MO MO - Bianca Piper, 13, Foley, 10 March 2005

[Jovin]

That mother must blame herself so much. What an awful thing to have to live with along with not knowing what happened to her daughter.

 

[Becba]

That mother must blame herself so much. What an awful thing to have to live with along with not knowing what happened to her daughter.

Her mother was arrested a month or so ago for beating her 17 yo daughter with a curling iron and attempting to tie her up. She pulled the phone out of the wall when the kid tried to call 911. When police arrived she was ontop of her daughter beating her.
Yeah, I think the mother feels somewhat responsible. She likely is. IMO

 

[Jovin]

OMG! HOw did you find that out?

 

[Becba]

OMG! HOw did you find that out?

I tried to post the link but it was expired.
If you look on the missing/amber alert section of courttv it is on the next to the last few pages for the Bianca thread.
Sick woman IMO.

 

[chiefs_fan_4life]

Geez, I had no idea the mother was like that. No wonder Bianca was on medication and had anger management issues.

 

[Kelly]

This is the text of that article:

http://www.stltoday.com

Law & Order: Mother of missing girl is charged with assault


06/28/2005

ST. LOUIS
Mother of missing girl is charged with assault

The mother of a missing Lincoln County girl has been charged with domestic assault after police say she hit another daughter in the head with a curling iron and threatened to tie her up and lock her in a bedroom.

Shannon M. Tanner, 38, of the 1000 block of McIntosh Hill Road in Foley, was released after posting $25,000 bond.

Her 14-year-old daughter, Bianca Piper, has been missing since March 10, after Tanner dropped the girl about a mile from their home with instructions to walk home. Tanner said she hoped the walk would give Bianca time to calm down from a family dispute over doing the dinner dishes. She has said counselors had advised her to do this to defuse problems.

Last month, authorities responded to a domestic dispute between Tanner and her live-in boyfriend, Jim Felt. Tanner had filed a complaint against Felt, but dropped it after the two reconciled.

Lt. Rick Harrell of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, said that police view both domestic incidents as separate disputes that are not related to Bianca's disappearance.

In the most recent incident, deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department were called to the home about 10:15 p.m. Saturday and heard shouting coming from inside the residence. When officers got inside, they say Tanner was on top of her 17-year-old daughter, holding her face to the ground.

Police saw a large bump on the girl's forehead, and say she told them her mother had yanked a curling iron from her hands, struck her with it and repeatedly punched her in the head.

The girl told police that Tanner then threatened to get a rope and "tie her up and lock her in the back bedroom," but Felt told her not to do that. When the girl tried to dial 911, Tanner ripped the phone from the wall, police say.

Deputies arrested Tanner and while they were escorting her outside, police say she told them that her daughter had thrown a glass dish at her. At one point, Tanner shoved a deputy and reached for some of the broken glass on the ground, police said. Another deputy used a Taser to subdue Tanner, and she complied with authorities afterward.

The Division of Family Services was contacted about the incident, police say, but the status of the girl and her 15-year-old sister is unknown. Tanner could not be reached for comment Tuesday.


Please do remember that this subforum is information and support. I believe case discussion occurs in another subforum.

 

[Bobbisangel]

Good grief!!! It sounds like the mother is the one who should have been doing the walking to walk off her own anger. It doesn't sound like she gets along with anyone in her household. I hope the two girls were removed.

A therapist may have suggested that the mother have Bianca walk when she couldn't control her anger but I doubt that she meant to drop her off a mile from home when it was getting dark. Wasn't that out in the country?

If Bianca has the problems that we are reading about and she has been without her medication surely she would have drawn attention to herself by now. She would be totally out of control and violent from the sounds of it. No matter where she might be she would cause problems. LE would probably be involved and someone might have recognized her.

I wonder if LE doesn't have their eye on the mother. With her violent tendencies they should be looking at her. I wonder if they have checked her car over for evidence? Now the mother doesn't know if she wants to know if Bianca is dead or alive? I hope she means that she fears finding out anything because she doesn't want to hear that Bianca is dead. I would think that is a normal fear of all parents of missing children...they want to know but they don't want to know. As long as the child isn't found dead there is still the hope that she is alive somewhere. I hope that is what she meant...not just indifference on her part.

I hope Bianca is found and it would be wonderful if she was found alive. I wouldn't blame the girl for not wanting to go home if the mother is unable to control her own anger. I don't know what the area is like where she lives or if there is a big city near by where she could join up with a bunch of street kids or something like that. Anyone know?

 

[WholeLottaRosie]

I have always found this very odd. We had some friends that lived out in this exact area up until a year or so ago - we know it well, but, it is pretty remote - to be someone from outside the area that met up with Bianca just seems so unlikely. And, if someone local, it is astounding there would be no leads, but then again, it is pretty rural Unless it dramatically changed in 6 months to a year, which is also unlikely. Then again, if Bianca took off across land and not the road -there are wild things in the woods and all. And if she took off on the road away from home, it is really far to get to any kind of through traffic, to hitch somewhere else. My husband thinks she had a boy friend, or a good friend that knew her trouble at home and was/is hiding her out, but, I think after this long that is less likely as well. But, then again, if she was able to get away to a big city she might be able to blend in with street people, I doubt this would be St. Louis. I know all her problems are real problems for many people, but, I also believe some people use that to medicate their kids. It sounds like this mom does have some issues of her own and I wonder if she might not have seen meds as the easier option. I believe even normal kids have problems sometimes and it can be a pain to work them out, counseling etc., but it can be done - but too many people today look for the quick fix. I speak from the experience of knowing someone in my extended family that we feel took this route with her kids - she had both kids on meds from 8 and 9 and bragged about how much easier her life was with them medicated. Some of us never really saw that in the kids. I am just thinking outloud via the key board. LOL If this was the case, Bianca might do okay with out meds. I hope she is somewhere safe.

 

[vanillasky]

I think the mental health therapist who recommended dropping off a child to walk home alone needs their own head examined. :furious:

However, I don't believe that's what happened on this day - the mother obviously has serious issues and it would not surprise me a bit to learn that she is the one who made Biana disappear.

 

[OneLostGrl]

I think the mental health therapist who recommended dropping off a child to walk home alone needs their own head examined. :furious:

However, I don't believe that's what happened on this day - the mother obviously has serious issues and it would not surprise me a bit to learn that she is the one who made Biana disappear.

You would think that if this "mother's" story were true, the "doctor" that recommended this would have come foward, to back the mother up.

I agree with you 100%, I think mommy-dearest helped Bianca disappear.

 

[Kelly]

Please do remember that this subforum is information and support. I believe case discussion occurs in another subforum.

Whether or not the mother had anything to do with Bianca's disappearance or not, and comments about her parental skills or lack thereof belongs on another forum here. Moderators, please let me know if that is incorrect.

 

[Bobbisangel]

I'm puzzled. One night when Bianca felt like she needed to go to the hospital
her mom talks her into going for a walk...she went and came back feeling better.

The next night when mother and daughter get into a disagreement instead of telling Bianca to go for a walk around the neighborhood like before...mom gives her a flashlight and drives her a mile down a gravel road...drops her off.
Why the need to drive her a mile from home? For some reason I thought the two were on their way home from somewhere and got into a arguement and mom made her get out of the car and walk home.

I just don't understand the need to drive Bianca a mile away from home with a flashlight...getting dark...out in the country..scary for a kid.

Both of the older girls have mental disorders. I wonder if the youngest..15 yrs..does too. That is just really sad. I just wish Bianca would be found. Poor little thing left out there by herself in the dark. I hope she is alright and somewhere safe.

 

[PrayersForMaura]

Mother of Bianca Piper pleads guilty to striking another daughter

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/094FD8D9A414646086257093005AEDDF?OpenDocument

 

[bykerladi]

This is one case that has dropped out of the headlines. Anyone know anything new?

 

[Opie]

I often wonder about this child also. Let's keep this bumped up for possible further info.

 

[RPPaolin]

http://www.findbianca.org/bianca.html

 

[bykerladi]

*bumping for Bianca*

 

[felder]

One year later, family still hopes to find Bianca Piper
By Susan Weich
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
03/09/2006

FOLEY

Thousands of fliers, 338 exhausted leads, but zero sightings: The numbers in the case of a teenage girl who seemingly vanished into thin air a year ago leave little hope.

Bianca Noel Piper was 13 when her mother, Shannon Tanner, drove her to a bridge on McIntosh Hill Road the evening of March 10 and let her out of the car. Tanner thought walking the mile back to their residence would give Bianca a chance to calm down after a quarrel.

The girl suffers from bipolar and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, and the walks were recommended by a mental health therapist, Tanner said.

Bianca never returned.

Talking about her daughter's disappearance is difficult, Tanner said this week.

"Emotionally, I don't think I'm in a place where I can do any interviews right now," she said. "I'm having a real hard time even thinking about the day."

She said she wanted to get Bianca's picture out again so that people are reminded that she is still missing but said she needed to take care of herself, too.

"I don't really know what else I would say anyway," she said. "Nothing has changed; there's nothing new. And that's what so depressing about it."

To mark the anniversary of her disappearance, Bianca's family is planning a candlelight vigil at 6 tonight on the bridge where she was last seen. Anyone who wishes to attend is welcome.

Lincoln County sheriff's detectives say that while they don't work daily on the case because of the lack of new information, they are taking a fresh look at the evidence, hoping to find a lead.

Initially, legions of volunteers and emergency personnel searched more than 270 square miles - nearly half of Lincoln County - for Bianca.

The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation lent a hand as did Rachelfind and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The TV shows "America's Most Wanted" and "Without A Trace" featured Bianca's case, and thousands of postcards and fliers carried her image.

Because of the national media coverage, detectives have had potential sightings as far away as Portland, Ore., but when witnesses are interviewed, their descriptions don't match Bianca's.

"The message is getting out across the country that we're missing a girl in Foley, Mo.," Detective Chris Bartlett said. "We're just coming up short every time."

Bartlett and Detective Lt. Michael Lang say they aren't ruling out any theories yet for fear that they may end up missing something.

But they do believe that if someone took Bianca, he or she probably was a local resident.

"I think that's more likely than somebody traveling through the area by chance on a small county road," Bartlett said. "As far as saying there's foul play, I would suspect it absolutely because there's no other reasonable explanation."

Bianca's father, David Piper, who is divorced from Tanner, says he's been calling police at least twice a week to check on any leads and still hands out fliers regularly at businesses near his Pevely home.

"Bianca, I love her to death," he said. "I got her picture right here. It makes me want to just bust out crying."

Piper said that every day has been hard for him but especially the Christmas holidays because Bianca's birthday is Dec. 26. He says he copes by talking about developments in the case with his friends, but what he really wants is closure.

"It's ruining everybody's life not being able to see her anymore or know what happened to her or know if she's been tortured or what," he said.

The last time the two talked was the night she disappeared. He said they ended the conversation with "I love you."

"I sure would like to have my little girl back," he said.

Anyone with information about Bianca's disappearance is asked to call the sheriff's department at 636-528-8546.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/ne...31B428A6D82A1D258625712D001E4B65?OpenDocument

 

[Bobbisangel]

This is such a sad situation. This poor little thing was only 13 yrs. I wonder who in the world found her walking down that road? If it was getting dark out or already dark out and someone stopped and offered her a ride she probably jumped right in. It was also getting cold out wasn't it? Some creep probably asked her if she wanted to go party or something and being upset already she probably willingly agreed not having any idea what the person had in mind.

I still don't understand why she couldn't just go out and walk around her home in order to work off her anger. If she was in a manic phase I don't understand how walking would help. It seems that medication would have helped balance the chemicals in her brain. I'm not trying to place blame on her mother but I just don't understand the need for her to walk on a lonely country road a mile from her home in the dark.

 

[OneLostGrl]

I just don't understand the need for her to walk on a lonely country road a mile from her home in the dark.

Nor do I. Gotta wonder what kind of crack-pot therapist recommended this. If a "walk" helped a manic phase get over with more quickly, I'd be a skinny woman!