah, So after that first marriage, 43 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:40.919 Ken Jim met Candice. Now he was significantly older than Candice by about twenty 44 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:47.759 six years. Yikes, yeah, twenty six Yeah. The two married in 45 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:53.560 Galveston, Texas in nineteen eighty one. When Kenneth was forty five and Candice 46 00:03:53.599 --> 00:04:00.400 was just nineteen. We you and I both became parents in twenty seven. 47 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:05.719 Yeah, I know, I know, I know. The couple had three 48 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:11.960 daughters, starting with Candice, so Summer's mom. Candas is the oldest daughter, 49 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:16.680 and she was born eleven months after they got married. And that's the 50 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:20.480 thing. So originally I was like, oh, Candice, you know, 51 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:24.920 it must have been like a shotgun wedding, but it doesn't appear that that 52 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:29.720 was the case. Oh. Candas was followed by Jeanie and Rose, whom 53 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:33.480 he called Rosie. The family was still in Texas when Candice was born, 54 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:40.639 but at some point they ended up moving to Gransburg, Wisconsin. I don't 55 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:45.199 have a lot of information about their marriage, but you know, there have 56 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:51.920 been rumors, actually interestingly that Candice, like Grandma Candace, was abusive toward 57 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:56.600 him, but I don't, you know, I don't know. That's just 58 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:01.079 literally internet rumor. It is not based on police reports or anything like that. 59 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:09.040 In any case, they did divorce when the three girls were in high 60 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:12.680 school, which was basically, like, you know, sometime in the midnight, 61 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:16.040 early to mid nineties is what it sounds like. Allegedly, Cantus actually 62 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:23.920 left Jim for a woman and didn't have any contact with any of her children 63 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:28.800 for several years. I couldn't find a record of their divorce for some reason, 64 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:30.920 I could. I found the record of his first divorce. I couldn't 65 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:34.560 find a record of this divorce, but I did find a record of Cantus 66 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:41.040 living in Las Vegas in nineteen ninety six. So I'm guessing that's, you 67 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.519 know, kind of what happened and where she took off to for a while. 68 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:50.519 So this is Grandma. Grandma wrote from summer Wells, right, Okay, 69 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:57.120 So the three girls stayed in Grantsburg with their father, and Rose attended 70 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:00.279 Grandsburg High School, where she navigated being a teenager without her mother.