AR AR - Shannon Collins, military veteran, wife did not report him missing, Pottsville, 12 Mar 2021

[CastlesBurning]

Still missing, now nearly two years...

Missing Person Update Shannon Collins

 

[ohemgee.kay925]

Another year has gone by. No updates to be found.

Shannon Lee Collins - Missing Persons Center - Live Site

 

[ShareShannonsStory]

Another year has gone by. No updates to be found.

Shannon Lee Collins - Missing Persons Center - Live Site

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.

 

[ShareShannonsStory]

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.

Link: Share Shannon's Story

 

[mlhenn]

Circumstances of Disappearance
On 11-29-2021 Shannon Collins brother reported that he nor his family had seen or spoken with his brother since February of 2021. Investigators went to Shannon's home in Pottsville, AR and made contact with his wife who stated that Shannon had left on foot on 3-12-2021. She also stated that she and her son and daughter have been in phone contact with Shannon. To this date no other family member has had any contact with him.

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.

 

[ShareShannonsStory]

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.

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.

 

[threesevenninefour]

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.

 

[PommyMommy]

JUN 22, 2024

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...

www.crimeonline.com

[...]

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.

[...]

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.”

[...]

 

[mlhenn]

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.

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...

www.crimeonline.com

 

[TwinkieDefense]

June 20, 2024 article

Pope County Sheriff's Office continues search for missing Veteran

Pope County Sheriff's Office continues search for missing man

katv.com

[…]

Investigators say they are viewing this as a missing person's case with foul play involved.

[…]

 

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[Unalienable Rights]

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.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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.

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.

news.rojgarlive.com

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[mlhenn]

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.

news.rojgarlive.com

He returned home from a trip to Tennessee, where he reportedly visited a woman. According to reports, his wife, Tresa Collins, claimed that Shannon walked away from their home after an argument, but the details surrounding his disappearance remain unclear.

Is it for certain he actually returned from his trip to TN?

 

[ShareShannonsStory]

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.

news.rojgarlive.com

He returned home from a trip to Tennessee, where he reportedly visited a woman. According to reports, his wife, Tresa Collins, claimed that Shannon walked away from their home after an argument, but the details surrounding his disappearance remain unclear.

Is it for certain he actually returned from his trip to TN?

Yes, the police have him coming in to the airport and going home. They tracked his phone to the home, wife and adult son were home at the same time according to electronic data.

 

[mlhenn]

What's hindering the investigation of the March 2021 disappearance of Shannon Lee Collins?

Dennis McCaslin - TIFS Exclusive The family of a missing Pope County man says the ongoing lack of progress as well as pushback from local public officials involving recent social media comments, has them wondering about the direction of the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of their...

www.todayinfortsmith.com

Worth the read IMO.

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

Very sad story. On the apparent continued military benefit money received - wonder if his birth family and relatives are considering taking steps to have him declared dead? IIUC above thread it seems those benefit payments may cease upon his death? If that money was to cease that might change some dynamics with the wife perhaps? As others noted here too, those monies and their chain of custody need to scrutinized carefully. IANAL

And thank you for your service Mr. Collins. MOO

 

[cocomod]

Yes, the police have him coming in to the airport and going home. They tracked his phone to the home, wife and adult son were home at the same time according to electronic data.

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I am so sorry for this horrible situation. It must be excruciating not knowing!