right, yeah. it wouldn t have surprised me that, oh mary, i went sailing and then my phone fell off the deck when i dropped my purse. that would be cher for three to four days. reporter: the messages were reassuring, but not for long. a few days passed, and cher didn t return. then another text message this one from cher to keith. she just said i met somebody else who s better than you, yeah. she said she had met someone else? yes. and she was running away with that person? yeah. reporter: a mystery man? keith wanted to get to the bottom of it. i called her best friend, and said did cher meet somebody? does she have a man that i don t know about? is there something going on? she said she s never mentioned any guy to me ever. she s waiting for you. there s no man in her life. she didn t run away. reporter: but keith noticed something strange about the messages. they weren t written in cher s usual style. instead of small letters, it d be all capitals.
she had an opportunity, she d she d go. you know. so, maybe but she just got on a boat with some new friend that you didn t know about and she d be back in a week. right, yeah. it wouldn t have surprised me that, oh mary, i went sailing and then my phone fell off the deck when i dropped my purse. that would be cher for three to four days. reporter: the messages were reassuring, but not for long. a few days passed, and cher didn t return. then another text message this one from cher to keith. she just said i met somebody else who s better than you, yeah. she said she had met someone else? yes. and she was running away with that person? yeah. reporter: a mystery man? keith wanted to get to the bottom of it. i called her best friend, and said did cher meet somebody? does she have a man that i don t know about? is there something going on? she said she s never mentioned any guy to me ever. she s waiting for you. there s no man in her life. she didn
all of her belongings still here. reporter: cher s aunt mary started phoning cher s friends in panama. we immediately started calling her friends and everyone going, what s going on? and everyone was saying you know cher. she might ve just gone for a week. and you know, lost her phone, and we re like, well, ok, maybe. reporter: mary logged on to cher s facebook page and reached out to those friends. where s cher? and they re going, i don t know. but we re mad at her, too. doggone it, we she she always calls me. she calls me every day. what where did she go? how why would she not call me? and we got a little aggravated with her. like, dang it cher, what are you doing? reporter: and then some good news. cher s friends received a text message from her saying she d gone sailing. she s a free spirit, right? she s oh. adventurous. she had an opportunity, she d she d go. you know. so, maybe but she just got on a boat with some new friend that
lifestyle is part of the island s charm. but cher s friends and family said it wouldn t be like her to leave so abruptly. leave her cherished island with all of her belongings still here. reporter: cher s aunt mary started phoning cher s friends in panama. we immediately started calling her friends and everyone going, what s going on? and everyone was saying you know cher. she might ve just gone for a week. and you know, lost her phone, and we re like, well, ok, maybe. reporter: mary logged on to cher s facebook page and reached out to those friends. where s cher? and they re going, i don t know. but we re mad at her, too. doggone it, we she she always calls me. she calls me every day. what where did she go? how why would she not call me? and we got a little aggravated with her. like, dang it cher, what are you doing? reporter: and then some good news. cher s friends received a text message from her saying she d gone sailing. she s a free spirit, right?
like, dang it cher, what are you doing? reporter: and then some good news. cher s friends received a text message from her saying she d gone sailing. she s a free spirit, right? she s oh. adventurous. she had an opportunity, she d she d go. you know. so, maybe but reporter: she just got on a boat with some new friend that you didn t know about and she d be back in a week. right, yeah. it wouldn t have surprised me that, oh mary, i went sailing and then my phone fell off the deck when i dropped my purse. that would be cher for three to four days. reporter: the messages were reassuring, but not for long. a few days passed, and cher didn t return. then another text message this one from cher to keith. she just said i met somebody else who s better than you, yeah. reporter: she said she had met someone else? yes. reporter: and she was running away with that person? yeah. reporter: a mystery man? keith wanted to get to the bottom of it. i call