I can also add to the timeline:
October 2007 - Sharon M Nealy and her husband buy a home and obtain mortgage on a single family residence in Charlotte / Mecklenberg County. They sell it in November 2013. The address they use at time of sale is in The Villages, FL. Marion County Florida official...
Some other general timeframes I've collected:
August 1998 - Debra/Sharon LinkedIn bio's timeline begins, shows her working as an adjunct at Reading Area Community College in PA until Aug 2005.
March 15 2002 Sharon M Nealy and her husband buy a home and obtain mortgage on a single family...
Based on these 2 articles in The Villages-News, this sparse LinkedIn profile matches Debra/Sharon. It begins in Reading, PA in 1998, the year that Michelle would have turned 18. No photo, jobs in banking, started at Wells Fargo (then Wachovia) in 2005 to present...
Wow, in this December 13 article,
"At some point, Debra Newton took on a new identity and became Sharon Nealy.
At the time of her arrest, she identified her spouse as Reggie Nealy and provided law enforcement with his cell phone number. She listed him as her “next of kin.” Reggie and Sharon...
More here:
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/michelle-newton-missing-kentucky-girl-found-mother-arrested
and here:
https://www.villages-news.com/2025/12/11/villagers-long-lost-daughter-alive-in-latest-twist-in-1983-cold-case/
I missed this September 24th article in Stars and Stripes (a highly reliable military-related daily news source that has been around since 1861).
The "new information" to reopen the cold case was apparently that after being arrested on the sex trafficking charge in Nassau County FL, Grogan had...
"From search warrant to confession at CBS6: What happened at Crestwood Court?"
https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/timeline-the-events-leading-to-lorenz-kraus-arrest-newsstation-franz-and-theresia-kraus-albany-niskayuna-greg-floyd-cbs6-wrgb
And here is the Albany Police and DA news conference after what is presumed to be Theresia and Franz Kraus's remains were found in the backyard (*before* the son's interview with CBS.
https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/cbs6-exclusive-son-confesses-to-killing-parents-arrested-in-cbs6-parking-lot-albany-police-uncover-double-mystery-financial-crimes-and-bodies-at-crestwood-court-franz-and-teresa-kraus-lorenz-kraus
includes link to a CBS6 video of his arrest and his 2-page...
"Following Lorenz Kraus' first court appearance Friday, at which he pled not guilty to charges of murder and concealment of a corpse in the deaths of his parents, he spoke once again exclusively to CBS6's Greg Floyd."
https://nypost.com/2025/09/25/us-news/son-confesses-in-on-camera-interview-to-killing-missing-parents-after-remains-found-buried-at-their-ny-home/
"A strange statement released by Kraus to CBS6 and other outlets did not mention his parents but touted his hare-brained plan to replace the state...
I saw this case on the national news the other day. Gobsmacked. Even moreso after watching the full interview / confession that he gave the local news.
This article gives more detail on his life - a lot to unpack.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lorenz-kraus-pleads-not-guilty-134847301.html
Ziegler case number is 2025-CF-008099-AXXX in Duval County, FL
next court date October 14, 9 AM
You can search with that case number for updates here:
CORE - Clerk Online Resource ePortal
I downloaded the Indictment, Arrest/Booking report, and Notice of Appearance/Not guilty plea documents
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