Patrice Endres was a 38‑year‑old hairstylist and devoted mother living in Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia. Known for her warm smile, professionalism behind the chair, and close relationship with her teenage son, Stephanie “Pistol” Endres, Patrice had built a reputation in her community as a reliable stylist who balanced her small business with family life. She worked out of Tamber’s Trim‑N‑Tan, a modest salon on Highway 369, where regulars appreciated her skill and gentle demeanor. Despite the demands of single parenthood following her divorce from her first husband, Patrice maintained a busy schedule, juggling weekend appointments, school drop‑offs, and routine home life in a close‑knit neighborhood.
The Day of Disappearance
On Thursday, April 15, 2004, Patrice began her morning like any other. After driving her son to school, she locked up their home and headed to the salon. She completed her first appointment by 11:05 AM and welcomed a second client at 11:20 AM. Phone records indicate an incoming call at 11:37 AM—Patrice answered and spoke for approximately two minutes. A follow‑up call at 11:50 AM went unanswered. When her next scheduled clients arrived shortly after noon, they found the salon deserted: Patrice’s purse and car keys lay on the counter, her lunch remained in the microwave, and the cash drawer was open and empty. Outside, her Chevrolet Tahoe was parked at an unusual angle, suggesting someone else had moved it. Within minutes, a full‑scale missing‑person investigation was launched.
Initial Investigation and Evidence
Law enforcement arrived on scene within the hour and combed the salon for clues. There were no signs of a struggle—no overturned chairs, no visible blood, no forced entry. Because the cash register was emptied while Patrice’s personal items were untouched, detectives theorized robbery may have been staged to mislead. Phone records and salon appointment logs allowed authorities to narrow her disappearance to a tight 13‑minute window between 11:37 AM and 11:50 AM. Interviews with neighbors and coworkers yielded conflicting reports of a blue sedan in the parking lot—some said it resembled a 1992 Chevrolet Lumina, others recalled a late‑1990s Ford Taurus or Chevrolet Malibu. No license plate was recorded. That fleeting sighting became the cornerstone of the investigation.
Suspicions and Persons of Interest
Rob Endres (Husband)
Patrice’s second husband, Rob Endres, immediately drew scrutiny. The couple’s relationship had been strained; Patrice had spoken to close friends about filing for divorce. The day after her disappearance, Rob changed the locks on their shared home, barring Pistol from collecting his mother’s belongings. Rob produced two pieces of purported alibi evidence: a time‑stamped gas‑station receipt and a workplace turnstile record placing him at his job during the critical window. However, neither item definitively proved his whereabouts for the full 13 minutes. In the years that followed, Rob’s behavior grew increasingly disturbing: he requested Patrice’s disinterred bones be reassembled so he could carry her skull, and he kept and “cuddled” her cremated ashes for over a year before finally returning them to Pistol after Rob’s own death in October 2023.
Jeremy Bryan Jones
In late 2005, Jeremy Bryan Jones—a drifter later linked to at least one other homicide—confessed to killing Patrice. Investigators noted that he accurately described the interior layout of Tamber’s Trim‑N‑Tan and mentioned details not publicly released. However, when confronted, Jones retracted his confession, claiming coercion, and no physical evidence tied him to Cumming. Jones’s credibility was further undermined by his inconsistent statements across interviews…