Recent content by rosettamerrielbeck

Yes, we did make a positive ID, and Merriel confirmed our findings. She and her son have talked on the phone numerous times and had a face-to-face reunion on 9/20/08. They had such a warm and loving visit. Her son said it was like there were zero years missing between them. This has been an...

We believe that we found her - alive. She changed her name and has been living in a different state for the last 42 years. In the last 4-5 days, we've been communicating with her daughter. There are simply too many similarities to be a coincidence, but there is always a possibility that...

There was no police investigation into her disappearance. When we filed a missing person report 2-3 years ago, the sheriff told us to "bring him a bone." I suppose he didn't have the resources to investigate a 40 year missing person. Her husband (in central Oklahoma) told me that he...

Merriel was my aunt but disappeared shortly before I was born. To date, we still have not found her. I just wanted to let people know that her son and I are working with the FBI missing persons group. We're in the process of getting Merriel's son and brother's dna into CODIS. Hopefully...