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VIDEO: Deputies to file murder charge in Charleston woman's 2012 disappearance
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Bob McCaffrey (left) was returned to the Charleston County Detention Center Wednesday night. (Source: Live 5)
Bob McCaffrey was arrested on a fugitive warrant from Charleston in Dare County, North Carolina. (Source: Dare County, N.C. Detention Center)
Gayle McCaffrey was reported missing on March 18, 2012. (Source: Charleston Co. Sheriff's Office)
A billboard sought information on Gayle McCaffrey's disappearance. (Source: Live 5)
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) -
Six years after a West Ashley woman vanished, deputies brought her husband back to Charleston to face a murder charge in the 2012 case.
Robert McCaffrey arrived in custody at the Charleston County Wednesday night where he is expected to be charged with murder in the death of his wife, Gayle, who disappeared in 2012.
Charleston County Chief Deputy Eric Watson said at a Wednesday news conference McCaffrey was arrested in North Carolina Tuesday morning and would be charged Wednesday after his return to Charleston.
"During this investigation, we have reached out to experts in various disciplines to help us move this case forward," Watson said. "We have discussed this case over in detail with the solicitor's office. They have been very supportive in our efforts, and in conjunction with them, we determined this was the right time to make the call."
Watson described the case as "very complicated," but would not go into specifics about any new details that might have prompted the murder charge to be filed.
"Based on what we have so far, the evidence from six years ago has not changed that much, however, there is new information that came out, but we're not going to discuss that at this time," Watson said.
Affidavit provides more details in latest investigation
In a newly released affidavit, the sheriff's office says Gayle McCaffrey was legally classified as deceased in March of 2018.
The affidavit also states Bob McCaffrey has lied to investigators with the sheriff's office on numerous occasions, refused to cooperate with search efforts for his wife, and has declined any parental relationship with his children.
"There are no other identified suspects that could have killed and disposed of Gayle McCaffrey's body other than the defendant," CCSO officials said in the affidavit.
The affidavit also includes details of a typed letter provided by Bob McCaffrey which he claimed his wife wrote.
Investigators say a linguistics expert reviewed the note and determined that it was "more probable than not" that Gayle McCaffrey did not write the letter.
The letter stated the Gayle was running away with her lover "Nicky," and stated she removed a safe from their home that contained $110,000 in cash and collective coins.
Authorities say they questioned Bob McCaffrey about the safe and told investigators that he did not know "Nicky," and that his wife would not be strong enough to remove the safe on her own.
The sheriff's office said an investigation revealed that the safe "did not exist in the manner" Bob McCaffrey detailed, and no one else who lived or visited the house had ever seen the safe, and there was no indication the safe had ever existed.
Family attends and speaks at sheriff's office presser
McCaffrey's older sisters, Helen Banach and Debbie Pearson, also attended Wednesday's news conference. Banach spoke to reporters about her sister and the case.
"We have waited a very long time for today," she said. "For six years, we have looked for answers in Gayle's death. Gayle was very sweet, quiet and smart. Anyone that knew her knew that she loved her life, her kids, her family, her job, her church, and her friends. Her children were her world, and everything she did revolved around them. We've always known there was no chance that she just walked away from her life willingly and caused so much pain. She was always gentle and kind and she deserved a long and happy life. She deserved to be able to watch her children grow up and teach them how to be good people. They deserved to know how wonderful she was."
Banach said the family is hopeful that there might be justice for her murder and said their greatest wish is to find out where she has been hidden so they can bury her body.
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