This is 26-year-old Joe Roberts, and he just made himself the top suspect in the mysterious disappearance of Brittany Tavar. What he didn’t realize was that he was being interrogated by Florida’s best detectives, who had flown across the country, determined to find Brittany and uncover his dark secret.
Brittany Tavar was known as a free-spirited woman, the kind of person who never let her family’s wealth go to her head. She lived in St. Augustine, supported by some family money, and was a regular at the oceanside Serenata Beach Club.
On July 5, 2010, Brittany attended a party at the beach club—a party that would become her last known sighting.
At the time, Brittany was involved in a court case against one of her neighbors, Anne, seeking a repeat violence injunction. She was scheduled to appear in court on July 6, but she never showed up.
Her absence was noticed immediately, prompting her friends to check in on her. When they saw her car was gone and got no response at the door, they decided to break in—but Brittany was nowhere to be found. That same day, her friend Brenda filed a missing persons report, officially beginning the search for Brittany Tavar.