Hours NCIS Body of Evidence. Produced by Jonathan Leach. In 1. 98. 9, Annie Tahan disappeared without a trace. She left behind a newborn daughter and her boyfriend, Chief Petty Officer Michael Paalan, who told police that she had walked out on him. Four years after she disappeared, and with little to go on, authorities in Charleston, S. C. asked NCIS for help. The mere fact that Michael Paalan was an active duty sailor at the time, we had an obligation to seek out the truth, said retired NCIS Special Agent Pete Hughes. Did Paalan have something to do with Tahans disappearance It would take years of challenging investigative work, multi agency cooperation, surveillance and a sting operation to get answers. Moreover, they were investigating one of their own, making the case even tougher. We have a motto that we live by, retired NCIS Special Agent Jim Grebas  explained. Its To the living we owe respect, and to the dead we owe the truth. Annie Tahan, a single mother of three, disappeared without a trace in the fall of 1. Kathi French. Jim Grebas NCIS Senior Special Agent, Retired When you work on an investigation you give it everything youve got. Thats why we went into law enforcement, to help people who couldnt help themselves. Pete Hughes NCIS Senior Special Agent, Retired Were driven to solve these cases. In working these cases, particularly a missing persons case its devastating to the family. They have no answers. Sarah Bowman Newspaper reporter In the fall of 1. Annie Tahan, a single mother of three in her 2. People dont just disappear. But that really happened in this case. Agent Jim Grebas She just disappeared and vanishedwithout a trace. Sarah Bowman Michael Paalan was Annie Tahans boyfriend. He was a decorated sailor in the U. Intel Inside Marketing Program. S. Navy and became the center of interest in this case. Agent Pete Hughes He had a complicated role within the Navy. He was an electronics surface warfare specialist youve gotta be very sharp in order to execute that mission. Sarah Bowman When Annie met Michael she thought that she had found the man of her dreams. It really seemed like they were about to start a life together. Agent Pete Hughes He was good to her. He treated her nice. Crack Office Professional 2010 Trial. He swept her off her feet. Sarah Bowman They moved to South Carolina and Annie got pregnant. Annie is just ecstatic. She could not have been happier. But it wasnt long before this story took an unexpected, tragic twist. Michael told the police that on November 6th 1. Annie was gone. Sarah Bowman You would think that if someone disappeared that there would be a massive search. But that did not happen. Kathi French, her closest friend, was the only person searching for her for about three and a half years. Kathi French Annie Tahans friend I needed to find her. Agent Pete Hughes For four years, nobody had heard or seen from her. 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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ANNIE TAHANKathi French This is a story about evil. Its a story about an evil person. Evil walks with us every day. Agent Jim Grebas I first learned about the Annie Tahan missing person case when I was at the Berkeley County Sheriffs Department in South Carolina. A detective whos a very good friend of mine came to me and said, Hey Jim, we have a very difficult case. We have a young lady that just simply disappeared. Weve investigated and theres nothing further we can do. She was last associated with a Navy chief and hes no longer here. Can NCIS help us Agent Pete Hughes We got involved in 1. Sarah Bowman When NCIS got this case they really were starting from scratch. One of the first people they spoke to was Kathi French her friend who had never given up searching for Annie. Agent Pete Hughes Kathi was deathly afraid of Michael Paalan. And knew that if her cooperation in this investigation was revealed, Michael Paalan at some point could come back and hurt her. Kathi French She loved to dance. She just loved life. Her dream from the time she was a little girl she wanted to be a mother. Navy Petty Officer Michael Paalan served on the USS Brumby. NCIS. Sarah Bowman At the time that Annie Tahan met Michael Paalan, she was a single mom with three kids of her own. Annie didnt have much family. She met Michael Paalan in 1. USS Brumby, from Charleston, was docked in Portland, Maine. Kathi French She was very proud that he was a sailor. She absolutely fell head over heels for him. Agent Jim Grebas Annie wasnt lookin for someone to take care of her. Shed found what she thought was love. Kathi French They were only dating a couple of months before he moved in. Shortly thereafter, there was a fire. Sarah Bowman Annie had gone out. And Michael was home with the kids. Annies two sons, Jamie and Sean, made it out of the apartment. But her youngest daughter, Cheyenne, who was 6 months old, perished in the fire. Sarah Bowman News crews were on the scene when Annie Tahan arrived home. Annie was trying to run into the apartment to save her daughter. And was having to be held back by neighbors. Kathi French Its like yesterday. Sorry sighs The death of that baby it changed her. When NCIS investigated the source of the fire, the facts didnt add up. Agent Jim Grebas It was always a suspicious fire, but the police department and the arson investigators   were never able to figure out exactly what happened. Sarah Bowman Annie Tahan and her two children moved in with her mother in Portland, Maine, and Michael Paalan went back to live in the barracks. And just a few months later another fire struck her mothers house. Agent Jim Grebas Theres a storage shed on the side of that house thats set on fire. Sarah Bowman The source of that fire was a little bit more suspicious. Serato Air Horn Sample'>Serato Air Horn Sample. Investigators when they were looking into the cause in the rubble found a lighter. It was engraved with USS Brumby, which was the ship that Michael Paalan was on. Agent Jim Grebas They never could prove that Michael Paalan started either fire. But there was suspicion surrounding it. So what happens is the state of Maine decides, We need to protect Annies children. So they remove them from her custody, and they place them with the Department of Social Service and Foster Care.