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On the morning of July 11, 2017, Anne Ferguson called her sister, Margaret “Peggy” Lammers, who was getting some rest and relaxation at their family’s waterfront cottage in Deltaville, Virginia. A 61-year-old who lived in Cleveland, Ohio, with her husband, Lammers had spent more than a year in her native state taking care of her ill father, and when he passed away, settling his affairs in nearby Richmond, where she grew up.
Lammers was alone for a weekend getaway in the summer residence her parents built in 1970, Ferguson told The Daily Beast.
“I hadn’t heard from her and I thought it was weird that her phone went straight to voicemail,” Ferguson said. “I tried again about an hour later and she didn’t pick up. I assumed her phone wasn’t charged and was turned off.”