Deceased/Not Found KY - Carole Hamilton, 32, Owensboro, 20 August 2003

[TheArtfulDetective]

Carole Embery Hamilton



Case Classification: Endangered Missing / Suspected Homicide
Missing Since: August 20, 2003
Location Last Seen: Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky

Description:

• Date of Birth: circa 1971
• Age: 32 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Female
• Height: 5'7"
• Weight: 90 - 115 lbs.
• Hair Color: Blond/Strawberry
• Eye Color: Brown
• Nickname/Alias: Carole Elizabeth Embery.
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Chicken pox scar between eyes. Tattoo between shoulder blades.
• Clothing & Personal Items: Unknown
• Identifiers: Fingerprints available

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Hamilton was last seen in Owensboro, Kentucky when she was stopped by the police for a traffic infraction on August 20, 2003. She has never been heard from again.

A few weeks after her disappearance, Hamilton's silver 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix was found in a rural pond on Shreve Road in Fordsville, Kentucky. It had been cut into over 30 pieces. There was no sign of Hamilton at the scene.

In August 2005, several people were charged in connection with Hamilton's murder. In January 2007, William Ashley Yeagle was convicted of Hamilton's murder and sentenced to 40 years in prison. He admitted he helped dispose of Hamilton's body and dismantled her car, but denied having harmed her. Yeagle said he put her body in a plastic box and dumped it in the Green River. Despite extensive searches of the river, no evidence was ever uncovered and Hamilton's body was never located.

Investigators:

• Owensboro Police Department: (270) 687-8888
  Reference Case#: 03-54931

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 10000

Carole Embery Hamilton – The Charley Project
3909DFKY - Carole Embery Hamilton

 

[KentuckyMama]

I do believe she was put in the green river. Probably near Calhoun. Ashley talked freely about what they did to her before she died. He broke a thermometer and took the mercury out with a syringe and injected it into her ear. What they did was torture her to death. Meth. Terrible situation. I wish her family could have her body to bury. The green river holds many bodies.

 

[Pennysmom2]

Carole Elizabeth Embery Hamilton missing. Man pleads guilty in her death.

Clipping found in Messenger-Inquirer published in Owensboro, Kentucky on 5/23/2006. Carole Elizabeth Embery Hamilton missing. Man pleads guilty in her death.

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Remembering Carole Embry Hamilton

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Carole Embery Hamilton – The Charley Project

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<<In August 2005, several people were charged in connection with Hamilton's murder. Rodney Wayne Lyle, his wife Michelle Lynn Gaddis Lyle, and William Ashley Yeagle, who was Hamilton's boyfriend at the time of her disappearance, were charged with murder. Mary Annette Coy was charged with tampering with physical evidence.

Photographs of all four defendants are posted with this case summary. Investigators announced they believe Hamilton's death was methamphetamine-related. All three defendants initially maintained their innocence, but in 2006 the Lyles admitted their parts in Embrey's murder.

Michelle pleaded guilty to facilitation to commit murder and was sentenced to four years in prison. Rodney pleaded guilty to facilitation to commit murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and two counts of being a persistent felony offender, and was sentenced to eighteen years in prison. Both of them agreed to testify against Yeagle and Coy.

Yeagle's trial took place in December 2006 and January 2007. Rodney and Michelle both testified against him as agreed. They said he injected Hamilton with cleaning fluids, poured mercury into her ears and strangled her with an electrical cord.

In January 2007, Yeagle was convicted of Hamilton's murder and sentenced to 40 years in prison. He admitted he helped dispose of Hamilton's body and dismantled her car, but denied having harmed her. Yeagle said he put Hamilton's body in a plastic box and dumped it in the Green River. Several searches of the river have not turned up any evidence, however.

Hamilton was employed as a beautician and attended Madisonville Community College at the time of her disappearance. She resided in the 600 block of Loft Cove in Owensboro in 2003. She is a former cheerleader at Central City High School.

Her body has never been found. Coy is still awaiting trial in her case.>>

 

[Pennysmom1]

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• Carole Embery Hamilton (missing August 20, 2003)

According to the Charley Project, Hamilton was last seen after being stopped by the police for a traffic infraction. A few weeks after her disappearance, Hamilton’s 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix was found in a rural pond on Shreve Road in Fordsville cut into 30 pieces, with no sign of Hamilton at the scene. Several people were charged in connection with her murder in 2005. The Charley Project has details regarding the suspect’s involvement in Hamilton’s murder and the disposal of her body. Her body was never found.

Article clipped from Messenger-Inquirer

Clipping found in Messenger-Inquirer published in Owensboro, Kentucky on 8/10/2005.

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Carole Embery Hamilton - Kentucky Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of Carole Embery Hamilton, Missing since August 2003

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