What happened to Lena Chapin and where is Sandy Klemp from Netflixs Unsolved Mysteries now? T

May 2024 · 3 minute read

THE reboot of Unsolved Mysteries has been keeping us on the edge of our seats in lockdown.

The sixth episode of the Netflix true-crime show tells us the story of Sandy Klemp - whose estranged husband and later, daughter both went missing in a chilling and somewhat unsolved case.

When did Gary McCollough go missing?

The episode covers the chilling disappearances of Gary McCullough in 1999 and Lena Chapin in 2006.

The cases are linked by their connections to Sandy Klemp - McCullough’s ex-wife and Chapin’s mother.

Sandy married Gary McCullough in December of 1996. According to the Netflix documentary, Sandy then began an alleged affair with Kristopher Klemp in March of 1999.

The episode suggests that Gary McCullough knew of this affair, and was planning to leave Sandy.

But on May 11 of that year, he suddenly went missing.

Law enforcement was notified that Gary was missing three days later by his brother.

Barry County Sheriff Mick Epperly told the Monett Times Sandy Klemp did not allow the property to be searched or agree to take a polygraph.

Kris Klemp then moved into Gary McCullough’s home less than a week later, and Sandy was granted a dissolution of her marriage to Gary in 2000.

Gary McCullough was officially declared dead in 2005.

When did Lena Chapin go missing?

In June 26, 2003, 17-year-old Lena Chapin, in a recorded conversation with her ex-stepfather Albert McCullough - Gary's brother who was also previously married to Sandy - claimed that her mother killed Gary McCullough.

In the recording, she recalls being taken out of school to help her mother clean the house and burn McCullough's remains.

Albert submitted the tape to the police, but she later recanted the confession.

Chapin taped her statement, where she confessed.

Three years later, on February 14, 2006, she then also went missing.

Sandy Klemp told Lena’s sisters that she had moved to Florida with a new boyfriend, and Sandy was granted custody of Lena’s son.

Lena Chapin was only formally reported missing in 2008.

Where is Sandy Kemp now?

On June 26, 2006, Gary McCullough's children filed a lawsuit against Sandy and Kris Klemp, alleging that Sandy and Kris “knowingly took the life of their father".

Lena was named as a co-conspirator.

In 2013, the jury found them liable and ordered the Klemps to pay $7 million in damages to the family.

According to Unsolved Mysteries, the Klemps are yet to pay any money.

Sandy and Kris Klemp divorced in 2014, and local law enforcement believes that Sandy remarried a man named Joe Wink in Missouri and now goes by Sandy Wink.

The bodies of Gary McCullough and Lena Chapin have yet to be found, and Lena’s son Colter is still in Sandy’s care.

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Where can I watch Unsolved Mysteries?

The first series of Unsolved Mysteries is available to binge on Netflix UK now.

The show, which dropped on Netflix on July 1,  is a reboot of the 1987 show of the same name.

It is a 12-part series where each episode looks at a different unsolved mystery.

The first episode is title Mystery on the Rooftop, and looks at the 2006 death of Rey Riviera.

Trailer for new Netflix documentary series Unsolved Mysteries

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