In 1989, Robert Sims arrived at his Alton, Illinois home and found his wife Paula unconscious on the kitchen floor and their newborn daughter Heather missing. Oddly, their 2 year old son Randy was asleep in his bed. Paula reported that a masked individual broke into their home and kidnapped Heather, whose body was later found in a garbage can. When the police learned that the Sims' had a daughter reported kidnapped and, later, found dead on their property in 1986, they began to focus on Paula. Paula Sim's was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.