FacebookThe Jamison family: Bobby, Sherilyn, and Madyson.Bobby Jamison, his wife Sherilyn, and their six-year-old daughter, Madyson, seemingly led normal lives in Eufaula, Oklahoma. But on October 8, 2009, the Jamison family disappeared without a trace. A few days later, the discovery of the Jamison familys truck only deepened the mystery. Inside, the Jamisons had left $32,000, an angry letter penned by Sherilyn to her husband, and the familys dog, on the brink of starvation. Even the discovery of their bodies four years later side-by-side, face-down offered no answers. The bodies were so decomposed that investigators could not tell how the Jamison family had died. Today, the disappearance and deaths of the Jamison family stands as one of the strangest cold cases in American history. Heres everything we know about their bizarre disappearance and death.The Disappearance Of The Jamison Family In 2009The story of the Jamison family begins back in 2009. That October, Bobby and Sherilyn had purportedly started thinking of buying a new house. On the day before they disappeared, October 7, they had visited a property up in the isolated Sans Bois Mountains, and spoken with the landowner. But the next day the family vanished without a trace from their Eufaula home. According to CBS News, more than 300 volunteers and dozens of law enforcement officials scoured the surrounding area for the missing family. They didnt find Bobby, Sherilyn, or Madyson, but they did find the familys truck eight days after theyd disappeared. At first it seemed like a break in the case but the truck only deepened the mystery. Latimer County Sheriffs OfficeThe Jamison familys truck was found about a week after they vanished.Inside, investigators found a wallet, a purse, the Jamison familys cell phones, $32,000 in cash, and the family dog, starving but alive. Both the money and the dog raised immediate questions. Both Bobby and Sherilyn were disabled they didnt work and it was unusual for them to be carrying so much cash. Whats more, Sherilyns mother Connie told the Daily Mail that Madyson loved the dog and never went anywhere without her. Ive gone back and forth on this thing, but my latest theory based on how the truck was parked and what was found in the truck I think they were forced to stop and got out of the truck to meet with someone they recognized, Latimer County Sheriff Israel Beauchamp told the Oklahoman. And I think they either left willingly or by force.Indeed, the dog and the money both seemed to suggest that the Jamison family had not meant to leave the truck for long. But they never returned. And no one would know what had happened to them until four years later. The Discovery Of The Jamisons Remains Four Years LaterThe Jamison family disappearance went cold until Nov. 16, 2013. That day, roughly three miles from where the Jamison family truck was found back in 2009, deer hunters stumbled upon the skeletal remains of two adults and one child. The three bodies were lying side-by-side, face down in the dirt. Investigators soon proved that they belonged to the Jamisons.Due to the state of decomposition, the cause of death could not be determined. But law enforcement had made some progress in their investigation in the meantime.They had uncovered security footage from the Jamison family home taken on the night they left. In the video recording, Bobby and Sherilyn Jamison are seen going back and forth between their house and their truck. Bobby and Sherilyn are both unusually thin, and pack the truck in total silence. YouTubeSecurity footage showed the Jamison family packing up their truck in a trancelike state.At one point, Sherilyn places a briefcase in the truck. Though investigators found many of the Jamison familys belongings in the vehicle, the briefcase has never been found (neither has Sherilyns small-caliber handgun). And Beauchamp thinks that the briefcase might be an important clue. I think it might have held a lot of cash, he told the Oklahoman. Investigators also learned that Sherilyn had told her mother that their house was haunted and that Bobby had told his pastor that the couple had seen ghosts. According to the Daily Mail, Bobby had even asked the pastor if he could find special bullets in order to shoot the spirits, and Sherilyn, who was interested in witches, had bought a witchs bible, which investigators found during their investigation in the Jamison family home. So what happened to the Jamison family? There are many theories, but no clear answers. Disturbing Theories About The Jamison Family DeathsOne possibility is that the Jamison family was killed; Sherilyns mother has suggested that the couple were possibly killed by a religious cult.Given the money in their truck, its also possible that their deaths were somehow related to a drug deal gone wrong. Though their loved ones deny that Bobby and Sherilyn did drugs themselves, they did have money troubles, and its possible that they might have gotten involved with selling drugs. FacebookThe Jamison family when Madyson was still a baby.Another hypothesis concerns Bobbys father, Bob Dean Jamison. According to the Oklahoman, Bobby described his father as a very dangerous man [who] thinks he is above the law. He even filed a petition for a protective order against his father, claiming that Bob Dean had threatened to kill him and his family on two occasions. My entire family is severely scared for their lives, Bobby Jamison wrote in his petition. I am in fear at all times.However, Bob Dean was in poor health at the time that the family went missing and he died just two months later. Bobbys brother, Jack, has stated that he does not think that their father was involved, as he was either in a hospital or in a rest home when the Jamison family disappeared. Indeed, some believe that the Jamison family disappearance stemmed from a murder-suicide.Investigators found an 11-page letter in the Jamison family truck from Sherilyn to Bobby in which she lists grievances against him, calling him a hermit. And she had purportedly struggled with her mental health in recent years. However, given the lack of information about the Jamison familys cause of death, its difficult to say who may have killed who.In the end, the Jamison family case seemed to have many leads but none of them led anywhere conclusive. Beauchamp once stated that a lot of investigators would love to have as many leads as we do; the problem is they point in so many different directions. Despite all the mysterious clues and theories, police havent been able to untangle the mystery of the Jamison family deaths. The case remains unsolved to this day.What I truly believe is that they went up there, saw something they shouldnt and were murdered by someone, Connie, Sherilyns mother remarked. Who that was, I just dont know.After reading about the strange disappearance and death of the Jamison family, go inside the bizarre disappearance of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froom. Then learn the chilling story of of Amy Lynn Bradley, who vanished while on a cruise.The post The Chilling Story Of The Jamison Family, From Their Unexplained Disappearance To The Discovery Of Their Bodies Four Years Later appeared first on All That's Interesting.