Something About Cari - Ep. 5: Mother
2/4/202630 min
Liz cooperates with investigators looking into Cari’s disappearance. Then, newly discovered evidence leads to an arrest. This episode originally published on December 16, 2025.
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Craig Melvin· Soundbite0:29
I'm Craig Melvin. Cheers.
Ryan Avis· Soundbite0:31
Cheers.
Speaker 30:32
Cheers.
Craig Melvin· Soundbite0:32
I've always been a glass half full kind of guy, and now I'm talking to some people who look at the world that way, too. Some really fascinating folks who share their defining moments, their triumphs, their challenges. Their stories are funny and quite candid. So I hope you'll join me each week. And who knows? You might just come away with your own glass half full.
Keith Morrison· Host0:54
Search Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin from today on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. After Cari Farver drove away from little Macedonia, Iowa in November of 2012 and never returned, cops and neighbors alike seemed all too willing to believe that her bipolar disorder was to blame. She'd had some sort of break with reality. And of course, they sympathized with Cari's son Max and her mother Nancy, but what could anyone do? Detective Ryan Avis.
Ryan Avis· Soundbite1:27
In the small community where she's from,