Joy Risker and Shawn Goff, a former evangelical minister, met when he was her youth pastor. Goff, interested in Christian polygamy, married Joy, making her his second wife. Their relationship eventually deteriorated, with Joy expressing desires for independence and a career in makeup artistry, leading to conflict with Goff.
Joy was Goff's second wife in a polygamous relationship.
Joy's desire for independence and a career caused conflict.
Joy abruptly disappeared, leaving her friends and family worried.
One preacher. Two wives. And a mystery that leads investigators deep into the desert to uncover the truth about the disappearance of wife number two. Keith Morrison reports in this Dateline classic that originally aired on NBC on January 9, 2007.