MO MO - Sandra Spoon, 57, Joplin, 28 Aug 2005

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.lakeexpo.com/articles/2008/02/27/top_news/06.txt

27 Feb 08

The man police believe was involved in the disappearance of a Joplin woman more than two years ago has died. Police are now asking the public for help.

Sandra Spoon was reported missing by her family in August of 2005. Since that time, her family has spent countless hours searching for her and continually come up empty handed.

However, new information brought to light by a Jefferson City-based group has given the family and the police hope in the solving the case and the police are now asking for the public’s assistance.
According to Det. Mike Hobson, Edward G. Monroe had been a suspect in the case but police were unable to gather enough evidence to take the investigation to the next level. On Friday, detectives discovered Monroe died in August of 2007 in Duncan, Okla.

Hobson said this information has caused the case to take a new direction and anyone who might have seen Monroe or Sandra Spoon within a few days of her disappearance are encouraged to come forward with the information. A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the whereabouts of Sandra Spoon.

“When Missouri Missing contacted us about Sandra Spoon’s case, it gave us a reason to take a closer look,” Hobson said. “Although the case was never closed, we have been able to rejuvenate it and we are hopes of obtaining some new leads.”

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[Bobbisangel]

I wonder if someone will come forward with information now that this guy is dead? He could have told someone and they have been afraid to say anything. I hope that is the case anyway. Her family need to be able to bring her home.

 

[meggilyweggily]

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/spoon_sandra.html

 

[imamaze]

NamUs Sandra Spoon

Missouri Missing Persons

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/spoon_sandra.html

 

[wendybtn]

Sandra L. Spoon – The Charley Project
Updated link.

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Anniversary of disappearance today.

 

[111coffeequeen111]

Remembering the life of Sandra Spoon

Sandra Spoon passed away. This is the full obituary where you can express condolences and share memories. Published in the The Joplin Globe on 2015-06-21.

obituaries.joplinglobe.com

This is an obituary for a Sandra Louise Spoon, who is the same age and also from Joplin. It could be purely coincidental, although it may be worth verifying whether or not this is in fact the same Sandra.

 

[wendybtn]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Her Namus case is still active.

 

[Pennysmom1]

3459DFMO - Sandra L. Spoon

Sandra L. Spoon – The Charley Project

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Spoon, circa 2005; Edward G. Monroe; Monroe's 1981 Oldsmobile Omega

• Missing Since 08/28/2005
• Missing From Joplin, Missouri
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 07/22/1948 (76)
• Age 57 years old
• Height and Weight 5'5, 100 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description A multicolored shirt and capri pants.
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• Associated Vehicle(s) Brown four-door 1981 Oldsmobile Omega (accounted for)
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Spoon has previously fractured bones in her face. Her ears are double-pierced and she wears a full set of dentures.

Details of Disappearance​

Spoon was last seen at 10:00 p.m. on August 28, 2005 in Joplin, Missouri. She left the home she shared with her sister and rode with a coworker to visit an acquaintance's home on Pearl Street. Edward G. Monroe, who lived on the upstairs floor of the residence, reportedly made advances to Spoon during the visit and she rejected them.

At 10:00 p.m., he offered her a ride home in his brown four-door 1981 Oldsmobile Omega. As he left, Monroe told another person present that he was going to spend the night with Spoon. He returned unexpectedly two to four hours later, however. Spoon never arrived home and has never been heard from again.

When questioned about her disappearance by police, Monroe said he had dropped Spoon off at the corner of 22nd and Byers, approximately one block from her residence. He said that during the intervening hours they had simply driven around in the vicinity of Pearl Street. A witness saw him walking out of a wooded area to his car near Shoal Creek.

Photographs of Monroe and his car are posted with this case summary. Investigators consider him a suspect in Spoon's case, but he died in August 2007 without ever being charged in connection with her disappearance.

Spoon worked as a nurse's aide at the Meadows Care Center in Joplin in 2005. She was reported missing two days after she was last seen. Her disappearance remains unsolved.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Remembering the life of Sandra Spoon

Sandra Spoon passed away. This is the full obituary where you can express condolences and share memories. Published in the The Joplin Globe on 2015-06-21.

obituaries.joplinglobe.com

This is an obituary for a Sandra Louise Spoon, who is the same age and also from Joplin. It could be purely coincidental, although it may be worth verifying whether or not this is in fact the same Sandra.

The obituary for Sandra Louise Spoon shows her birthdate as Sept 1, 1948
Sandra L. Spoon, who is missing, has a birthdate of July 22, 1948

Both of them have red/auburn hair it looks like-that's weird!