PORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD) — Even as police were searching his son’s home, the father of Christopher Lockhart defended him, saying he had nothing to do with the disappearance of his wife.
Harry Lockhart, who lives 850 miles away in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, said he wasn’t surprised that police on Wednesday searched his son’s Portage home for evidence in the disappearance of Theresa Lockhart. Neither, he said, was his son.
“He was waiting for that to happen, anyway,” he said.
Theresa Lockhart was last seen on May 18. She was reported missing on May 20 by officials at Schoolcraft Community Schools, where she teaches Spanish.
Police tape near the Portage home of Theresa and Christopher Lockhart. (June 7, 2017)
Christopher Lockhart has been named a person of interest, but has denied involvement. Police have said the case could become a homicide investigation.
Harry Lockhart is convinced his daughter-in-law took off on her own over trouble with her teaching job.
“She was about to be fired from the school,” he said, though school officials have denied that
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