Joan Risch was in many ways your average 60s housewife -- beloved wife, doting mother, and trusted neighbor. She was intelligent and well-read, as a writer and former secretary, and she intended to return to work when her children were older. No evidence was ever found that she was in any way unhappy. There are many theories about what happened to Joan Risch: Murder, Suicide, or an Intentional Disappearance. None fully explain the evidence she left behind.