Season 4 Sources and Bibliography

Marsha Brantley Resources

While researching the disappearance of Marsha Brantley, we consulted many sources as well as conducted new interviews with family and friends. Click here if you want to hear the podcast episodes about her case.

Barbour, Kimberly. Investigators Search for Missing Bradley Co. Woman. November 2012.

Bradbury, Shelley. Bradley County Officers Search Basement for Missing Woman. Chattanooga Times Free Press. November 2012.

Bradley County Woman Has Been Missing Over 2 Years. June 2011. Accessed on Porchlight for the Missing & Unidentified website

Deputies Seek New Leads in Missing Persons Case. June 2011.

Didlake, Brian. Bradley County Cold Case Starts to Warm Up. December 2016.

Gifford, Bonnie Evie. What is the Spoon Theory? Happiful. 2019. Accessed July 18, 2020.

Graves, Brian. Marsha Brantley Case Featured on ‘48 Hours.’ Cleveland Daily Banner. April 2016.

Hoffman, Chelsea. Marsha Brantley is Missing. Accessed on Porchlight for the Missing & Unidentified website.

Hughes, Roseanna. Nearly 9 Years Later: What Happened to Marsha Brantley? April 2018.

It’s Been More Than 2 1/2 Years Since Cleveland Resident Marsha Brantley Disappeared. Cleveland Daily Banner. March 2012. Accessed on Porchlight for the Missing & Unidentified website.

Kaylor, Greg. Marsha Brantley Search Continues. Cleveland Daily Banner. June 2011

Lukachick, Joy. Cleveland, Tenn., Police Now Involved in 2 Year Old Missing Woman Case. June 2011.

Madewell, John. Civil Suit Claims Husband Killed Missing Woman. August 2012.

Mincey, Allen. Brantley charged for 2009 murder of wife, Marsha. Cleveland Daily Banner. December 2016.

Searl, Alisha. Cold Case Marsha Brantley. November 2011.

Searl, Alisha. Lawsuit To Be Filed In Marsha Brantley Disappearance Case. February 2012. Accessed on Porchlight for the Missing & Unidentified website

TBI Search For Missing Woman. missingmarshabrantley website. June 2012.

Templeton, Kristen. Cold Case of Missing Ex-Director of Lee Commuter Services Again Dismissed. March 2018.

WCBI. Was Missing Tenn. Woman Murdered or Did She Willingly Disappear? CBS News; 48 Hours. Produced by Josh Yager and Tom Seligson. June 2019.

WDEF. Authorities Have Made an Arrest. August 2013. Accessed on Porchlight for the Missing & Unidentified website

WRCB. Bradley County investigators believe they’ve solved a 7-year-old cold case.  December 2016.

WRCB. UPDATE: Cold Case Charges Against Donnie Brantley Have Been Dismissed. February 2018

WTVC. New Developments in Marsha Brantley Case. November 2012

One source used is this article on Marsha Brantley's disappearance written by Allen Mincey for The Cleveland Daily Banner
Article on Marsha Brantley’s disappearance written by Allen Mincey for The Cleveland Daily Banner