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Kudos to this detective. Sounds like he's worked every avenue which sometimes seems rare in our threads here.
Melissa (McVay)Darling Still Missing And, After 10 Years, Legally Declared Deceased - Ksst Radio
Darling’s mother, Retta Murphy, requested that her daughter be declared dead after 10 years in which no one has heard from nor have any found remains been identified as Melissa Darling.
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Gilmore testified that he was assigned the case about a week after police listed Darling as missing, taking it over from the SSPD Special Crimes Unit investigators. Darling was last confirmed to have been seen alive at 1:30 a.m. June 10, 2011, leaving a casino in Grant, Oklahoma, following a man as he drove away from the casino. A call was made from her phone around 1:50 a.m. to a man who lives about 1 mile from the casino. There’s been no confirmed contact or known activity from Darling since that time.
Det. Sgt. Gilmore testified Friday, July 9, 2021, that he worked with officials in several Texas counties from Hopkins County into southeaster Oklahoma and has even worked with Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations. The day after her took over the case, Darling’s vehicle was located in Hugo, Oklahoma, so he drove there to work the state authorities as well as 40 officers and volunteer firefighters. At one point, a section along the Red River was searched, with concessions made to allow water levels to go down so officials could search the river. Darling’s body was not located there or in any of the other leads officials have followed up on over the last 10 y ears.
Texas Rangers, Homeland Security, Social Security and officials from numerous other agencies have been involved in the investigation over the years, but there has been on confirmed traces of Darling’s existence since June 10, 2011. Her dental records and DNA have been entered into state and national databases for missing persons, with a few possible hits that did not pan out. Cadaver dogs have been used on occasion during the searches. Gilmore said in addition to following up on any leads or tips that have come in over the past 10 years he has also checked into any reports in which deceased or unidentified people or remains have been found. For instance a skull found about 20 miles downstream from where her vehicle was located was run through a data base but was determined by forensics science to be that of a Native American person believed to have lived long ago.
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At least 50 people have been questioned and several subjected to polygraph tests administered by the Secret Service. However, no information has resulted in location of Darling nor remains identifiable as the missing woman.
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Melissa Daring’s two kids currently live with their fathers. This should allow Darling’s two children, ages 16 and 11 now, to be eligible to receive Social Security benefits.
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom granted Murphy’s request. Melissa Darling will be declared deceased as of June 10, 2021, at 1:50 a.m., the last time there was any kind of possible contact with Melissa Darling – the cell phone call made to the Oklahoma man.
Melissa (McVay)Darling Still Missing And, After 10 Years, Legally Declared Deceased - Ksst Radio
Darling’s mother, Retta Murphy, requested that her daughter be declared dead after 10 years in which no one has heard from nor have any found remains been identified as Melissa Darling.
...SBM
Gilmore testified that he was assigned the case about a week after police listed Darling as missing, taking it over from the SSPD Special Crimes Unit investigators. Darling was last confirmed to have been seen alive at 1:30 a.m. June 10, 2011, leaving a casino in Grant, Oklahoma, following a man as he drove away from the casino. A call was made from her phone around 1:50 a.m. to a man who lives about 1 mile from the casino. There’s been no confirmed contact or known activity from Darling since that time.
Det. Sgt. Gilmore testified Friday, July 9, 2021, that he worked with officials in several Texas counties from Hopkins County into southeaster Oklahoma and has even worked with Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations. The day after her took over the case, Darling’s vehicle was located in Hugo, Oklahoma, so he drove there to work the state authorities as well as 40 officers and volunteer firefighters. At one point, a section along the Red River was searched, with concessions made to allow water levels to go down so officials could search the river. Darling’s body was not located there or in any of the other leads officials have followed up on over the last 10 y ears.
Texas Rangers, Homeland Security, Social Security and officials from numerous other agencies have been involved in the investigation over the years, but there has been on confirmed traces of Darling’s existence since June 10, 2011. Her dental records and DNA have been entered into state and national databases for missing persons, with a few possible hits that did not pan out. Cadaver dogs have been used on occasion during the searches. Gilmore said in addition to following up on any leads or tips that have come in over the past 10 years he has also checked into any reports in which deceased or unidentified people or remains have been found. For instance a skull found about 20 miles downstream from where her vehicle was located was run through a data base but was determined by forensics science to be that of a Native American person believed to have lived long ago.
...SBM
At least 50 people have been questioned and several subjected to polygraph tests administered by the Secret Service. However, no information has resulted in location of Darling nor remains identifiable as the missing woman.
...SBM
Melissa Daring’s two kids currently live with their fathers. This should allow Darling’s two children, ages 16 and 11 now, to be eligible to receive Social Security benefits.
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom granted Murphy’s request. Melissa Darling will be declared deceased as of June 10, 2021, at 1:50 a.m., the last time there was any kind of possible contact with Melissa Darling – the cell phone call made to the Oklahoma man.
