Wife of Missing Swimmer Found in SC Had Suspicions

(NEW YORK) -- The wife of a Massapequa, N.Y., man who was reported missing in waters off a Long Island beach and turned up five days later in South Carolina, said she had reason to suspect that her husband was up to no good.

Evana Roth, whose husband, Raymond Roth, 47, was reported missing after he allegedly went swimming at Jones Beach on Saturday in unprotected waters and never returned to shore, said that she felt "anger and sadness" when she heard her husband had been vacationing in Florida and had not drowned.

According to ABC affiliate WABC-TV, Raymond Roth allegedly took out extra life insurance, and took his wife off as the executor of his will months earlier, which led Evana Roth to believe her husband had been planning to stage his own death.

Roth's 22-year-old son, Jonathan, called 911 at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday to tell police that his father had gone into the water at Jones Beach's Field 6 and did not return. Roth allegedly went swimming 750 feet east of the closest lifeguard, said Det. Sgt. Thomas Duignan of the state park police.

It wasn't until Thursday morning that Roth was found in South Carolina after spending time in Florida. Duignan said Roth was stopped by an officer on I-95 for speeding.

Duignan said that while charges had not been filed against Roth as of Friday morning, "we do believe it will culminate in his arrest."

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