AR AR - Patsy Baker, 42, Marked Tree, July 1999

[Saavy]

Case reopened:

http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=6146076

 

[Rle7]

An arrest warrant has been issued out of Mountain View in a murder case from eight years ago and authorities also would like to interview the suspect about the disappearance of a friend of his.

State police Special Agent Phil Carter says an arrest warrant was issued for Danny Noel Taylor, 50, in the September 1999 robbery and death of Marietta Whetnall, 72, of Mountain View.

Carter says investigators also want to question Taylor about Patsy L. Baker, 50, of Marked Tree, who moved to the Mountain View area with Taylor in 1999.

Baker was reported missing by a family member in January 2000, about six months after she was last seen at a dentist office in Mountain View.

"The arrest warrant is out of Mountain View, and it does not have anything to do with the case in Marked Tree," Carter says. "He is not in any trouble in the Marked Tree issue, but we would like to talk to him about it."

http://www.fox16.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=ea87662d-4c39-4e5b-9c5c-92d0e4d18d41&rss=316

 

[hoppyfrog]

NAMPN page: http://www.nampn.org/cases/baker_patsy.html

Charley Project page: http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/baker_patsy.html

Recent news article:

http://www.tri-citytribune.com/story/1495690.html

22 Jan 09

After nearly 10 years, the mystery of what happened to Marked Tree resident Patsy Baker may be solved soon. Missing since June 1999, Baker's case has never been officially closed according to Marked Tree detective Jeremy Bond.

What has suddenly given Bond as well as other authorities hope that they might soon be able to close this case is the resolution of another case last Wednesday in Mountain View.

Holly Myer, Stone County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, announced that Danny Taylor, 51, had pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to the murder nearly10 years ago of Mountain View resident Marietta Whetnall, 72.

Taylor, charged with second-degree murder, was sentence to 10 year in prison following his plea.

Taylor, who lived with Baker after they moved to Mountain View in 1999, is now of even more interest in Baker's disappearance.

much more at link

 

[KateB]

Patsy has been missing for 15 years today.
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/11695/18

Status Missing
First name Patsy
Middle name L
Last name Baker
Nickname/Alias Pat Baker
Date last seen July 14, 1999 00:00
Date entered 07/18/2011
Age last seen 42 to 42 years old
Age now 57 years old
Race White
Ethnicity
Sex Female
Height (inches) 64.0
Weight (pounds) 110.0

Dental Status: Dental information / charting is currently not available
DNA Status: Sample submitted - Tests complete
Fingerprint Information Status: Fingerprint information is available and entered

 

[Rayemonde]

2007:

Taylor is charged with first-degree murder for the slaying of Marietta "Sandy" Whetnall.

State police say Taylor is also a person of interest in the 1999 disappearance of Patsy Ann Barker of Marked Tree.

Police say Whetnall died from multiple sharp-force head injuries and smothering. State police say Taylor was a suspect from the time Whetnall was killed, but new information provided enough evidence to charge him.

http://m.kait8.com/kait8/pm_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=od:Lv70pyEm

 

[Gardener1850]

Current NAMUS link: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

AR Never Forgotten site: Details

 

[mlhenn]

Patsy L. Baker – The Charley Project

Details of Disappearance
Baker apparently resided in Marked Tree, Arkansas in 1999; she was arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) in that city sometime before her disappearance. She was last seen at a dentist's office in Mountain View, Arkansas on June 3, 1999, and was reported missing the following month.

She had reportedly traveled to Mountain View with Danny Noel Taylor; they had rented an apartment together. Taylor later claimed Baker left him for a truck driver he knew only as Tim. She has never been heard from again. Her vehicle was found in Marked Tree in 2001.

In January 2009, Taylor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the September 1999 death of an elderly woman. He beat and smothered her to death in her home and robbed her of thousands of dollars. Taylor was sentenced to ten years in prison. He hasn't been charged in Baker's case, but he is considered a person of interest.

Baker's adult son was killed in a motorcycle accident in October 2005. She didn't contact her family at this time or attend his funeral; she may be unaware he is deceased.

Investigators have found no records indicating Baker has been incarcerated or hospitalized or died anywhere in the United States since 1999. They know little about her life before her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved.

 

[juliank]

I did a little research and found this article about human remains that were found along Highway 14, near Marked Tree, in 2020. In the article, they are stated to be skeletal remains, and this seems to be the only article I could find about this case, as the rest of the search results are about a distinctly different case in Sethcona county.
Unfortunately, there don't seem to be any details about the remains on NamUs, and the Kait8 article doesn't give any specific details either.

 

[SHSASUsleuth23]

**BUMPING** for Patsy, friends and family. May justice be served.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Patsy L. Baker - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

AGE: 43 RACE: White SEX: Female DATE MISSING: July 1999 COUNTY: Stone CASE NUMBER: CID-E-02991-07 Patsy Baker was last seen and spoken to by family members in July of 1999. They said that she made a statement about going “on the road” with a truck driver named “Tim” from Mountain View. At the...

www.dps.arkansas.gov

<<At the time of her disappearance, she was living with a man in Mountain View. He claimed that he dropped off Patsy and Tim at a truck stop, but he couldn’t remember where>>

 

[Builder101]

Is Danny Taylor out of prison ?

 

[mlhenn]

Is Danny Taylor out of prison ?

When I searched his name on AR’s Inmate Roster, it did not appear.