Janet March Murdered

On a warm day in August of 1996, Janet Levine March disappeared. Vanished. The last person to see her was her husband, Perry March.

According to Perry March, he and his wife had a disagreement. She decided she needed a break, packed some of her things and left, indicating she would return. She didn't. When Janet failed to return for her son's birthday, family and friends new something was wrong. It was two weeks from the day she left before she was reported missing.

Ever since Janet's disappearance, there have been questions surrounding her husband. Nashville police questioned him, though he refused to answer. A week after she was reported missing, police found Janet's car, abandoned, parked at an apartment complex near her home. Perry March refused to let his house be searched, so police got a warrant. There was no evidence of a crime, and no body.

Perry March, while maintaining his innocence, moved to Mexico near his father, Arthur March, in fear that his in-laws, Lawrence and Carolyn Levine, would try to seek custody of his and Janet's children, Sammy and Tzipi. In Tennessee, a court declared Janet legally dead, and in Mexico, Perry married Carmen Rojas. Two months later, Lawrence and Carolyn Levine filed a wrongful death against Perry March, and won.

What ensued afterward was a bitter custody battle. The Levines came to Mexico, armed with a court order to give them visitation rights with the children. Perry March refused. The Levines did not give up. A month later, they enlisted the Mexican authorities to help them. Perry was detained by immigration, and the Levines executed their visitation order. Once they took the children, though, they left for Nashville. The visitation order gave them 39 days. From there, Mr. March struck back, accusing the Levines of kidnapping the children. The Levines attempted to gain full custody, although they were ordered to send the children back. It would be a while before they saw them again.