It wasn’t until she was reported missing that Jon said he learned from investigators that the affair had secretly continued.īefore she disappeared, Erin had been planning a new life with Chris and had texted her friend back in Tennessee that she was planning a special visit to the national park with Chris. On the morning of June 28, 2014, when Erin woke him up and kissed him goodbye, Jon believed his life had gotten back on track. Erin assured him the affair was over, they patched things up, and Erin soon found out she was expecting a baby. Yet, Jon had been determined to make his marriage work. Megli’s suspicions were soon confirmed, however, and just two months later, Jon said Nichole reached out to him to let him know their spouses were having an affair. The behavior was so odd, Megli said she warned Chris’ wife, Nichole, but Nichole initially shrugged off Megli’s fears, telling the ranch owner that the pair were just friends and had developed a close bond because they both struggled with depression.Ĭhris, a Marine himself, had reportedly been having a difficult time after returning from a tour in Afghanistan. “They were laughing and carrying on about something on the computer,” she said. While it initially just seemed like the four had developed a strong friendship, the ranch’s founder, Isabel Megli, told Canning she soon noticed a deeper bond forming between Erin and Chris around Christmas 2013. Erin suffered a miscarriage early in their marriage that left her feeling devastated and depressed, and Jon soon learned that she had also been carrying on an affair with their neighbor on base, Chris Lee.Ĭhris, his wife, Nichole, Jon, and Erin had all been close friends, often spending time together on the White Rock Ranch Horse Rescue in nearby Watsonville. The couple eloped in Las Vegas and soon set off to begin their new life together in Twentynine Palms, where Jon had been stationed.īut the young romance quickly began to derail. Jon proposed to Erin - who he said he was “always able to talk to” - when she was just 18 years old. “When I think of Erin with horses … she’s very confident, she knows exactly what she wants and what she’s going to do, but with people she was much meeker, much quieter, calmer,” her friend Abby Gooch told “Dateline: Secrets Uncovered.”īy high school, Erin’s list of loves had grown to incorporate boyfriend Jon Corwin, who joined the United States Marines just after high school. Those who knew her described her as a quiet and shy girl, with a big love for horses. “I knew my daughter, and I couldn’t get to Twentynine Palms quick enough.”ĭetectives with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office began to delve into Erin’s life and soon discovered damaging secrets that could have put the young military wife’s life in danger.Įrin, who had been adopted by the Heavilins, had grown up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. “When they found her car, without her, that’s when I knew something else had happened and I think I knew at that point and time she was no longer with us,” Heavilin told "Dateline" correspondent Andrea Canning. Lore Heavilin initially believed her quiet, directionally-challenged daughter may have just gotten lost in the vast national park, but when the teenager’s car was found abandoned several miles north of the park a few days later, she knew her daughter had likely met a more sinister end. “I was just so stressed and worried,” Jon would later tell “Dateline: Secrets Uncovered,”airing Wednesdays at 8/7c on Oxygen, adding that he had tried to call his missing wife at least 50 times before reporting her missing the next morning. on Jto scout out possible trails in Joshua Tree National Park to take her mother to the next month, Erin seemingly vanished without a trace. The 19-year-old was expecting a baby and was anxiously awaiting her mother's first visit to California since Erin had moved to Twentynine Palms with her high school sweetheart and husband, Jon Corwin.īut after waking up early and leaving the couple’s military base housing around 7 a.m.
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