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Jayme Lynn Engstrom – The Charley Project
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Jayme Lynn Engstrom
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Engstrom, circa 1994

  • Missing Since02/20/1994
  • Missing FromClearwater, Florida
  • ClassificationEndangered Missing
  • Date of Birth11/13/1971 (47)
  • Age22 years old
  • Height and Weight5'5, 110 - 120 pounds
  • Medical ConditionsEngstrom has a history of crack cocaine abuse.
  • Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian female. Blonde hair, blue/gray eyes. Engstrom has a rose tattoo on her upper right arm. She has surgical scars on the upper insides of both of her thighs. Engstrom has a vertical Caesarian section scar on her abdomen. She may use the aliases Sherrie Price, Julie Michaelyn Edwards, Jacklyn Smith and/or Sherrie Wilson.
Details of Disappearance
Engstrom was last seen at 8:43 p.m. on February 20, 1994 in the 1300 block Cleveland Street in Clearwater, Florida. Authorities stopped her while she was walking in the middle of the street at the time. She has never been heard from again.

Her mother, who last saw her in January 1994, reported her as a missing person in December 1995, almost two years after she went missing. Engstrom stayed in touch with her family by telephone several times a month, but they have not heard from her since her disappearance.

Prior to her disappearance, Engstrom had been arrested multiple times for prostitution, theft and drug charges, but her criminal record abruptly stopped after early 1994. She was a known prostitute in the Clearwater area, and lived near north Fort Harrison Avenue. She had also been arrested for prostitution in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

Several other local prostitutes were murdered around the same time Engstrom disappeared. Investigators believe the women, including Engstrom, may have been victims of a serial killer, but no suspects have been named.

Engstrom has connections to West Springfield, Massachusetts; McKeesport, Pennsylvania; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the mother of twin sons. Her disappearance remains unsolved.
 
Name: Jayme Lynn Engstrom
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: February 20, 1994
Location Last Seen: Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida.

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: November 13, 1971
Age: 22 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 110-120 lbs.
Hair Color: Blonde/Strawberry
Eye Color: Blue or Blue/gray
Nickname/Alias: Sherrie Price; Julie Michaelyn Edwards; Jacklyn Smith or Sherrie Wilson.
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She is addicted to crack cocaine. She has a tattoo of a rose on her upper right arm. A vertical Cesarean Section scar on abdomen, surgical scars on upper inside of thighs. Scar on right finger or hand.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Engstrom, a mother of twins, was last seen at 20:43 on February 20, 1994, in the 1300 block of Cleveland Street in Clearwater. The Clearwater Police stopped her for walking in the middle of the street.

Engstrom called her family two or three times a month. She has not telephoned her mother or seen her children since January 7, 1994.

Her mother reported Engstrom missing December 29, 1995. She told detectives that she last saw her when she took her to get a driver's license. That was in January 1994.

Engstrom has a criminal record. She was previously arrested in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Locally, she worked alongside and stayed with people who lived near North Fort Harrison Avenue.

Engstrom's record stops in February 1994. Authorities believe she fits the profile of other women who have been victims of homicide.

Engstrom disappeared six months before Ladonna Jean Steller was killed; the first of four Clearwater prostitutes who detectives think may have been victim of a serial killer.

Engstrom has ties to the Mckeesport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and West Springfield, Massachusetts areas.

Foul play is suspected.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Detective Christopher Lyons
Agency Phone Number: 727-582-6200
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 95-401299

NCIC Case Number: M-893518209
NamUs Case Number: 10073

Information Source(s)​



NamUs
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
FDLE
St. Petersburg Times

Admin Notes​

Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 12/11/2023 - By: kc
 

Residents go missing without a trace around Clearwater​

This is the second part of a two-part series about people who have disappeared from Clearwater over the last three decades.​

  • By LESTER R. DAILEY
  • Jan 31, 2007



Jayme Lynn Engstrom was only 22 years old when she disappeared, but they were hard years.
The Pennsylvania native moved to Pinellas County with her mother when she was 10, following the breakup of her parents, who had married at 17. She went to Dunedin Middle and High schools, but dropped out at 16.
She got in with a bad crowd, began stealing and writing bad checks, started using drugs and soon became a crack addict, according to interviews her mother, Vicki Lynn Engstrom, gave to sheriff’s deputies and the press shortly after the disappearance.

She went back to Pennsylvania in 1989, allegedly in fear for her life because of a drug deal gone awry in Florida. There, she moved in with a man and bore him twin sons, but the relationship was stormy, and Engstrom spent a lot of time in abuse shelters or jail.

She returned to Pinellas County in 1991, bringing her boyfriend and sons with her. But they later moved back to Pennsylvania and subsequently came back to Florida.
Along the way, she was in and out of rehab and racked up an extensive arrest record for solicitation for prostitution, soliciting for a lewd act, drug possession and theft. She also gave birth to a daughter, whom she put up for adoption, and split up with her boyfriend when she caught him cheating on her.
Engstrom stayed with friends in the area around N. Fort Harrison Avenue. She was last seen at 8:43 p.m. on Feb. 20, 1994, when Clearwater police stopped her for walking down the middle of the road in the 1300 block of Cleveland Street. There was speculation, but no proof, that she fell victim to James M. Randall, an alleged serial killer of mid-Pinellas prostitutes at that time.

Engstrom would now be 36 years old. When she disappeared, she stood 5-foot-4 and weighed 115 pounds. She is white, with blonde hair, blue eyes and a rose tattoo on her upper right arm. Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts should call the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office at 582-6200.
Patricia E. “Patty” Action was 25 years old when she went missing on May 26, 1978. She was last seen leaving the Ramada Inn Lounge around 11:30 p.m. in her 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle. The car was found abandoned on U.S. 19 in Tarpon Springs a few days later.
Action is white and would now be 54 years old.
Margaret Dash was 33 years old when she was last seen, on June 14, 1974. Her husband reported her missing, and added that she had been having an affair with a 23-year-old man named Cleveland Hill. The husband claimed that Hill had threatened to kill Mrs. Dash if she didn’t leave her husband and run away with him.

Her car was found two months later in St. Petersburg. At the time, police said that Hill was also connected with the disappearance of Retha Ingram-Hires, 34, and Donyelle Johnson, age 6.
Dash is African-American and would now be 70 years old. Anyone with information about Action or Dash should call the Clearwater Police Department at 562-4080.


 

Is missing mom part of recent killings?​









By
  • JANE MEINHARDT

Published Aug. 22, 1996|Updated Sept. 16, 2005
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The telephone calls from Jayme Lynn Engstrom stopped more than two years ago.
Since then, her twin sons have turned 6. They started school Wednesday, but they will not be sharing that milestone with their mother.
Engstrom, who would be 24 now, is missing.
She has not telephoned her mother in Clearwater or seen her children since Jan. 7, 1994.
Pinellas County sheriff's detectives are seeking help in finding Engstrom. They are concerned about her whereabouts because of a series of prostitute murders.
Engstrom's criminal record includes arrests for prostitution, soliciting for a lewd act, possession of drugs and theft. Sheriff's Sgt. Greg Tita said she was arrested in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts for prostitution. Locally, she worked alongside and stayed with people who lived near N Fort Harrison Avenue.

It was the death of prostitute Cynthia Pugh _ one of four N Fort Harrison Avenue prostitutes found murdered in the past two years _ that set off alarms.
Tita said Vicki L. Engstrom, 42, contacted detectives when a photograph of Pugh was publicized because Pugh closely resembled her daughter. Both women are described as small, blond and very attractive.
Pugh, 27, was found strangled in January in the parking lot of a building on U.S. 19. Her murder was the latest of four that detectives say were committed by a serial killer.
In July 1994, Ladonna Jean Steller was found dead in a lot on Drew Street near where Engstrom stayed with a friend. Last year, Wendy Ann Evans was murdered in October, and Peggy Darnell was killed a month later.
All the bodies were nude. All the women had been seen on N Harrison Avenue before they were killed.
Tita said detectives had not established any link between Engstrom's disappearance and James M. Randall, whom authorities have identified as the only suspect in the murders.
Randall, 41, of Dunedin, was arrested July 1 after he eluded deputies in a four-day manhunt. He remains in the Pinellas jail, where he is being held without bail on a Massachusetts violation of probation warrant. He also faces local charges resulting from the manhunt, but he has not been charged with murder.

"The possibility of him being linked with Engstrom is there," Tita said. "Consistencies with her disappearance and the facts surrounding those four murder victims puts her on the same page as the victims."
Vicki Engstrom, who declined to comment for this story, reported her daughter missing Dec. 29, 1995. She told detectives that she last saw her when she took her to get a driver's license. That was in January 1994. Ms. Engstrom continues to care for her daughter's children.
If you have information
Jayme Lynn Engstrom, who would be 24 now, has been missing since January 1994. She is described as very attractive, with short blond hair and blue eyes. She is 5 feet 3 and weighs 130 pounds. She has a rose tattoo on her right shoulder. Anyone with information is asked to call Pinellas County sheriff's detectives at 582-6200.
 

"Jayme Lynn Engstrom​

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Engstrom, circa 1994
  • Missing Since02/20/1994
  • Missing FromClearwater, Florida
  • ClassificationEndangered Missing
  • SexFemale
  • RaceWhite
  • Date of Birth11/13/1971 (52)
  • Age22 years old
  • Height and Weight5'5, 110 - 120 pounds
  • Medical ConditionsEngstrom has a history of crack cocaine abuse.
  • Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian female. Blonde hair, blue/gray eyes. Engstrom has a rose tattoo on her upper right arm at the shoulder. She has surgical scars on the upper insides of both of her thighs, and a has a vertical Cesarean section scar on her abdomen. She may use the aliases Sherrie Price, Julie Michaelyn Edwards, Jacklyn Smith and/or Sherrie Wilson.

Details of Disappearance​

Engstrom was last seen at 8:43 p.m. on February 20, 1994, outside the Idle Spur Bar in the 1300 block Cleveland Street in Clearwater, Florida. Authorities stopped her while she was walking in the middle of the street at the time; she was carrying an open container of alcohol. She has never been heard from again.

Engstrom stayed in touch with her family by telephone several times a month, but they have not heard from her since her disappearance. Her mother, who last saw her in January 1994, reported her as a missing person in December 1995, almost two years after she went missing.

Prior to her disappearance, Engstrom had been arrested multiple times for prostitution, theft and drug charges, but her criminal record abruptly stopped after early 1994. She was a known prostitute in the Clearwater area, and lived near north Fort Harrison Avenue. She had also been arrested for prostitution in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

Several other local prostitutes were murdered around the same time Engstrom disappeared. Investigators believe the women, including Engstrom, may have been victims of a serial killer, but no suspects have been named.

Engstrom has connections to West Springfield, Massachusetts; McKeesport, Pennsylvania; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the mother of identical twin sons, and in 1993 she gave birth to a daughter whom she placed for adoption. Her disappearance remains unsolved.''
 
Im from Clearwater/Dunedin area. She was probably staying at one of those Motels on FT Harrison. In the 1970s to 1990s they where known for drugs and prostitution. Eventually in the late 1990s the church of scientlology bought some of them out and cleaned them up for their visiting members to stay I assume.
I watched an episode of Living with Evil about James Randall. It makes sense that Jayme could be one of his victims but Im not sure that is likely. The victims bodies were found that I read about. He did drive some of them to other areas to dump. But it was like he wanted them to be found. Jayme was never found.
 
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Im from Clearwater/Dunedin area. She was probably staying at one of those Motels on FT Harrison. In the 1970s to 1990s they where known for drugs and prostitution. Eventually in the late 1990s the church of scientlology bought some of them out and cleaned them up for their visiting members to stay I assume.
I watched an episode of Living with Evil about James Randall. It makes sense that Jayme could be one of his victims but Im not sure that is likely. The victims bodies were found that I read about. He did drive some of them to other areas to dump. But it was like he wanted them to be found. Jayme was never found.
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but what im stuck on is that if he was close to her maybe he wanted to keep her from being found because he wanted her all for himself
 
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