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AR AR - Shannon Collins, military veteran, wife did not report him missing, Pottsville, 12 Mar 2021
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Another year has gone by. No updates to be found.
Shannon Lee Collins - Missing Persons Center - Live Site
Shannon Lee Collins - Missing Persons Center - Live Site
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His family has started a Facebook page (Share Shannon's Story) to share this story and hopefully bring some truth to light to get this case resolved.
Lots of investigation details shared in both the condensed (5 pages) and full version featured story posts.
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Was it ever confirmed the three of them (wife, son, daughter) had been in contact with him?
Surely there’s phone records, emails, or something IF this is true.
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It was confirmed they'd never been in contact with him through phone records. It was also confirmed that the wife purchased a cell phone and began texting as him to the grown children.
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This entire story blows my mind! It’s so beyond obvious the wife has something to do with his disappearance! His kids (his son and stepdaughter that he raised/her husband) seem to likely be in on it as well, though I don’t know if they’re possibly being emotionally coerced into covering for their mother. Regardless, they’re all adults and should do the right thing.
I get that it’s hard to bring murder charges without a body/physical evidence, but what about the fact that his wife was continuing to cash those $4,000+/month pension checks for months after he was last heard from? And impersonating a missing person over text message? Those both seem illegal to me, so why isn’t she under arrest?
Even if Shannon somehow died suddenly of natural causes and the family was (hypothetically) scared of losing a major source of income, it’s illegal not to report the death/dispose of a body and then continue to defraud the U.S. military by cashing a deceased person’s pension.
MOO.
I get that it’s hard to bring murder charges without a body/physical evidence, but what about the fact that his wife was continuing to cash those $4,000+/month pension checks for months after he was last heard from? And impersonating a missing person over text message? Those both seem illegal to me, so why isn’t she under arrest?
Even if Shannon somehow died suddenly of natural causes and the family was (hypothetically) scared of losing a major source of income, it’s illegal not to report the death/dispose of a body and then continue to defraud the U.S. military by cashing a deceased person’s pension.
MOO.
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JUN 22, 2024
www.crimeonline.com
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The wife and children said he was traveling, and they were in contact with him. Beckwith and her brother saw no reason to doubt the story for a time, but after they didn’t hear from him for several months, the brother, who lives out of state, contacted the Pope County Sheriff’s Office, which launched an investigation in November 2021.
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An update on the case this week provided by the sheriff’s office said that Collins’ wife, son, and daughter spoke with investigators once.
“During the initial, and only, interview the wife participated in, she gave false and misleading statements to investigators,” the statement said. “Investigators attempted to obtain follow-up information from Shannon’s wife and children but were advised that they had obtained council and wished to speak to investigators no further. They have provided no information since to help further the investigation.”
The sheriff’s office said it had no leads that indicated Collins might be living elsewhere and that detectives “are looking at this case as a Missing Person with foul play involved.”
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Missing: Army Veteran Vanishes 3 Years Ago, Wife and Children ‘Aren’t Talking’ to Investigators
A retired Army National Guard sergeant major has vanished in Arkansas, and his wife and children aren’t helping find him. In fact, Shannon Collins’s immediately family never even reported him missing — that was his brother and sister, who contacted the Pope County Sheriff’s Office when they...
The wife and children said he was traveling, and they were in contact with him. Beckwith and her brother saw no reason to doubt the story for a time, but after they didn’t hear from him for several months, the brother, who lives out of state, contacted the Pope County Sheriff’s Office, which launched an investigation in November 2021.
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An update on the case this week provided by the sheriff’s office said that Collins’ wife, son, and daughter spoke with investigators once.
“During the initial, and only, interview the wife participated in, she gave false and misleading statements to investigators,” the statement said. “Investigators attempted to obtain follow-up information from Shannon’s wife and children but were advised that they had obtained council and wished to speak to investigators no further. They have provided no information since to help further the investigation.”
The sheriff’s office said it had no leads that indicated Collins might be living elsewhere and that detectives “are looking at this case as a Missing Person with foul play involved.”
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This speaks volumes IMO…
“We went back for follow-ups, and they weren’t talking to us,” Yarbrough said. “They said they wanted counsel, and even to this day, we welcome them to come down and talk to us.”
“During the initial, and only, interview the wife participated in, she gave false and misleading statements to investigators,” the statement said. “Investigators attempted to obtain follow-up information from Shannon’s wife and children but were advised that they had obtained council and wished to speak to investigators no further. They have provided no information since to help further the investigation.
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“We went back for follow-ups, and they weren’t talking to us,” Yarbrough said. “They said they wanted counsel, and even to this day, we welcome them to come down and talk to us.”
“During the initial, and only, interview the wife participated in, she gave false and misleading statements to investigators,” the statement said. “Investigators attempted to obtain follow-up information from Shannon’s wife and children but were advised that they had obtained council and wished to speak to investigators no further. They have provided no information since to help further the investigation.
Missing: Army Veteran Vanishes 3 Years Ago, Wife and Children ‘Aren’t Talking’ to Investigators
A retired Army National Guard sergeant major has vanished in Arkansas, and his wife and children aren’t helping find him. In fact, Shannon Collins’s immediately family never even reported him missing — that was his brother and sister, who contacted the Pope County Sheriff’s Office when they...
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June 20, 2024 article
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Investigators say they are viewing this as a missing person's case with foul play involved.
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Pope County Sheriff's Office continues search for missing Veteran
Pope County Sheriff's Office continues search for missing man
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Investigators say they are viewing this as a missing person's case with foul play involved.
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Police say veteran who vanished in Arkansas was killed
Shannon Collins, 52, vanished in March 2021 after returning to his home in Pottsville, Arkansas, from a trip out of state. Police say he was killed as a result of foul play.
July 8, 2024
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Lieutenant Jacob Yarbrough has been leading the investigation, but efforts to communicate with Collins' immediate family have been challenging. The family's Facebook page, "Share Shannon's Story," continues to raise awareness in hopes of finding leads that could help locate him.
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Shannon Collins Missing Update, What happened to Shannon Collins?
Shannon Collins, an Army veteran from Pottsville, Arkansas, has been missing since March 2021, with concerns raised by his family.
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