Episode 48 - The Dark Section of I-95

Pamela Butler was regimented, motivated, and loved her family. But when she doesn't show up to a planned dinner with her mom, everyone's lives are turned upside down.

A decade later, and the answers may be almost as unsatisfying as the mystery.

If you think you or someone you love is a victim of relationship violence, call The National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233.

This week, we're drinking Michael David's Sauvignon Blanc.

Listen to Episode 48: The Dark Section of I-95

SOURCES:

• The Charley Project: Pamela J. Butler

• What to know about Pamela Butler's disappearance & murder investigation

• Killer of Federal Worker Pamela Butler Pleads Guilty in 1989 Death of His Wife

• Decades after his wife vanished, Virginia man is sentenced to 40 years in prison in her murder

• Jose Rodriguez Cruz sentenced to 40 years in Virginia prison for cold-case murder

• Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to 2009 Murder of Pamela Butler in Northwest Washington

• 'Black and Missing': Brother of murdered Pamela Butler featured in HBO documentary

• A New 'Dateline' Special Examines the Many Twists and Turns in the Murder of Pamela Butler

• Watch the Dateline episode "A Haunting Stretch of Road" now