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Last week\\u2019s episode concerning the disappearance of Sneha Philip right on the cusp of the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11/2001 got Melissa to thinking about other cases revolving around major national emergency events.\\xa0\\xa0And so this week\\u2019s episode is about someone else whose disappearance \\u2013 this one occurring just the day after 9/11 \\u2013 is still a mystery and whose killer has never been convicted \\u2013 although the authorities thought for sure they had identified that person\\u2026and arrested him\\u2026and tried him\\u2026FOUR TIMES\\u2026\\xa0\\xa0Michele Harris was splitting with her husband, Calvin (\\u201cCal\\u201d) Harris, and the split was not going well.\\xa0 Both living together in separate wings of the Harris estate in rural upstate New York pending a drawn out finalization of their divorce, things had gotten nasty between Michele and Cal by the time the summer of 2001 had rolled around.\\xa0\\xa0The main issue appeared to be money \\u2013 how much of a settlement would Michele accept from her multimillionaire soon-to-be-ex husband?\\xa0 If you asked Cal, he\\u2019d say way too much.\\xa0 If you asked Michele, she\\u2019d say all she wanted was an appraisal of all of Cal\\u2019s holdings so that she could walk away with a fair amount.\\xa0\\xa0Turns out the issue never had to be resolved.\\xa0\\xa0That\\u2019s because the morning after the WTC attacks, Michele was nowhere to be found anywhere in the house.\\xa0 Cal, who had to leave for work, called the babysitter to come over to take care of the kids until Michele got home.\\xa0\\xa0It\\u2019s when the babysitter showed up that things got strange.\\xa0 Driving into the property, she saw Michele\\u2019s minivan parked at th end of the long driveway, keys still in the ignition.\\xa0\\xa0It was when the police showed up to investigate that Cal Harris began to engage in a series of behaviors that led the authorities to make him the prime suspect.\\xa0 Which got him arrested.\\xa0 Which resulted in one tossed indictment, three mistrials and finally an acquittal \\u2013 fourteen years after Michele\\u2019s disappearance.\\xa0\\xa0The problem with Cal, you see \\u2013 setting aside the question of whether he was responsible for Michele\\u2019s ultimate fate or not \\u2013 is that he can\\u2019t seem to stop himself from being a giant jerk.\\xa0 He never seemed concerned about Michele; sold her stuff just weeks after she disappeared, took up with an old flame not long after that and just generally acted like a dee eye see kay, if y\\u2019know what we\\u2019re saying.\\xa0\\xa0So was Cal Harris righteously accused of Michele Harris\\u2019 murder?\\xa0 Or is he an innocent man wrongfully brought to trial simply because he was such an unpleasant dude (oh, almost forgot, as soon as he was acquitted he sued the County and every single witness who testified against him \\u2013 nice!)?\\xa0\\xa0Melissa goes over the details \\u2013 and you can decide for yourselves, Tip-Sters.\\xa0 Plus \\u2013 if there are any of you out there who might have an alternate theory of what might have happened to Michele Harris, let us know.