Our card this week is Jefferson "Jeff" West, the King of Diamonds from Mississippi. On July 2nd 2018, Jeff West, a 46-year-old father of four, got into an argument with his mom in the backyard of her house. In the heat of the moment, he apparently stormed off into the woods surrounding her property… and has never been seen again. If you know anything about the mysterious disappearance of Jeff West from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, in July of 2018, we urge you to call Detective Sergeant Dustin Weir at 228-466-5474, or, if you prefer to remain anonymous, you can call Mississippi Coast CrimeStoppers at 877-787-5898. View source material and photos for this episode at: thedeckpodcast.com/jeff-west Let us deal you in… follow The Deck on social media.Instagram: @thedeckpodcast | @audiochuckTwitter: @thedeckpodcast_ | @audiochuckFacebook: /TheDeckPodcast | /audiochuckllcTo support Season of Justice and learn more, please visit seasonofjustice.org. The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers. Instagram: @ashleyflowersTikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkieTwitter: @Ash_FlowersFacebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!
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Our card this week is Jefferson Jeff West, the King of Diamonds from Mississippi. It was July 2nd, 2018, when Jeff seemingly vanished into thin air outside of his mom's home in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. And when locals caught wind of the disappearance, rumors started flying. Did the 46-year-old change his identity and start a new life somewhere else? Could he have been targeted by a gang?
Could this have been a suicide? It's a mystery that has stumped detectives and devastated Jeff's family. But they all agree, someone out there knows something I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is The Deck. On July 3rd, 2018, Bessie West went to the Bay St. Louis police in Mississippi to file a missing persons report for her son, Jeff.
She told police that just the day before, the two of them had gotten into an argument and she thought Jeff had walked off into the woods surrounding her house. Now, typically, this wouldn't have been cause for alarm. Jeff liked to clear his mind in the woods. They were sort of an escape for him. But Jeff hadn't really been himself lately.
Jeff had long struggled with a substance use disorder, and after a recent relapse, his wife Stephanie began pulling away. So Jeff had to move back in with his mom, and it seemed like he was in a downward spiral. The two began arguing a lot about Jeff's drug use, and leading up to their final argument, Jeff had been posting about his personal struggles to Facebook.
Love hurts, but it also feels great. You have good and bad times. Love keeps you together through it all. Just tired. So my wife must have fell out of love. Just missing my wife and kids, bro. She's not talking to me. Now I gotta get through this rough road.
Four days before Jeff allegedly walked off into the woods, he reposted a message from an account called Depression Quotes. It read, Nobody will ever text me and say how much they miss me. I'm not worth missing. But Jeff was wrong. Bessie did miss her son. When a day went by and Jeff didn't show back up at the house, she immediately went to the police.
And around that time, she actually commented on Jeff's post, saying, quote, You worth more than you will ever know. Love you, son. Please come home. God, please watch over my son. End quote. Here's Detective Sergeant Dustin Weir with the Bay St. Louis Police Department, who is working the case today.
So at that time, we took the report, we issued a BOLO, put him on NCIS, he was a missing person. And then after that, we spoke with Jeff's mom, and she did give us some other names of people that he might have been involved with, as far as his wife, who he was separated from, and some friends. It looks like there was a recent relapse, which could have led to some marital problems.
There could have been some other problems in the home, which we see a lot. But we do know that from talking to family and friends that there was a lot of depression over just losing his wife and kids.
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