When a 44-day search of Lake Seminole yielded no sign of Williams, officials said alligators must have found him first. Shortly thereafter, Williams' wife and high school sweeteart, Denise Merrell Williams, went to a judge and had him declared dead. Denise Winchester drove to a CVS parking lot instead, where she convinced her husband not to hurt her. Winchester told Denise he did not want a divorce and expressed suicidal thoughts, according to the woman's account. "There is the hope that one of them might crack," Cheryl Williams told FoxNews.com.

Source: Fox News August 17, 2016 19:52 UTC