Tidwell Jr.'s wife told officers she had been staying with family in Nacogdoches, due to the cabin still being under construction. She said she last saw her husband on February 24, four days before he was reported missing.
The Rusk County Sheriff's Office tells KETK, Tidwell Jr.'s, wife has never been charged with anything and, to their knowledge, she had nothing to do with this.
But Akin argues...she knows more than she's telling.
"Her stories just kept scrambling," Akin claims. "I did not see Jimmy that Friday, but I had called and talked to him. A few minutes later, Carol said she did not talk to Jimmy on that Friday, but that she went by and saw him feed the chickens."
"I can't prove it," says Akin. "We don't have a body, we don't have a crime scene, but that's what I feel in my heart and I have a right to say. I don't know what you've heard, but the facts still remain. He's still missing."
Tidwell Jr.'s, case remains open, and his sister is still waiting for answers, constantly reading her timeline of events, while holding on to the memories of the man who was always there for her.
"Life goes on," Akin explains. "But, you never stop looking. You never stop asking. You never stop wondering. It never goes away."
