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Shawna Beth Garber: case cleared

March 22, 2024 By Alice

Shawna Beth Garber facial reconstruction

The McDonald County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri has released a statement that brings the case of Shawna Beth Garber to an end. The case is now cleared by exception as the suspect in her murder passed away. “It is believed that Talfey Reeves (deceased as of November 15, 2021), picked Shauna up from the Tanglewood/Ginger […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Forensic Genealogy, Missouri, Neosho Grace Doe, Shawna Beth Garber

Cheryl Ann Scherer (Aug 19, 1959 – missing April 17, 1979)

January 1, 2024 By Alice

Cheryl Ann Scherer missing poster

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-Democratic of April 14, 2023: “around 11:40 a.m. Scherer’s cousin, a […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Cheryl Ann Scherer, Missing Person, Missouri

Remembering RosaLee Halbrook Byrd

February 1, 2023 By Alice

Rosalee Halbrook Byrd

RosaLee Halbrook Byrd (June 25, 1933 – March 9, 2015) of Turtle, Dent County, Missouri, was found dead inside her home. The coroner noted that she died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head causing underlying depressed skull fractures. What type of object was used to cause that trauma, is unknown. According […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, Missouri, RosaLee Halbrook Byrd

Remembering Teresa “Tess” Sue Hilt

July 1, 2022 By Alice

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This August, it is 49 years ago that Teresa “Tess” Sue Hilt (Jan 6, 1951 – Aug 4, 1973) was found murdered in her off-campus apartment in Maryville, Missouri. She was twenty-two years old. As I am taking a break, this is the summer case for 2022. ** Tess attended Northwest Missouri State College. She […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, Knife Attack, Missouri, Teresa Sue Hilt

Norvel Robert Nelson III: remains found

March 11, 2022 By Alice

Norvel Robert Nelson III

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 […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Missing Person, Missouri, Norvel Robert Nelson III

Marquon Tyree Green (Jan 20, 1979 – Aug 27, 2000)

March 1, 2022 By Alice

Marquon Tyree Green Photograph KsCityKim

Marquon Tyree Green (Jan 20, 1979 – Aug 27, 2000) died from several gunshot wounds on August 27, 2000. Green was in Spring Valley Park, Missouri, attending a rapper’s concert. Another person was shot in the leg. At least two people started shooting. Whether Green and the other victim were intended targets, is unclear. Despite […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, Marquon Tyree Green, Missouri

Neosho Grace Doe is Shawna Beth Garber

April 5, 2021 By Alice

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Now officially identified as Shawna Beth Garber (born March 1, 1968) she was known as the ‘McDonald County Grace Doe’ and on my website as Neosho Grace Doe. Why did I give her that name? After her remains were recovered, Detective Lorie Howard sent them to Freeman Hospital in Neosho and the scans were sent […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Forensic Genealogy, Missouri, Neosho Grace Doe, Shawna Beth Garber, Unidentified

Lakota Rae Renville (1983 – 2005)

April 1, 2021 By Alice

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Lakota Rae Renville (July 6, 1983 – Oct 16, 2005) was only 22 years old when her body was found on Oct 16, 2005. Her remains were in an open gravel lot near Pitcher Road, Independence, Missouri. Lakota,  a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux tribe of South Dakota, was the daughter of Julie Keeble Watts […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unsolved Tagged With: Case of the Month, Lakota Rae Renville, M-Vac Systems, Missouri, stabbing death

Missing: Norvel Robert Nelson III

February 25, 2021 By Alice

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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. […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Mineral Point, Missing Person, Missouri, Norvel Robert Nelson III

Emily Johanne Carmela Starkloff

February 19, 2021 By Alice

Emily Starkloff

Emily Johanne Carmela Starkloff (Feb 23, 1989- May 5, 2008) was just nineteen years old when she died. That is way too soon for a person to leave earth. Cause of death: a hit-and-run killing. The driver never stopped, never came forward, and was never found. How you can live with yourself knowing that you […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Emily Johanne Carmela Starkloff, hit-and-run, Missouri, Saint Louis

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