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Wynette's daughters weren't the only ones to smell something fishy in their mom's story of what happened that sad day in 1978. According to The Boot, even the Nashville police thought the whole thing was "very puzzling." The possible motives for such an attack seemed suspect. The singer's face was terribly bruised, and she had a broken cheekbone. However, she hadn't been sexually assaulted or robbed. She had cash and 30 credit cards with her at the time of the attack, but her alleged kidnapper didn't take anything. Did he do it simply because he wanted to beat up a country music super star?

The facts of the case just didn't add up to what Wynette said happened. They did, however, point to the more likely scenario of domestic abuse, which is exactly what Daly and Wynette's other daughters suspected had happened. They all believed the beating to have been the work of Richey, and after their mother's death in 1998, they all sued him for wrongful death. Richey was steadfast in his denial of such treatment of his wife and demanded that her body be exhumed to clear his name. But the suit was settled out of court in 2002, Richey died in 2010, and the mystery of Tammy Wynette's alleged kidnapping may never be solved.

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