Deceased/Not Found LA - Jerry Sherman Hendry, 54, Newellton, 13 Nov 1997

[TheArtfulDetective]

Jerry Sherman Hendry



Case Classification: Suspected Homicide
Missing Since: November 13, 1997
Location Last Seen: Newellton, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

Description:

• Date of Birth: January 8, 1943
• Age: 54
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Height: 5' 10" (70 inches)
• Weight: 150 lbs
• Hair Color: Gray
• Eye Color: Green
• Nickname/Alias: Unknown
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
• Clothing & Personal Items: A button-down shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers.
• Identifiers: DNA available.

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Jerry was last seen at his home in Newellton, Louisiana on November 13, 1997. He has never been heard from again. In 1999, his wife, Mary Ann Hendry, was charged with his murder. Mary had been a suspect in her husband's disappearance from the onset of the investigation. She was arrested after she confessed.

Mary stated she beat Jerry to death with a wooden cutting board during a drunken argument. She then wrapped his body in a rug, burned it and buried it in the yard near the driveway. Police seized the alleged murder weapon and excavated half a mile of land with shovels and backhoes looking for the body, but found only some bone fragments.

Jerry has never been located, and the outcome of the criminal case is unknown.

Investigators:

• Tensas Parish Sheriff's Office: (318) 766-3961
  Reference Case#: 98-000606

• LSU FACES Laboratory: (225) 578-4761; [email protected]
  Reference Case#: MP429

NCIC Case Number: Not available
NamUs Case Number: MP4127

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Jerry Sherman Hendry - LA Repository for Unidentified & Missing People
Jerry Sherman Hendry – The Charley Project

 

[spartanx]

In this case, it's strange that the body hasn't been found... Did the wife really kill him, or was it someone else? Because the body would have been found... I imagine she was bored with her husband's drunkenness and, in a moment of rage, simply killed him... If that's the case, I hope she wasn't sentenced so harshly...
whatever the case,
Rest in peace