Mysteries1974
Martha Jean Lambert - Missing since 1985
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I think she was kidnapped and murdered by Royal Russel long
Sandra went missing in 1978 not 1979. We should still consider Long because he was active in the 1970s and he only has a few known victims, he could have more.IMHO...it is a much better theory that Gerald Gallego either on his own or with his wife Charlene murdered Sandra Butler. Sandra went missing on June 26, 1979 from Sparks, NV.
Two days earlier on June 24th, 1979 Charlene Gallego lured 14-year old Brenda Lynn Judd and 13-year old Sandra Kay Colley from the Washoe County Fair in Reno, NV (just a few miles away from Sparks, NV where Sandra Butler disappeared from) to a van on the premise of a job handing out flyers at the fair. Gerald Gallego was waiting near the van armed with a gun to kidnap the two teenagers. Charlene testified at trial that Gerald raped, killed, and buried both teenagers and he was found guilty of their murders and the bodies of both teenagers were not found until 20 years later.
After kidnapping and murdering 2 girls in Sacramento in September 1978 and Gerald Gallego's teenage daughter filing child molestation/incest charges against him a few weeks later, Gerald and Charlene had to flee the area of Sacramento, CA. They received help from Charlene's family in obtaining a false identity for Gerald Gallego and shortly after the fled Sacramento they were wed under the aliases of Mr. and Mrs Stephen Robert Feil. In December of 1978 Gerald got a job with the help of Charlene's father driving a truck in Houston, TX. By the spring of 1979 he lost that job and the couple moved to Reno, NV.
Gerald Gallego was living in Reno, NV just a few miles away from Sparks, NV where Sandra Butler disappeared from and was convicted of killing 2 teenage girls in Reno, NV just 2 days before Sandra disappeared whose bodies were not found until over 20 years later during excavations for a construction project. Most of Gerald's known and suspected victims were young teenage girls and he was living just a few miles from where Sandra disappeared from during the time she disappeared. Unfortunately he wasn't arrested until November 1980, but I am sure he has to be a prime suspect.
Her body is probably somewhere in the desert or another remote area of Nevada as Gerald was known to dispose of his victims in remote areas of Nevada, even some of his victims from California were disposed of and found in remote areas of Nevada.
I pray someday that Sandra will be found and justice/peace are given to her loved ones.
It’s fine, I just want to find out if Long is involved in her case.OMG!!! I am so embarrassed. Thank you Mysteries1974 for pointing that out, I cannot believe I made that mistake. Please disregard the "uniqueness" of my above post about my opinion of the involvement of Gerald Gallego. I somehow overlooked the fact that the 2 disappearances actually happened A YEAR AND TWO DAYS APART and not just two days apart, which does not factually put Gallego in or near Reno, NV during the timeframe of Sandra Butler's disappearance. He could still be involved, but not because or supported by the facts I have stated in my above post. I tried to edit it, but I guess you can't do that after a certain time. Sorry about the misleading info, it was not intentional.
This makes it even more likely that she was a long victim.Sandra Butler definitely fits Long's victim profile. Also by some accounts I read (on *****************) that Sandra had called her mother and asked permission to go to the Reno Rodeo and on the same thread it mentions that "by some accounts Sandra was reported missing from a Reno Rodeo". Here is the link : https://*****************/forum/ind...sing-from-sparks-nv-26-june-1978-age-16.6149/
That all being said...Long is a very good suspect especially considering his working at traveling carnivals and Sandra going missing so close to the fairgrounds in Reno, NV. Also two of Long's presumed victims (Carlene Brown and Christy Gross) disappeared from rodeos. Long was certainly capable of this type of crime and with his background in traveling carnivals, rodeos, and long haul trucking; he should have been considered a suspect by LE. I am gonna look some more into his known whereabouts and timeline. I will post what I find.
EDIT : Wow...couldnt post the link. I apologize if I somehow broke a rule at WS but I just wanted to post a link to the thread from crime watchers that had an article and other info about Sandra disappearing/inquiring about the Reno Rodeo.
This girl is a UI Jane Doe in Colfax, Placer County, CA. Colfax is half way between Sparks, Nevada and Sacramento, CA along
I-80. Perhaps the route of the Gallegos mentioned above. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) . I haven't submitted this yet.
There is a strong resemblance between her photos and the sketches of the UID, and the stats line up. You should submit.
To compare, a photo of Sandra from NAMUS, and a sketch of UID #UP17572 from NAMUS: View attachment 312262 View attachment 312263