She and her husband of 35 years were scheduled to appear three days later in a settlement hearing involving their pending divorce. The hearing has been postponed since her disappearance.

Linda McLaughlin had filed for divorce in December 2014. She was asking for their house and $2,000 a month to cover her living expenses. Her husband had moved out of the home. She alleged, in court papers, that he had screamed at her, threatened her and destroyed and booby-trapped items in the home.

The couple have two adult sons.

Early on, police focused on the couple’s home and also conducted an expansive search of the 35-acre farm they owned near Gerald, in Franklin County. Divers looked in two ponds on the property, but sources said at the time that they didn’t find any clues. Police also searched the couple’s business in Fenton.

Four days after her disappearance, police found her missing SUV parked near Tennessee Avenue and Iron Street in St. Louis, near Carondelet Park.

One of the couple’s sons found GPS data showing that his mother’s 2008 Buick Enclave went from Kirkwood to the family’s business in Fenton on the day she disappeared, officials said.