AUG 4, 2022
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is renewing its appeal for information in the case of a Monticello, Wisconsin woman last seen in Shannon before her disappearance on Oct. 26.
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The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is renewing its appeal for information in the case of a Monticello, Wisconsin woman last seen in Shannon before her disappearance on Oct. 26.
Melissa A. Trumpy, mother of three, was believed to be visiting her boyfriend, Derek S. Hammer, when she went missing. He was at his mother’s house in Shannon.
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Deputies have conducted dozens of interviews, executed search warrants and gathered evidence over an area that covers multiple counties, including Carroll and Stephenson, Sheriff Ryan Kloepping said in a news release.
Volunteer groups, professional search and rescue teams and members of law enforcement have been engaged in the search. In addition to ground searches, drones, helicopters, off-road vehicles, K-9 units, cadaver-searching K-9s and underwater searches have taken place.
Two vehicles related to the case, a tan Toyota Tundra extended cab pickup and a white Toyota Avalon four-door sedan, were found; the truck was was abandoned on Bolton Road in rural Freeport, officials have said.
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