Imagine you are twenty years old and madly in love. So much so that you propose to your girlfriend who is eighteen years old. She says yes. You plan a wedding. A small, intimate ceremony. Just a few guests. You imagine your life together. Money is tight so staying in a multi-generational home is in […]
Missing Person
Have you seen Larry Franklin Basnight?
Larry Franklin Basnight (DOB 5/23/1940 – Missing since 7/15/1984) was 44 years old when he vanished. Larry, who was known as Frank or Frankie, was born on May 23, 1940. He disappeared on July 15, 1984 after he was released from the Chesapeake City Jail, Virginia. However, NamUs notes that “Larry was last seen in […]
Cheryl Ann Scherer (Aug 19, 1959 – missing April 17, 1979)
On April 17, 1979, Cheryl Ann Scherer started her 6 AM shift at the Rhodes Pump-Ur-Own Station in Scott City, Missouri. She called her mom around 1120 AM and they talked about supper and sewing later that evening. Between 1140-1150 AM, Cheryl disappeared. From the Standard Democrat (article now behind subscription wall) of April 14, 2023: […]
Missing: Stephen Michael Lankester-Cox
It was November 18, 2004. Stephen Michael Lankester-Cox (March 13, 1966 – missing Nov 18, 2004) was at his mother’s house on 3665 Walden Lane, Acworth, Cherokee County (Tribal Land) in Georgia, when he received a phone call. His mother, Sherron Lankester, heard him say to the caller that he could see the headlights of […]
Mary Emma Bisenthal Hammond: DNA
Mary Emma Bisenthal Hammond (Aug 1, 1958 – missing Sept 8, 1983) left for work in the early morning hours of September 8, 1983. She went missing and was never seen again. Her husband was never a suspect. On June 8, 2022, Brantford police reported that they found DNA on evidence pieces collected at a […]
Norvel Robert Nelson III: remains found
On March 10, 2022 the remains of Norvel Robert “Bobby” Nelson III were found on a private property in northern Washington County, said the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Bobby had been missing since January 2012 under suspicious circumstances. I wrote about that here. “The sheriff’s office stated no further information is being released at this […]
Found: David Virgil Neily
In 2011, Sue Carney wrote a guest blog post about the disappearance of David Virgil Neily. Now, he had been found. On May 7, 2020, a private nature reserve employee called the Mendocino County Sheriff. He had found what he believed to be human remains. The remains were in a forest near Branscomb and just […]
Missing: Joanna Lopez
I keep saying it, my readers are the best. In my inbox this morning, was a puzzle that has occupied me for the better part of the day. A reader told me that after watching old television send-offs, they saw two clips from WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois. Clip 1 is from 1989 and on YouTube […]
Missing: Norvel Robert Nelson III
Norvel Robert Nelson III (nickname Bobby) was last seen on Jan 5, 2012 in Mineral Point, Washington County, Missouri. He was on his way to pick up some of his wife’s belongings that were in a trailer where at some point, she stayed. There is no information about the exact location of that trailer online. […]
Missing: Deanna Michelle Merryfield
Deanna Michelle Merryfield has been missing since July 22, 1990. In the grid, you can see an age progression from a young Deanna to an estimate made in 2011 (upper right) and 2015. There are no new updates on NamUs, where I found her case. That file was created on Feb 22, 2010. Identification Deanna […]