Updated Chronological Index...
My last update to this list was in 2009. I have gone through it and added some cases which have been discussed in these threads. It is in Chronological Order with victim descriptions and some cross reference as to where in this thread you can find further information on each.
When I origionally started this thread, I felt that it might be helpful to look for similarities in other cases. Victim appearance or age, time of year, time of day, similarities in clothing, in circumstances, geographics, etc.
There are probably quite a few other cases from this era which were discussed on the origional thread (the really long one) and in other more recent ones. I have tried to include vital statistics for each of these victims where I could find the information.
Of course, not all of these cases are related to the Lyon Sisters' case, but I feel very that some of them are. And there may be connections between others as well.
When looking at possible Suspects or Persons of Interest in the Lyon Sisters' case, consider the possibility of a link to one or more of these cases.
Note that most of these cases have their own thread here on Websleuths - some in the Missing categories and some under Cold Cases.
This is a very long post, so if you reply to it, just use the quick reply option or pick the line you want to quote, so as not to repeat the whole thing in your post.
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Elizabeth Ann Metzler, 10, Murdered 6 Dec 1971, Anne Arundel Co, MD
Note: In 1978, a man named Richard Miles Chaney, dob 19 November 1939, was arrested, tried and convicted of the murder of little Elizabeth Ann Metzler. He was believed to also have committed a similar murder in Georgia.
post #68 page 3
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Sharon Lynn Pretorius, 13, Missing since September 28, 1973 from Dayton, OH
Date of Birth: about 1960 Tall for her age. White female. Long, brown hair, worn in braids. Clothing: A yellow long-sleeved sweater, blue jeans and gym shoes.
Post #113 page 5
Christine Marie Wright, 7, Abducted and Murdered 12 Feb 1974, Chester, VA
Hair: Blonde, Eyes: Blue
Her body was found floating face down in a creek, a little more than two months after she was abducted from the apartment where her parents then lived. An autopsy indicated the child was alive when she was thrown in the water.
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Jean Marie Schoen Missing since July 21, 1974 from Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Classification: Endangered Missing Vital Statistics
Age at Time of Disappearance: 9 years old
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blond hair.
Dentals: Missing front tooth.
AKA: Jeanie Circumstances of Disappearance
Jean Marie disappeared July 21 after going to a store near her grandmother's house on West 19th Street in Springfield.
Jeanie was an A student at Love Grove Elementary and an eager participant in her Brownie troop's activities. She was feisty and hyperactive.
LINK:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3021dffl.html
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Nadine O'Dell, 15, Missing 16 August 1974 from Inkster, Wayne County, MI
Date Of Birth: March 14, 1958
Ht: 5' 1"; Wt: 105 lbs.
White female. Strawberry blonde hair; green eyes.
Clothing: White t-shirt with blue faded baggy jeans.
She was wearing her boyfriend's Taylor High School ring on a chain around her neck.
(post 221)
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The Leslie Sisters;
Cynthia Ardina Leslie, 15 and Jackie Lynn Leslie, 13.
Missing since July 31, 1974 from Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Vital Statistics
Cynthia Ardina Leslie
Date Of Birth: February 1, 1959
Age at Time of Disappearance: 15 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6; 110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; hazel eyes.
Marks, Scars: Dark brown mole on the outer side of her right armpit.
She wears eyeglasses and is unable to see without them. Pierced ears.
Clothing: Light blue jeans, summer shirt.
Nickname: Cindy
Dentals: Available
Vital Statistics
Jackie Lynn Leslie
Date Of Birth: February 15, 1961
Age at Time of Disappearance: 13 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4; 110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; blue eyes.
Marks, Scars: Mole on her right cheekbone. Pierced ears.
Clothing: Jeans and a summer shirt.
Dentals: Available
Circumstances of Disappearance
Cynthia and her sister Jackie were last seen walking together, on July 31, 1974.
They were headed to a friend's home, which was located three blocks away from their own residence in the Desert Sands Mobile Home Park in east Mesa.
They had just moved there a month earlier from Page, Arizona, so that their father, who was suffering from terminal cancer, could be closer to the hospital.
Both girls were last seen walking on Baseline Road near Power Road. They told their mother that they were scheduled to babysit, but she learned afterward that they planned to attend a party.
Cindy likely was meeting a boy her father had forbidden her to see. Teenagers who attended the party were questioned more than once. Stories conflicted. One teenager said the sisters did show up at the party; others said they didn't. Neither Cynthia nor her sister have been heard from since.
In the weeks following the girls' disappearance, family members and sheriff's deputies searched orange groves and cotton fields. These fields have since been replaced by subdivisions, apartments, theaters and stores.
LINKS:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/94dfaz.html
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/95dfaz.html
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Jacksonville, FL child abductions and murders Summer of 1974
Five girls, ages 6 to 12, who disappeared within a three-month span (July - October 1974) in Jacksonville. Only two bodies were ever found.
The five abductions - coming so close and apparently unrelated - were unprecedented, said a veteran Jacksonville police officer.
Post #117, page 5 Repost # 212 Page 9
- Jean Marie (Jeanie) Schoen, 9, disappeared July 21 after going to a store near her grandmother's house on West 19th Street in Springfield.
- Lillian Annette Anderson, 11, and her sister,
- Mylette Anderson, 6, disappeared from their Oceanway home Aug. 1 while their mother was attending a sick relative.
- Virginia Helm, 12, disappeared Sept. 27 while going to a convenience store a block from her home on Dean Road on the Southside. A month later, her body was found in a shallow grave south of Beach Boulevard. She had been shot through the head.
- Rebecca Ann Greene, 12, disappeared Oct. 12 after buying soft drinks at a store in her Fairfield neighborhood. Her skeleton was found three years later on Heckscher Drive.
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Cynthia Gooding, 16 and Teresa Alfonso, 12, Missing Tuesday, 3 Sept 1974 Marathon, FL
Cynthia: 5'2; 100 pounds; White female. Brown hair; brown eyes
Teresa: 5'2"; 120 lbs; White/Hispanic female. Light brown hair; brown eyes.
First post: page 1, updated post #93 page 4
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Lisa Joy White, 13
Missing since November 1, 1974 from Rockville, Tolland County, Connecticut
Classification: Lost, Injured, Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: February 2, 1961
Age at Time of Disappearance: 13 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'0"; 110 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; blue eyes. She had been a dancer and done acrobatics and was in perfect shape.
Marks, Scars: Small pock mark on forehead over right eye.
Clothing: Blue denim jacket and green pants She was not wearing any jewelry.
Dentals: Available. Had worn teeth braces - teeth perfectly aligned.
Other: Fingerprints not available
Circumstances of Disappearance
Lisa was last seen walking along Prospect Street in Vernon, Connecticut at 20.00 on November 1, 1974. Lisa had gone to see a friend in Rockville. After talking to her, she left to go home but never arrived.
She is the third person out of five to disappear from this area. The bodies of the last two were found a few years later - the first three were never found.
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Eileen Kelly, 18, Unsolved Murder December 1974, Washington DC
Eileen Kelly, 18 years old, disappeared on 14 December 1974. Nine days later, on 22 December 1974, her body was found in the 17 block of R Street Northeast, Washington DC.
The Coroner stated that she had been dead between 24 and 36 hours when she was found. This would mean that someone had held her captive for several days prior to her murder.
Eileen's killer has never been identified and the case is unsolved. The case is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police.
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Disappearance of three girls, 23 December 1974 from Fort Worth, TX
Mary Rachel Trlica
Missing since December 23, 1974 from Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: November 15, 1957
Age at Time of Disappearance: 17 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6; 108 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown/dark blonde hair; green eyes.
Marks, Scars: A small scar on her chin. She is left-handed.
AKA: Rachel Trlica, Mary Rachel Arnold
Dentals: Available. She has a chipped upper front tooth.
DNA: Available in CODIS.
Lisa Renee Wilson
Missing since December 23, 1974 from Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Classification: Non-Family Abduction Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: August 29, 1960
Age at Time of Disappearance: 14 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'2; 110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown, shoulder-length hair; brown eyes.
Marks, Scars: Scar on her thigh
Clothing: Wilson was last seen wearing red and white sneakers and a pale
yellow-green T-shirt with "Sweet Honesty" printed across the front.
Dentals: Available. Very few restorations.
DNA: Available. Circumstances of Disappearance
Julie Ann Moseley
Missing since December 23, 1974 from Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
Classification: Non-Family Abduction Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: April 5, 1965
Age at Time of Disappearance: 9 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'3; 85 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Light brown hair; blue eyes.
Marks, Scars: Moseley has scars under her left eye; the middle of her forehead; and on the back of her calf.
Dentals: Available
DNA: Available Circumstances of Disappearance
Rachel Trlica, Lisa Renee Wilson and Julie Ann Moseley were last seen together at the Seminary South Shopping Center on December 23, 1974.
The three girls departed before 12:00 PM and arrived at the Army / Navy Store to retrieve Christmas presents that were on layaway. They then headed to the Seminary South Shopping Center, parking the Trlicas' Oldsmobile on the upper parking level near Sears. Witnesses informed authorities that they had seen the three girls inside the mall during the day.
Their car was found later in the center's parking lot with Christmas presents inside the vehicle.
Police initially assumed that the girls had run away of their own volition. Their families, however, insisted otherwise.
LINKS:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/57dftx.html
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/58dftx.html
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/59dftx.html
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Pricilla Blevins, 21, went missing from Charlotte, NC in January 1975.
Pricilla's body was identified through DNA matching in 2012 with as a Jane Doe who had been found in Haywood County, NC in 1985. Her murder remains unsolved.
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Tina Faye Kemp, 14, Missing since Monday, 3 Feb 1975 from Felton, DE
5'0", 100 pounds, White female, Brown hair, Blue eyes.
Tina's case is not included in NCMEC or the Doenetwork. She is also not listed in the Delaware State Police Website.
post #108 page 5
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Valerie Seibert, 16, Abducted and Murdered 2 March 1975 Bucks County, PA
An 11th-grader at George Washington High School in Philadelphia, was missing for two days from her home in on Chilton Road in Northeast Philadelphia.
She was discovered on 4 March 1975 lying in a field near Second Street Pike and Swamp Road in Wrightstown, Bucks County, PA by a farmer. Police believed that Seibert was shot twice on the farm. The case is unsolved.
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Sheila Mary Lyon and Katherine Mary Lyon, Missing since Tuesday, 25 March 1975 from Wheaton, MD
Sheila, age 12 (almost 13), 5'2"; 100 pounds; White female, Blonde hair; blue eyes, wore glasses.
Katherine, age 10 (almost 11), 4'8"; 85 pounds; White female, Blonde hair; blue eyes
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Steven Eugene Anderson,17 and David Williams,12, Missing since Monday, April 7, 1975 from New Lisbon, NJ
Steven: 5'9"; 150 lbs; White male. Brown, straight, short hair; blue eyes
David: 5'0"; 113 pounds; Black male. Black hair; brown eyes
post #94 page 4
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Wendy Eaton, 15, Missing since Saturday, 17 May 1975 from Media, PA
Ht: 4' 10"; Wt: 90 pounds; White female. Brown hair; brown eyes, occasionaly wore glasses
post #33 P. 2
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Edna Christine Thorne,15, Missing Tuesday, 24 June 1975, Philadelphia, PA
Ht: 5' 1" ; Wt: 105 pounds; White female. Brown hair; brown eyes
post #34 page 2
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Robyn Ann Pettinato, 14, Missing since Saturday, 5 July 1975 from Whitefish, Flathead County, Montana
Date Of Birth: November 12, 1960
Ht: 5' 0"; Wt: 100 lbs. White female. brown hair; blue eyes.
Note: May have had relatives in Pennsylvania or in Kensington, MD.
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Tracy Anne King, 14, Missing Tuesday, 8 July 1975, from Littlestown, PA
Ht: 5' 3"; Wt: 110 pounds; White female. Red hair; blue eyes
post #35 page 2
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Kathy Lynn Beatty, 14, from Wheaton (Aspen Hill), MD, abducted attacked on Thursday, 24 July 1975.
Died without regaining consciousness 5 August 1975.
Height/weight not known - thin, White female, Brown (possibly reddish) straight hair, eye color not known
Kathy has her own thread
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Teresa Lyn Fittin, 18
Missing since August 1, 1975 from Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: April 19, 1957
Age at Time of Disappearance: 18 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'1; 107-110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; blue eyes. Fittin's nickname is "Bunny."
Dentals: Available
DNA: Available in CODIS.
Medical Conditions: She was six weeks pregnant at the time of her disappearance.
Vehicle: 1964 greenish-gray Nash Rambler license plate number 10-16425
Circumstances of Disappearance
Fittin left her Fort Lauderdale, Florida home on August 1, 1975 after an argument with her boyfriend and has never been seen again.
She left all her belongings behind, and $300 on her dresser. Her wallet was found in a local library ten days later but her 1964 greenish-gray Nash Rambler has never been located. She hasn't accessed her bank accounts.
It is possible that Fittin may have traveled to Tennessee, Colorado and Pennsylvania.
Authorities suspect foul play is involved in her disappearance.
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Carolyn Majane, 15, went missing Friday, 22 Aug 1975, from Moorestown, NJ.
Her body was found in 1985, buried in a remote area. Description not available.
post #65 page 3
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Kurt Ronald Newton, 4
Missing since September 1, 1975 from Chain Of Ponds, Maine.
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: June 28, 1971
Age at Time of Disappearance: 4 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 3'8; 45 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Blonde hair; blue eyes.
Clothing: A navy blue jacket, a blue sweatshirt, multi colored corduroy pants, mismatched socks and brown high shoes.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Newton's family was camping at the Natanis Campground in Chain Of Ponds, ME on September 1, 1975. Newton was last seen riding his Big Wheel near his family's site; he wandered away from the road and has never been seen nor heard from since. His tricycle was found at a dump site eight-tenths of a mile from his family's campsite.
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Teresa Lynn Rhodes
Missing since September 27, 1975 from Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA
Vital Statistics
Date of Birth: January 15, 1962
Age at Time of Disappearance: 13
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 120 lbs
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scar from a dog bite on her upper lip, believed to be on the left side.
Clothing: A red and white jacket, red slacks
Nickname: Teri
Case Details
On Saturday, September 27, 1975, at around 11 a.m., Teri Rhodes, of South Greensburg, Pennsylvania left her home to go to a girlfriend's house.
At 13, Teri was not yet allowed to date. She never missed dinner time and always, when she left the house, would tell where she was going.
It was later discovered, however, that going to a friend's house, or shopping at the mall, may have been cover stories for a lifestyle she'd been introduced to, one that included a former South Greensburg police officer later convicted for a contract murder, a friend of the cop who was allegedly into the drug world and who had a fondness for young girls, and a so-called 'party house' on Bell Way in Greensburg.
Teri's disappearance was initially viewed as that of a runaway and was treated as such, despite the fact that when she left her home that afternoon, she didn't take her purse or pack a bag and none of her clothes were missing. Yet there were no press releases, no media coverage and the original police report only contains a description of Teri and the words "possible runaway".
It was years after Teri disappeared that her friend admitted that the two girls had been at the Bell Way house on that Saturday. The friend last saw Teri at about 6pm as she (the friend) was leaving the party with a man. The friend made it home that night. Teri didn't.
In 1987, a relative of Teri's family contacted a local psychic. Information the psychic gave led to a search of Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, and another search in 1989 at St Clair Park in Greensburg. No trace of Teri was found.
Another lead came from an incarcerated confidential informant to the state police. Teri's body was allegedly buried in an area of Keystone State Park locally referred to as "Transylvania", an area known in the '60s and '70s as a lover's lane and keg party site. But again, Teri's remains weren't found.
Over the years, tips have trickled in, but the questions to what happened to Teri Rhodes on that Saturday in 1975 have not been answered and she remains missing.
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Cassandra Nadine Landrum, 18, Missing 29 Sept 1975 from Union City, GA
Date Of Birth: August 26, 1957
Ht: 5' 1"; Wt: 100 pounds White female. Blonde hair; hazel eyes.
Marks, Scars: Small scar on her forehead
Clothing: Blue jeans and two red shirts, one short sleeved and one long. She was barefoot.
AKA: Sandra
(post 220)
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Dorothy Delilah Scofield, 12, Missing Thursday, 22 July 1976, Ocala, FL
Ht: 4' 11"; Wt: 100 pounds; White female. Brown, straight hair; blue eyes. Wore glasses
post #58, page 3
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Judy Ann Sylvester, 22, Missing 24 Jan 1977 from Virginia Beach, VA
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: July 8 1954
Age at Time of Disappearance: 22 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'0", 100lbs
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; blue eyes.
Jewelry: Hand made necklace
Circumstances of Disappearance
Judy was last seen in 1977. She did not show up for work or pick up her paycheck from the restaurant she worked at in Virginia Beach.
LINK:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/684dfva.html
post #81 page 4
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Deborah Ann Quimby, 13
Missing since May 3, 1977 from Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: October 9, 1963
Age at Time of Disappearance: 13 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'1; 120 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes. She has freckles.
Clothing: A multicolored shirt, blue jeans, and a royal blue Pop Warner jacket with the name "Debbie" embroidered on the sleeve.
Dentals: Available
DNA: Available in CODIS.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Quimby left a note for her mother saying that she was riding her bike from her house on Smith Street at about 16.00, to her grandparent's house on Vinton Pond Road in West Townsend and would call home later that day.
The bike ride was about four miles long. She was last seen on the crest of the hill on Turnpike Road, heading west.
Her bike, a brown Takara 10-speed bike, boys model, has never been found.
Post # 206 page 9
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Eva Gerline/Jurlyn DEBRUHL, 15, Missing Wednesday, 29 June 1977 from Catawba or Rock Hill, York Co, SC
Ht: 5' 1"; Wt: 105 lbs; White female. Brown hair; blue eyes
post #37 page 2
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Cheryl Ann Moser Iacovone, 17, Missing since 12 July 1977 from Secane, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Date Of Birth: April 22, 1960
Height: 5 feet 8 inches Weight: 120 Pounds. White female. Hair: Blonde Eyes: Green
Cheryl Anne Moser Iacovone was last seen walking to a friend's house in Secane, Pennsylvania on July 12, 1977.
(post 222)
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Jane Louise Puckett, 16, Missing 23 Nov 1977 from Colonial Heights, VA
Date Of Birth: June 26, 1961
Ht: 5'2" (157 cm.) Wt:115 lbs. (52 kg.) White female. Brown hair; blue eyes.
Marks, Scars: Jane has two small scars near her right eye, one is on the side of her eye and the other is about one inch below her eye. Dentals Available
Post # 114 page 5
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Michael McCool, 14
Missing since June 28, 1978 from Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: February 15, 1964
Age at Time of Disappearance: 14 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'0; 100 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Brown hair; blue eyes.
Marks, Scars: McCool has a scar near his right eye. Significant dimple in the point of his chin.
Circumstances of Disappearance
McCool was last seen on June 28, 1978 in his Kensington home. He left for work and never came home. He was last seen with two adult males.
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Barbara Jean Monaco, 18
Missing since August 20, 1978 from Virginia Beach, Virginia
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: August 19, 1960
Age at Time of Disappearance: 18 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4"; 110 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown, shoulder length hair; brown eyes.
Clothing: Long sleeved, yellow shirt; blue jeans; a brown belt and wooden clogs.
Medical: She had just been sick with Guillane-Barre syndrom.
Dentals: Available
Circumstances of Disappearance
On August 20, 1978, Barbara Monaco drove to the beach from Derby, Connecticut with her older sister. The girls registered at the Old Aloah Motel on 15th Street. They planned to stay for a week.
In the wee hours of August 23, Barbara Jean left her sister and set out on foot for Peabody's where she had a date with a bartender. Somewhere along Pacific Avenue, she vanished. Witnesses told police they saw her get into a car.
The spring after her disappearance, an informant came forward, seeking a reward. He told of local guys who drove Barbara Jean to a cottage near Oceana where they raped and strangled her. They dumped her body in the water, he said. The informant reportedly passed a police polygraph test, but prosecutors declined to offer him immunity in return for his testimony because they thought he was involved in the killing.
Link:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1765dfva.html
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Elizabeth Archard, 13, Murdered 28 Aug 1978, Prince Georges County, MD
post #51 page 3
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Amanda Ray, 10, Abducted and murdered by Fred Howard Coffey, Jr. 1979 from Charlotte, NC
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Marcia Estelle Remick, 17
Missing since June 9, 1979 from Virginia Beach, Virginia
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Age at Time of Disappearance: 17 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4"; 100 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; green eyes. Pierced ears.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Marcia Estelle Remick was last seen on June 9, 1979 when she told a roommate that she was going to visit a friend at the ocean front. She never arrived.
Marcia's usual mode of travel was either on foot or by hitchhiking.
During the investigation, there were rumors that the victim was in Florida, however, this information has never been confirmed. Foul play suspected.
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Kimberly Alice King, 12
Missing from Warren, Macomb County, Michigan
September 16, 1979
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Vital Statistics
Date of Birth: October 21, 1966
Age at time of disappearance:
12-years-old
Approximate Height: 5'5
Approximate Weight: 105
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female.
Dentals: Available
Clothing: Blue sweater and levis
Circumstances
Kimberly spent the night at a friend's home on September 15, 1979. She was last seen crossing the street to use a telephone in Warren, Michigan the following day. There is speculation as to a connection between Kimberly's disappearance and the Oakland County Child Killings, as she was to have lived only two streets away from one of the prime suspects in the case.
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Cynthia Joan Gastelle, 18, Unsolved Maryland Murder April 1980.
Cynthia Joan Gastelle left her Takoma Park home on the morning of April 3, 1980, her family said, headed for job interviews in Silver Spring. The diminutive 18-year-old made it to one appointment, at a delicatessen, and then disappeared.
Cynthia’s father reported her missing, and for more than 30 years, the Gastelle family searched for her, making agonizing trips to morgues and fielding tips from across the country. Each lead turned up cold. ...
... (in June 2012), authorities announced that DNA from skeletal remains found in 1982 — in what was then a remote section of Prince William County — was Cynthia’s. ... Unquote.
- Cynthia was born close to the same time that Sheila was. Cynthia was 13 in April 1975 and Sheila was to turn 13 by that date.
- The dates of disappearance are almost exactly five years apart, and there were 5 year anniversary articles about the Lyon Sisters in the press just prior to Cynthia's disappearance.
- Silver Spring is very close to Wheaton.
- The time of year/month of disappearance was very close. Easter Sunday fell on 6 April in 1980. Cynthia went missing on Thrusday, 3 April, only three days before Easter. Sheila and Kate went missing on Tuesday, 25 March, which was 5 days before Easter, which fell on 30 March in 1975. It is probable that the week prior to Easter was during school break in both years.
- Cynthia, like the Lyon sisters, was traveling to or from a business in mid day by herself when last seen.
- Cynthia's body was eventually found in a wooded area of Prince William County, Virginia in February 1982. There have been references to the possibility of the Lyon Sisters being transported to neighboring Virginia over the years, and some of the potential suspects discussed in these threads were from Virginia as well.
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Donna Michele Barnhill, 13, Missing March 18, 1981 from Lexington, NC
Date Of Birth: April 19, 1967
Ht: 5' 7"; Wt: 125 pounds White female. Brown straight hair; brown eyes.
Clothing: An orange sweatshirt; jeans; and a dark jacket.
Post # 115, page 5
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Neely Smith, 5, abducted and murdered 1981 from Charlotte, NC
Prime suspect: Fred Howard Coffey, Jr.
Post #65 Page 3
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Wendy Lou Stark, 20, abducted and murdered 9 April 1982, Kensington, Montgomery County, MD
A University of Maryland student. She was randomly targeted and abducted from the parking lot of the Hillandale Shopping Center at approximately 4:00 p.m. She was sexually assaulted at an unknown location. At approximately, 9:00 p.m., in an attempt to break free from her assailant, she managed to get out of the car in which she was forced as a passenger. While she was trying to enter a home on Mitcher Street just north of Kensington, she was shot and killed by her assailant. Recent DNA testing identified Gerald Anderson Abernathy as her killer. Abernathy died at age 66 of lung cancer in October 2007 while in a North Carolina prison.
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Ann Gotlib, 12, Missing since 1 June 1983 from Louisville, KY
Date Of Birth: May 5, 1971
Ht: 5' 1" ; Wt: 85 pounds. White female. Red/auburn curly hair; gray eyes. Fair complexion and light-colored eyebrows.
Marks, Scars: She has freckles on her face and moles on her lower back. She also has pierced ears.
Clothing: Navy blue shorts with white stripes on the sides, a red and white t-shirt, beige tennis shoes and gold earrings with purple stones.
Post #196 page 8
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Josephine (16) and Joyce (15) Cogburn, missing 2 Oct 1983 from Norman, OK
- Josephine Yvette Cogburn: Ht: 5' 1"; Wt: 128 pounds White female. Brown hair; blue eyes.
Tattoos: Josephine has "VETTE" with a swirl underneath in script lettering inside of the foot, near the toes.
- Joyce Irene Cogburn: Ht: 5' 3"; Wt: 116 pounds White female. Blonde hair; brown eyes.
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Martha Jean Lambert, 12, Missing since 27 Nov 1985 from Elkton, FL
Date Of Birth: March 26, 1973
Ht: 4' 5" (135 cm.); Wt: 70 pounds (32 kg.) White female. Blonde hair; blue eyes.
Marks, Scars: Birthmarks on the front of her right thigh and on the upper part of her left chest.
Clothing: A matching two-piece bathing suit
Dentals: Lambert has slightly protruding teeth.
Post # 194 page 8
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Michelle Jolene Lakey, 11, Missing since 26 Aug 1986 from Scranton, PA
Date Of Birth: October 21, 1974
Age at Time of Disappearance: 11 years old
Ht: 5' 0"; Wt: 80 pounds. White female. Dark blonde/brown hair; brown eyes. Lakey had long fingernails at the time of her disappearance.
Clothing: Lakey was last seen wearing dark blue sweatpants; a white shirt with purple trim; and size 8 brown sandals; size 14 clothes.
Dentals: Not available
Post #197 page 8
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Travis Shane King, 8, Abducted and Murdered August 1986, Bristol, VA
Prime Suspect: Fred Howard Coffey, Jr.
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Jennifer Lynn Pandos, 15, Missing since 10 Feb 1987 from Williamsburg, James City County, VA
Date Of Birth: October 29, 1971
Ht: 5' 2"; Wt: 100 pounds White female. Brown hair; hazel eyes. Left-handed.
Marks, Scars: Pandos has a small mole on her left shoulder.
Clothing: Pink sweater, pink nylon waist jacket, blue jeans, white Hi top tennis shoes. Dentals Available. DNA: Available.
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