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http://www.neoshodailynews.com/article/20141001/NEWS/141009977/1994/NEWS
Sheriff Ken Copeland reported that Mark T. Walsh, 57, is charged with the murder of Freida Franks, which allegedly occurred at a Newton County campground in August 2001.
Copeland said Freida Franks was reported missing in Newton County in 2002, the same year that Walsh was arrested and charged for molesting a young girl in Stone County, Mo. He said that young girl was Franks daughter, and Walsh was found guilty of that crime and is now serving time in the Missouri correctional system...
He said Det. Mike Barnett, following up on the old case, had contact with Franks daughter a few months ago. She had recalled, and had seen her mother stabbed while they were at Zans Creekside Campground, 2480 Coyote Rd., Joplin, Copeland said. Freidas daughter says that in August of 2001 she was with her mother, Freida, and Mark Walsh at Zans Creekside Campground. Freida walked in and caught Walsh molesting the young girl. Freida and Walsh got into it and she watched him pick up a large knife and started cutting her and stabbing her in the chest with it. She saw her mother hit the ground and he took her into another room of this little RV, and she did not see her mother since that time.
Article from 2004 when LE was looking for Freida's remains in a different area:
http://www.carrollconews.com/story/1387196.html
Carroll County Investigator Ralph Gordon said Thursday that Walsh claimed he burned the body over a three-day period and dumped the remains of Freda Franks, 42, in the Osage Creek south of Green Forest at an undisclosed location...
Walsh, an apparent drifter with ties to Carroll County, has been held for two years by Stone County authorities in connection with a two-state case that was suspected to involve kidnapping, child *advertiser censored*, sexual abuse of a child, arson, and the disappearance of Franks.
NamUs: https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/237
Charley Project: http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/f/franks_fredia.html