MO MO - Amber Drury, 38, Ozark, 30 Aug 2025

[TwinkieDefense]

March 18, 2026 short article indicates she is from Charleston, Missouri.

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/amber-drury-search-missouri/

 

[GraceG]

I found someone with the name Amber M. Gordon (which came up when I searcjhed the last name Drury in the judicial database) with court records going back to 2005 in MO. The most recent charge was a drug possession for which they were sentenced to 4 years, starting in 2018. Another infraction prior to that in 2018 listed defendants address as "homeless". I couldn't find any more recent address under Drury or Gordon. There are some civil court records under the name Cates but it's not the same person as the DOB is for someone much younger. https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/nameSearchEntry.do

18MI-CR00089-01 - ST V AMBER M GORDON (E-CASE)
Filed 04/25/2018
Possession Of Controlled Substance Except 35 Grams Or Less Of Marijuana/Synthetic Cannabinoid
{ Felony D RSMo: 579.015 } Date02/23/2018 Code579.015-001Y20173572.0 DispositionGuilty Plea - 05/01/2018
Sentence
Description Incarceration DOC Sentence Date 05/01/2018 Start Date 05/01/2018 Length 4 years

18MI-CR00089 - ST V AMBER M GORDON (E-CASE)
Filed 03/09/2018 Location Mississippi Case Type Criminal/Infract.
DRURY, AMBER MARIE -Defendant
Address: HOMELESS EAST PRAIRIE, MO 63845
Year of Birth: 1986

 

[truthfinder2019]

Indeed she also goes by Gordon or Cates

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/mpphotos/A1001001A26C16B25133I259901.pdf

 

[STLBlues]

March 18, 2026 short article indicates she is from Charleston, Missouri.

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/amber-drury-search-missouri/

Wonder what she was doing in Ozark and how she got there if she's truly homeless? It's almost 4 hours away from Charleston/East Prairie. Map Link

Ozark is a smaller town to the southeast of Springfield. It has a population of just over 21,000 according to the 2020 census.

@GraceG noting of her being homeless in East Prairie makes sense as it is only 14 minutes by car from Charleston. Map Link

 

[Caring1]

Amber’s NamUs.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

She has a scar on her lower back and a scar on her chin. Amber does not have any teeth.

Tattoos
Heart with a blood drop on her right cheekbone below the eye
Cross on her left middle finger
Lightning bolt on the back of her calf (unsure which leg)
The name "Ryder" on the right side of her neck in scripted font
The name "Fite" on shoulder

 

[GraceG]

The no teeth was unknown to me. Did she have dentures? (if she did not that would change her appearance).

There is an Amber Marie Drury, date of birth Nov 9 1986 with an active warrant for her arrest in Arkansas for failure to appear on Felony theft charges. (court document and bench warrant attached).

72CR-24-969: STATE V AMBER MARIE DRURY
DRURY, AMBER MARIE DEFENDANT
4TH CIRCUIT DIVISION 7
Age at Offense 37
Case OPEN
Offense THEFT OF PROPERTY >= $5,000 < $25,000
Offense Date 04/19/2024
Statute 5-36-103(b)(2)(A) Level CLASS C FELONY
Offense Detail
5-36-103(b)(2)(A):ACCOMPLICE TO THEFT OF PROPERTY, GREATER THAN $5000 BUT LESS THAN $25000
12/11/2024 @ 3:52PM FTA WARRANT ISSUED
12/11/2024 @ 3:52PM ORDER ARREST AFTER FTA
ORDER FOR ISSUANCE OF ARREST WARRANT AND SUMMONS/ORDER FOR SURETY TO APPEAR

I did find an earlier incarceration for an Amber M Drury, with the same full date of birth in 1986 in Union County Illinois for meth possession, well over 10 years ago. . ᐅ Illinois Criminal Records 2009-2026

From Union County Judicial Records: Judici | Participating Courts
DRURY, AMBER M
Case No. 2011CF172 Last Update 05/02/2023
Case Category Criminal Case Type - Subtype CF - Criminal Felony
Litigant Information
Full Name DRURY, AMBER M
Date of Birth 11/09/1986 Role Defendant/Respondent
Initial Open Date 11/15/2011 Initial Close Date 10/09/2012
Address Street 1 (redacted) 24TH ST City CAIRO State IL Postal Code 629140000
Count 1 Ticket Number: 172 09/02/2011
Charge 1 Committed METH PRECURSOR<15 GRAMS Original Guilty Class 2 Felony

 

[Caring1]

The no teeth was unknown to me. Did she have dentures? (if she did not that would change her appearance).

There is an Amber Marie Drury, date of birth Nov 9 1986 with an active warrant for her arrest in Arkansas for failure to appear on Felony theft charges. (court document and bench warrant attached).

72CR-24-969: STATE V AMBER MARIE DRURY
DRURY, AMBER MARIE DEFENDANT
4TH CIRCUIT DIVISION 7
Age at Offense 37
Case OPEN
Offense THEFT OF PROPERTY >= $5,000 < $25,000
Offense Date 04/19/2024
Statute 5-36-103(b)(2)(A) Level CLASS C FELONY
Offense Detail
5-36-103(b)(2)(A):ACCOMPLICE TO THEFT OF PROPERTY, GREATER THAN $5000 BUT LESS THAN $25000
12/11/2024 @ 3:52PM FTA WARRANT ISSUED
12/11/2024 @ 3:52PM ORDER ARREST AFTER FTA
ORDER FOR ISSUANCE OF ARREST WARRANT AND SUMMONS/ORDER FOR SURETY TO APPEAR

I did find an earlier incarceration for an Amber M Drury, with the same full date of birth in 1986 in Union County Illinois for meth possession, well over 10 years ago. . ᐅ Illinois Criminal Records 2009-2026

From Union County Judicial Records: Judici | Participating Courts
DRURY, AMBER M
Case No. 2011CF172 Last Update 05/02/2023
Case Category Criminal Case Type - Subtype CF - Criminal Felony
Litigant Information
Full Name DRURY, AMBER M
Date of Birth 11/09/1986 Role Defendant/Respondent
Initial Open Date 11/15/2011 Initial Close Date 10/09/2012
Address Street 1 (redacted) 24TH ST City CAIRO State IL Postal Code 629140000
Count 1 Ticket Number: 172 09/02/2011
Charge 1 Committed METH PRECURSOR<15 GRAMS Original Guilty Class 2 Felony

It appears in a couple of photos that she does wear dentures but didn’t see any mention of them.

 

[dub]

Indeed she also goes by Gordon or Cates

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/mpphotos/A1001001A26C16B25133I259901.pdf

How bizarre that “Amber Cates” is also the name of a totally different MP from 20+ years ago, from just a couple states and a couple hundred miles away, who in some respects looks vaguely similar and if still alive would now be close to the same age.

I’m sure it’s a total coincidence but that is really weird.