right. imagine the secrecy that the inner circle, that tanya told the truth, to that it s james s baby. but not a lot of secrets the detectives invited james and tanya to voluntarily come in for a chat. but only tanya showed up. and here in this little room in the sheriff s office, she let it all come out. about that night of sake and sex, when grace was conceived. yeah he had a little bit too. i was the only one that was. but yes, i was there. yes, in the room. but of course she was, said tanya. and almost casually. she revealed the heresy that, should it ever become public it should ruin. was marie going to move in and she would be number two. for a? wife or whatever you call them. sister wife. it was, in short, polygamy,
they didn t have anybody. maybe not. that as the pastor and his attorney looked at the evidence that might put him in prison for life, just before the trial, they made a deal. the state reduced is charged from second degree murder to manslaughter. and james agreed to tell them what he did to marie and where he put her. marie s family grudgingly agreed. that was the hardest thing. but i wanted to know where my sister was. i didn t want to go years and years and years and not know. as much as i just absolutely heated to agree to it, i knew i was that was probably the only way. first, was as part of the deal, the pastor told the story of marie. of the polygamy arrangement. it was as if she was another wife. okay? although we never had a ceremony, or anything like that. he said marie even had a name for their relationship. marie called it a throuple.
it was with the turkey thing me. now she s got a secret. yeah at that point. at that point? the, yes that because tanya could not just leave it there. the next time, she admitted something very, very shocking. and tanya said, well we did it the old-fashioned way. james and marie had sex which, told tanya told the ladies, was okay with her. and as months passed and marie started showing, there was a baby shower. but not for marie, this baby shower it was for tanya. she put a balloon under her shirt as a funny photo with marie. but if the story came out, it could threaten everything that she had built in the past. and as i got more, and more, and more into weird stuff. it was just that the stakes got higher?
marie had found a spiritual home at the calvary emerald coast church. it was hardly a fancy cathedral. the place was in a strip mall. but fancy wasn t the point, salvation was. here, finally, marie felt right. jesus is saying, you know what? you are missing out. the pastor was a charismatic man named james flanders, who preached the bible four square. preached in jeans, sneakers. lived streamed and youtubed his sermons. it was a very happening place. jason anderson was the youth pastor. i fell asleep listening to his sermons. [laughs] but more than that, the pastor and his wife, james and tanya flanders were known for their big hearts, their charity. and thats when for a third time, a family took in marie. she saying that she was there until she got on her feet. but a whole year went by. and then, what was coming couldn t be hidden. the story floating around?
said i mr.. i was pretty devastated. i was in that backyard in 2012. not like you didn t look. yeah, but, you know human nature. you still have the guilt. the feeling of i could ve found her. six months after she was reported missing. the pastor insisted that tanya was around. we shopping. knew nothing. did you ever get her buried before tanya came back? oh, yeah. yeah. do you wonder whether tanya had more to do with this? i think that will always be in the back of our minds. that, you know. i think she may have known more than she wants to see. but tanya was never charged at her defense attorney said she was truly shocked by james s confession. i can tell you as a matter of fact, i m having to tell her what happened, she did not know. later that afternoon, nesli escorted james flanders into