IN IN - Sandra Powell, 16, South Bend, 11 March 1987

[Bobby88]

Definitely an odd one.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/p/powell_sandra.html

I think the friend Sandra was last seen with probably has more information that she has admitted. I don't know if I buy her "not wanting to eavesdrop on the phone conversation" story.

I can't imagine how difficult it must have been for Sandra's family to view those X-rated films looking for her. Although I find the possible Soul Train sighting somewhat interesting, and the fact that no one was apparently able to obtain a copy of the episode intriguing, I believe that it was a case of mistaken idnetity as that tip came in ten years after Sandra vanished. I really don't think she and her unborn baby lived much longer after she was last seen.

 

[Bobby88]

An article from 2007:

March 26. 2007 6:59AM

Twenty years and still waiting
Mother holds out hope for daughter who went missing in 1987.

SOUTH BEND -- Frances McCoy still hopes that one day her daughter will walk through her door, throw her arms around her and say, "Mom, I'm home."

But she realizes it may never happen.

It's been 20 years this month that Sandra Powell, then 16, was taken from her world. Why or how, McCoy doesn't know for sure.

She may never know. And with each passing year, she realizes the chances of seeing her daughter again grow more remote.

"I still think about her all the time," McCoy said.

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[Bobby88]

Bump.

 

[Bobby88]

Bump.

 

[M86]

NamUs - Sandra Kay Powell
Doe Network - Sandra Kay Powell
NCMEC - Sandra Kay Powell

 

[SandraLynn]

Intriguing indeed. Reading about what the mother's gone through made me sad. Imagine watching to see if your daughter shows up in a *advertiser censored* movie, or having to look at pictures of murdered women, hoping she isn't one of them?? :frown: The friend does sound like she knows something more..... :thinking:

 

[Hulagirl29]

This case is indeed strange, and so little info out there on it. Wish they could have followed up more on the soul train sighting...

 

[KateB]

Left: Sandra, circa 1987;
Right: Age-progression to age 41 (circa 2012)

Photos: http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/p/powell_sandra.html

Sandra has been missing for 28 years today.

 

[Moonwalker9]

Sandra lived at Camden Street, South Bend, IN. seems like a sleepy suburban street ina city that is rather sleepy aswell. I haven't heard alot of gang violence, homicides and urban bling in South Bend!
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Lots of rumours here but it may be smokescreens

Sandra testified at a murder trial in 1986, one year prior to her disappearance. She had witnessed the shooting of one of her friends. A suspect was convicted in the killing and is still in prison. Sandra was threatened afterwards by an unidentified person, as were several of the other witnesses in the trial.

1. She did witness at a murder trial, the suspect was sent to jail and threating her even after the aswell as other witnesses. Was this after he was sentto jail or after the she was a witness. I wonder if this was some kind of mobster or gang member. That behaviour sounds like it unless it was empty threats ofcourse. However she already did witness and he was sent to jail, so I wonder how he could have the muscle or winnimg of killing her.

2- One of Sandra's friends thought she saw her on the television show Soul Train. Law enforcement attempted to obtain a videotape of the show, but never got one. It has never been verified whether or not the woman on the film was Sandra. Another tipster stated Sandra was an actress in adult films, and her relatives watched several pornographic films to investigate this, but never saw Sandra.

This could be easily verified. Often when people dissapears they pop upalmost everywhere in peoples minds. I believe it wasnt her.

3.Her friend stated Sandra had a phone conversation with an unknown person the night before her disappearance, but the friend did not hear what the conversation was about.

Shortly before her disappearance, the father of her unborn baby told her he was marrying someone else, which upset Sandra greatly.

The conversation is related to the father of her unborn child, and he is related to her dissapearence. Who was he? let me guess, she sais im pregnant, he said make an abortion im married, she sais no, he sais lets meet and talk and he kills her. That's what i think happened. Too many times before its the same pattern.

 

[HayLouise]

Have you seen this child? SANDRA POWELL

 

[chaddylex]

True Crime PI podcast just released an episode about Sandra's disappearance. The Disappearance of Sandra Kay Powell

Very sad case. This is the first I heard about her disappearance.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[Caring1]

Bump for Sandra

19 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[spartanx]

Here's what's so infuriating about some of these cases... A murder witness who testified in the case should never be considered a fugitive if he later turns up missing. A child witness, too. The court "killed" her by not guaranteeing her protection. This is the reason why many people refuse to cooperate with the authorities and you cannot blame them. ... Being pregnant is the time in the US when women are MOST likely to be murdered. The vast majority of the time the intimate partner and/or the father of the baby are responsible...
and thus another case impossible to solve no longer has a chance...
either way
rest in peace

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Sandra Kay Powell – The Charley Project

 

[Pennysmom1]

Oct 26, 2023

Missing, Murder, Witness: The Sandra Powell case

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - For four decades, police and loved ones have searched for answers in the disappearance of 16-year-old Sandra Powell.On March 11, 1987, Powell needed a ride to a doctor’s appointme

www.abc57.com

March 15, 2022

SBPD seeking leads in 1987 Sandra Powell disappearance

Sandra Kay Powell disappeared on March 11, 1987.

www.wndu.com

updated 4/6/2024

373DFIN - Sandra Kay Powell

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scar on right side of neck; four months pregnant at time of disappearance; light complexion; pierced ears

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unavailable; chipped teeth
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available

Not long before she disappeared, the father of Sandra's baby told her he planned on marrying someone else.

<<Initially police listed Sandra as a runaway despite the fact all of her personal items and money she had saved up where left behind in her home. Her case wasn't changed from Runaway to Endangered Missing until 15 years after she disappeared.>>

 

[Pennysmom1]

Oct 6, 2019

Sandra Kay Powell, 16, Was Out With A Friend When She Disappeared In 1987

In 1987, Sandra Kay Powell was out with a friend when they got separated. No one has seen or heard from the 16-year-old since.

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