that Blottiaux had confessed the murder to them. Silas Jayne, who was deceased by the time of the trial, paid Blottiaux $10,000 for the murder. Blottiaux was found guilty and on September 10, 1999, sentenced to 200-300 years. After his conviction Blottiaux admitted his guilt. He confessed that he saw Rude get into the car, but did nothing to warn her. Blottiaux was denied parole on September 24, 2020. Indiana Dunes State Park Disappearances Ann Miller, 21, and her two friends Patricia Blough, 19, and Renee Bruhl, 19, vanished from Indiana Dunes State Park on July 2, 1966, a little more than a year after the murder of Cheryl Rude. At around 10:00 a.m. the women arrived at the state park and hiked to a location about 100 yards from the Lake Michigan beach. A couple claimed to have seen the women leave their belongings on the beach and enter the water together around 12 p.m. The witnesses later spotted them conversing with an unidentified man sailing a white boat, 14- to 16-feet-long, with a blue cabin and an outboard motor. According to the witnesses, the women boarded the boat and sailed westward with the captain. Around sunset, the couple discovered that the women's things were still on the beach, unclaimed. They informed a park ranger of their findings. The women have never been seen again. Blough, Miller, and Bruhl frequently rode horses at George Jayne's 'Tri-Color Stables'. The phone numbers for George and Silas Jayne were found among one of the missing women's possessions. Investigators have explored the possibility that Blough, Miller and/or Bruhl may have witnessed the bomb that killed Cheryl Rude being planted. After the women vanished Silas Jayne allegedly told a sheriff that he had three human bodies buried beneath his house. Law enforcement took the comment seriously and planned to search Silas's property; the sheriff involved was killed in a farming accident before the search took place. As a result, the lead was left cold. One of Silas Jayne's workers had a blue and white motorboat that he often took to the Indiana dunes. Investigators were informed that the boat had been destroyed by fire when they inquired about it. Conspiracy to murder George Jayne A few days after the murder of Cheryl Rude, Silas Jayne offered Stephen Grod and Edward Moran $15,000 to kill George Jayne. In an effort to double-cross Silas, Grod and