May 21, 2026 · 54 min · 13 segments
When Bill Roland went missing from Lake Sam Rayburn in 1997, nothing about the case made sense. Weeks later, his boat turned up hidden in a cove, shot multiple times with a shotgun in an apparent…
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Whenever someone goes missing under suspicious circumstances, investigators spend a huge amount of time digging into the life of the missing person.
Bill worked alongside his wife at a construction company owned by Lynette's family.
He was well-respected as someone who knew his trade, and he'd become a fixture in the Lufkin area.
He was known not only as someone who could build you a sturdy metal building, but also as someone who could catch a fish and shoot a deer.
He loved to card, he loved to fish, he loved to, you know, anything outdoor like that he did.
I live in East Texas, and when we drove down to speak to Jenna, we also got a chance to meet Bailey, one of Bill's other grandchildren.
Bailey brought photos of his grandpa, and virtually all of them involved the field and the water.
Whenever someone goes missing under suspicious circumstances, investigators spend a huge amount of time digging into the life of the missing person.
Bill worked alongside his wife at a construction company owned by Lynette's family.
He was well-respected as someone who knew his trade, and he'd become a fixture in the Lufkin area.
He was known not only as someone who could build you a sturdy metal building, but also as someone who could catch a fish and shoot a deer.
He loved to card, he loved to fish, he loved to, you know, anything outdoor like that he did.
I live in East Texas, and when we drove down to speak to Jenna, we also got a chance to meet Bailey, one of Bill's other grandchildren.
Bailey brought photos of his grandpa, and virtually all of them involved the field and the water.
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