WV WV - Cassie Shelton Sheetz, 23, hiker, Spruce Knob, Monongahela National Forest, 11 Mar 2021

[mrsNKY]

When searching her name, I can’t find anything that was posted 1 day ago. The soonest I see is 4 days ago.

Look for Truckers for Missing Children. I found it by accident.

 

[carbuff]

You could be right there, carbuff. The question is, since the two guys have 'lawyered up' .. what is the next step in finding exactly what happened?

Hoping for a breakthrough.

Good question. I'm not sure what else they could do except publicize her poster and information more widely, probably outside the immediate area.

 

[hibachai]

"West Virginia State Police says while leads have started to run dry, earlier this week a group of cadaver dogs searched part of Spruce Knob but did not find anything."

Family is hoping to hire a PI.

Six months later and the search continues for Sheetz, the missing hiker in Pendleton County

 

[hibachai]

Cassie's case is finally gaining some traction. There's a FB group with over 2.3k members, and a search is scheduled for October 3rd.

A West Virginia mom has been missing for over six months; her mother shares her story

 

[hibachai]

Family plans another search of Spruce Knob for missing woman - WV MetroNews


This Sunday, friends and concerned residents plan to organize a search in the area of the Huckleberry Trail and the 274 Trail Head at Spruce Knob. Those are the last places the two companions of Cassie claimed to have seen her. Their stories to State Police have been suspicious, particularly to Shelton.

“I know my daughter. She would have never ventured off by herself. She is afraid of the dark. She’s also so loving and kind she would have never left a friend if she thought they were hurt,” she explained.

The two men, one a former boyfriend of Cassie, say they became separated after hearing a noise and then one of them fell. None of it added up to Shelton who has spoken with both men and isn’t satisfied they are revealing all they know. Nevertheless, State Police have followed all leads and nearly all of those leads have dried up.

Troopers have searched the area repeatedly with cadaver dogs, aerial searches, and foot patrols. There has been no sign of her.

“My motherly instinct tells me she’s not up there. I don’t think she’s there,” said Shelton.

But she’s going along with the search because it gets the case back into the media and it gives those who are concerned something to do. Many want to help, but don’t know how.

 

[lillywonka]

Flyer from Truckers Missing Child Project

On March 11, 2021, 24-year-old Cassie Sheetz went missing near Spruce Knob in Pendleton County, West Virginia. Cassie supposedly disappeared after she went hiking with two male friends, James Brill II and Grant Sager. According to Grant and James, the group of hikers became separated from each other late Thursday night or early Friday morning, around midnight. The two men supposedly found their way out of the trail, but Cassie did not.

 

[Dell]

Justy been reading this due to the Aware foundation's posting of the volunteer search for October 3rd, really hope they find some answers for her poor family and friends

 

[Knox]

Family plans another search of Spruce Knob for missing woman - WV MetroNews


This Sunday, friends and concerned residents plan to organize a search in the area of the Huckleberry Trail and the 274 Trail Head at Spruce Knob. Those are the last places the two companions of Cassie claimed to have seen her. Their stories to State Police have been suspicious, particularly to Shelton.

“I know my daughter. She would have never ventured off by herself. She is afraid of the dark. She’s also so loving and kind she would have never left a friend if she thought they were hurt,” she explained.

The two men, one a former boyfriend of Cassie, say they became separated after hearing a noise and then one of them fell. None of it added up to Shelton who has spoken with both men and isn’t satisfied they are revealing all they know. Nevertheless, State Police have followed all leads and nearly all of those leads have dried up.

Troopers have searched the area repeatedly with cadaver dogs, aerial searches, and foot patrols. There has been no sign of her.

“My motherly instinct tells me she’s not up there. I don’t think she’s there,” said Shelton.

But she’s going along with the search because it gets the case back into the media and it gives those who are concerned something to do. Many want to help, but don’t know how.

How heartbreaking for Cassie's Mom

Wonder what her thoughts are, if any, on what happened and where she might be? Would local LE be receptive to TEQ coming in to help?

 

[worm]

Nothing in MSM. Very sad. The last update from June basically said the cops could no longer talk to the men that came out of the woods because they lawyered up. I mean, come on.
Were the two guys ever named here?

I can’t get past these 2 that were there. And getting the lawyers to remain silent makes it even more sketchy. If this is a “friend”, they should be walking every inch of that mountain looking for her.

 

[Curiousobserver]

I can’t get past these 2 that were there. And getting the lawyers to remain silent makes it even more sketchy. If this is a “friend”, they should be walking every inch of that mountain looking for her.

I couldn't agree more. This basically tells you what happened.

 

[hibachai]

From PI Kevin Rya, who helped with Cassandra Johnston and Dianna Brice cases:

“‘I’ve developed two other places of search, but I need to get the information together and get everything packaged up before we put boots on the ground. It’s easy just to put boots on the ground, start searching and you come up with nothing. I don’t want to do that,” he said.

Ryan hopes to get enough information together to bring a search party to the area before the end of the year. While he primarily works alone, he said he will be able to put together a search party of 200-300 people.”



Eight months later, family of Cassie Sheetz still searching for answers

 

[annpats]

Sadly, I don't think Cassie is alive.
I think she died in the night she was up in the mountains with these two men.

Despite the dogs not finding a scent, I still think she is up there somewhere.

As the winter approaches, the weather there won't be ideal searching conditions, and I wonder how much more they'll be able to do before spring comes.

I eventually think she'll be found, in a few years time, by a hiker or hunter.

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 27, 2021
Family of missing West Virginia mom still searching for answers nearly 10 months after her disappearance (nbcnews.com)
[...]

Cassie’s mother, Arlene, says she wonders if Cassie was even on the mountain when she disappeared. She added that Cassie wasn’t a hiker, and while it wasn’t unusual for non-hikers to go for a walk on the trails to hang out, it wasn’t an easy hike.

“There are supposedly pictures of Cassie up there that day, with the spruces,” Arlene told Dateline. “But there are spruce trees everywhere here in West Virginia. It could have been anywhere.”

She added that she believes it’s strange that nothing of Cassie’s has been found. Her cell phone, which she only used over Wi-Fi, was last used at a friend’s house earlier that day, her mom said.

Sergeant Teter told Dateline that investigators have seen the photos and believe they were taken at Spruce Knob on the day she was last seen. He confirmed that Cassie’s cell phone was only used over Wi-Fi and they were not able to track it.

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[borndem]

I'm gonna guess she never was at Spruce Knob.

Hmmm, you may be right...
Didn't try to get there, or tried but couldn't get there due to whatever??

 

[Knox]

Interesting... investigators have seen the photos and believe Cassie was there that day. Ok ... so then where is she?

 

[Catmommy]

Interesting... investigators have seen the photos and believe Cassie was there that day. Ok ... so then where is she?

Ask the "friends" who made it off the mountain without her. My feeling is that they have a good idea.

 

[carbuff]

Hmmm, you may be right...
Didn't try to get there, or tried but couldn't get there due to whatever??

I'm picturing that she either didn't try to get there, or was there briefly and left. For other reasons.

I'm usually wrong about these things though.

 

[Knox]

Ask the "friends" who made it off the mountain without her. My feeling is that they have a good idea.

Agree, but it seems LE is either waiting for Cassie's body to be found, or someone to confess

 

[worm]

Ask the "friends" who made it off the mountain without her. My feeling is that they have a good idea.

I don’t understand those friends either and it’s obvious that they don’t understand the unwritten rules of hiking or exploring bad terrain.

 

[LeBlack]

IF you only use your phone off of wi-fi... why wouldn't they be able to track/ping it? You can still connect to a tower to call 911, so???