MO MO - Bianca Piper, 13, Foley, 10 March 2005
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Spazkat9696
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If you really want to know ask the mom. I feel she knows a lot more than she is saying, or you could ask her other child. The one she got in trouble for abusing after Bianca disappeared.
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I think Bianca was probably the victim of a random attacker. Maybe someone who lived in the area. I don't think it had anything to do with her mental illness. She was 13 but she was a big girl and would have looked more like a woman. I think probably someone was driving by, and saw that she was alone, and saw his chance.
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I saw her missing poster at a rest stop yesterday, I think it was the Virginia Welcome center. (I can't remember for sure, we stopped at every rest stop along the way)
It looked like a pretty new poster, placed where everyone looks at the maps. Maybe someone this past weekend will have recognized her
It looked like a pretty new poster, placed where everyone looks at the maps. Maybe someone this past weekend will have recognized her
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Case of missing teen Bianca Piper is cold but open 4 years later
Four years ago today, 13-year-old Bianca Piper disappeared after her mother drove her to a bridge on McIntosh Hill Road in Lincoln County and let her out of the car.
Her mother, Shannon Tanner, thought walking the mile back to their home on the gravel road would give Bianca a chance to calm down after a quarrel over chores.
The girl suffers from bipolar and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, and the walks were recommended by a mental health therapist, Tanner said.
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/chas-beat/uncategorized/2009/03/case-of-missing-teen-bianca-piper-is-cold-but-open-4-years-later/
http://www.biancasbillboards.com/
Four years ago today, 13-year-old Bianca Piper disappeared after her mother drove her to a bridge on McIntosh Hill Road in Lincoln County and let her out of the car.
Her mother, Shannon Tanner, thought walking the mile back to their home on the gravel road would give Bianca a chance to calm down after a quarrel over chores.
The girl suffers from bipolar and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, and the walks were recommended by a mental health therapist, Tanner said.
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/chas-beat/uncategorized/2009/03/case-of-missing-teen-bianca-piper-is-cold-but-open-4-years-later/
http://www.biancasbillboards.com/
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Could this be a possible match
http://www.doenetwork.org/hot/hotcase1192.html
I think the resemblance is close.
http://www.doenetwork.org/hot/hotcase1192.html
I think the resemblance is close.
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IMO: This is a close match.
If there are dentals available, I think it should be given to law enforcement as a possible match.
There is no telling what happened to this girl in two years.
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I totally agree! They resemble each other quite a bit!
On this link the last photo of Bianca, is age-progressed to 15 years!
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/p/piper_bianca.html
Good one sillygilly!:clap:
On this link the last photo of Bianca, is age-progressed to 15 years!
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/p/piper_bianca.html
Good one sillygilly!:clap:
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She girl in TX does resemble Bianca but the date of death is off and I have a hard time believing the abductor took her all the way to Texas. You never know though it is worth emailing it to the police.
Has there ever been a witness to corroborate Piper's mothers story of dropping her off to make her walk? Bianca had behavioral issues along with just typically issues of being a teenager and might have been frusterating the deal with somethings, there were allegations of abuse in regards to her other child and I have to wonder if her mother might have lost her temper and things went too far. I know she apparently passed a polygraph but that alone is not enough for me. There is a reason they are not allowed in court and I am always surprised at how quickly LE will mark someone off their list of suspects when they pass one.
Has there ever been a witness to corroborate Piper's mothers story of dropping her off to make her walk? Bianca had behavioral issues along with just typically issues of being a teenager and might have been frusterating the deal with somethings, there were allegations of abuse in regards to her other child and I have to wonder if her mother might have lost her temper and things went too far. I know she apparently passed a polygraph but that alone is not enough for me. There is a reason they are not allowed in court and I am always surprised at how quickly LE will mark someone off their list of suspects when they pass one.
Some older articles
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=93541
Missing Foley, Missouri Teen Remembered On Anniversary Of Her Disappearance
created: 3/10/2006 10:40:32 PM
updated: 3/10/2006 10:45:02 PM
One year ago, then thirteen-year-old Bianca Piper disappeared after her mother said she dropped her off on a bridge near her home in Lincoln County, Missouri.
Friday night, more than a dozen people gathered for a prayer service on the remote McIntosh Road bridge, near Foley. Quoting from scripture, Pastor Jim Blue, of Sunrise United Methodist Church, had words of encouragement for Bianca's loved ones. "Later in that same chapter, Chapter 8, Paul says, 'If God is for us, who can be against us... Does it mean He no longer loves us, if we have trouble, or calamity?'"
Despite continuing their investigation, Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies have no new leads. Bianca's family says they believe someone knows what happened to her, and they are hoping the one-year anniversary of her disappearance prompts someone to come forward.
Bianca's grandfather, Guy Young, said, "That's all I can hope for right now. Somebody knows something. And I'm just hoping they'll open their heart enough to let out a little information."
One of Bianca's grandmothers, Carol Young, lead those in attendance in the Lord's Prayer. "Give us this day, our daily bread..." Later, overwhelmed with grief, Young was comforted by friends.
There is a ten-thousand dollar reward for information about what happened to Bianca Piper.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=93541
Missing Foley, Missouri Teen Remembered On Anniversary Of Her Disappearance
created: 3/10/2006 10:40:32 PM
updated: 3/10/2006 10:45:02 PM
One year ago, then thirteen-year-old Bianca Piper disappeared after her mother said she dropped her off on a bridge near her home in Lincoln County, Missouri.
Friday night, more than a dozen people gathered for a prayer service on the remote McIntosh Road bridge, near Foley. Quoting from scripture, Pastor Jim Blue, of Sunrise United Methodist Church, had words of encouragement for Bianca's loved ones. "Later in that same chapter, Chapter 8, Paul says, 'If God is for us, who can be against us... Does it mean He no longer loves us, if we have trouble, or calamity?'"
Despite continuing their investigation, Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies have no new leads. Bianca's family says they believe someone knows what happened to her, and they are hoping the one-year anniversary of her disappearance prompts someone to come forward.
Bianca's grandfather, Guy Young, said, "That's all I can hope for right now. Somebody knows something. And I'm just hoping they'll open their heart enough to let out a little information."
One of Bianca's grandmothers, Carol Young, lead those in attendance in the Lord's Prayer. "Give us this day, our daily bread..." Later, overwhelmed with grief, Young was comforted by friends.
There is a ten-thousand dollar reward for information about what happened to Bianca Piper.
2-year anniversary for missing eastern Missouri girl
BETSY TAYLOR
Associated Press
FOLEY, Mo. - A teenage girl who disappeared two years ago will be remembered Saturday in eastern Missouri, while a regional task force continues efforts to find her and other missing children.
Bianca Piper was 13 when she vanished March 10, 2005, in rural Lincoln County, about 60 miles north of St. Louis. Family and friends will gather at 1 p.m. Saturday to plant a tree and dedicate a bench at Winfield Elementary School, where Bianca attended.
Bianca was last seen walking on a gravel road near her home outside of Foley. Bianca's mother, Shannon Tanner, told authorities she dropped the girl off about a mile from home. Bianca has bipolar disorder and Tanner hoped the walk would give her a chance to calm down after the girl refused to do the dinner dishes. Tanner said it was a practice counselors had advised.
Two years later, Bianca's fate is still unknown, even as a special task force made up of federal, state and local police look into whether kidnapping suspect Michael Devlin could have played a role in her disappearance and several other unsolved cases.
Devlin, 41, was arrested Jan. 12 after two missing boys were found at his apartment in the St. Louis County town Kirkwood. Ben Ownby, 13, had been missing four days since his abduction from the Franklin County town Beaufort. Shawn, now 15, had been missing since 2002 from Richwoods in Washington County.
Devlin has pleaded not guilty in the disappearances. In addition to kidnapping charges in Franklin and Washington counties, he faces forcible sodomy charges in St. Louis County and federal charges for producing child
and transporting a boy across state lines with the intention of sexual assault.
So far, investigators have found no link between Devlin and Bianca. But task force spokesman Sgt. Al Nothum of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said the investigation continues.
"Are we ready to say we're ruling out this person or that person? They (the task force) specifically said we're not at that point," he said.
Nothum said the task force has investigated more than 200 leads related to missing children since their work began.
Bianca's mother said on Friday that she spoke with Ben Ownby's mother shortly after Ben's disappearance and said the Shawn Hornbeck Foundation, an organization founded by the boy's parents to help in missing children's cases, had been very helpful in the search for her daughter.
She said she had to leave work early the night she learned the boys were found. "I was happy for them, but on the edge of my seat that maybe Bianca would be there too."
She does not believe now that Devlin had anything to do with her daughter's disappearance because the abductions he's accused of involved boys.
Tanner, 40, said she sent Shawn Hornbeck's parents an e-mail to congratulate them, but hadn't heard back. She doesn't mind, saying she's sure they're focused on their child right now.
At her family's modest single-story home, Bianca's bedroom remains as the child left it. Stuffed animals cover the bed, and a picture of the Olsen twins is on the wall. A chain of pink lights drape across a window. Tanner illuminates them to remember her daughter and said she'll sometimes spritz on a little of her daughter's Britney Spears fragrance from the bureau. The scent, she said, reminds her of Bianca.
This weekend, they'll hang new purple bows around trees outside the house and a wreath marks the spot by a creek where she was last seen. One of Bianca's sisters has posted signs in the area begging anyone who knows anything to provide that information.
Tanner was placed on probation in March 2005 for an assault against another daughter. Police have said they do not view the domestic incident as related to Bianca's disappearance.
She said she continues to review photos of children who look like Bianca, and authorities let her meet with one child, who turned out not to be her daughter.
Tanner said she loves her three daughters and holds out hope Bianca will be found. Shawn and Ben's cases, she said, have strengthened her belief that the public plays an important role. "I'm hoping people have learned a lesson. If you think you know something, just call. It's OK if you're wrong."
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/n...te/16869944.htm
BETSY TAYLOR
Associated Press
FOLEY, Mo. - A teenage girl who disappeared two years ago will be remembered Saturday in eastern Missouri, while a regional task force continues efforts to find her and other missing children.
Bianca Piper was 13 when she vanished March 10, 2005, in rural Lincoln County, about 60 miles north of St. Louis. Family and friends will gather at 1 p.m. Saturday to plant a tree and dedicate a bench at Winfield Elementary School, where Bianca attended.
Bianca was last seen walking on a gravel road near her home outside of Foley. Bianca's mother, Shannon Tanner, told authorities she dropped the girl off about a mile from home. Bianca has bipolar disorder and Tanner hoped the walk would give her a chance to calm down after the girl refused to do the dinner dishes. Tanner said it was a practice counselors had advised.
Two years later, Bianca's fate is still unknown, even as a special task force made up of federal, state and local police look into whether kidnapping suspect Michael Devlin could have played a role in her disappearance and several other unsolved cases.
Devlin, 41, was arrested Jan. 12 after two missing boys were found at his apartment in the St. Louis County town Kirkwood. Ben Ownby, 13, had been missing four days since his abduction from the Franklin County town Beaufort. Shawn, now 15, had been missing since 2002 from Richwoods in Washington County.
Devlin has pleaded not guilty in the disappearances. In addition to kidnapping charges in Franklin and Washington counties, he faces forcible sodomy charges in St. Louis County and federal charges for producing child
and transporting a boy across state lines with the intention of sexual assault.So far, investigators have found no link between Devlin and Bianca. But task force spokesman Sgt. Al Nothum of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said the investigation continues.
"Are we ready to say we're ruling out this person or that person? They (the task force) specifically said we're not at that point," he said.
Nothum said the task force has investigated more than 200 leads related to missing children since their work began.
Bianca's mother said on Friday that she spoke with Ben Ownby's mother shortly after Ben's disappearance and said the Shawn Hornbeck Foundation, an organization founded by the boy's parents to help in missing children's cases, had been very helpful in the search for her daughter.
She said she had to leave work early the night she learned the boys were found. "I was happy for them, but on the edge of my seat that maybe Bianca would be there too."
She does not believe now that Devlin had anything to do with her daughter's disappearance because the abductions he's accused of involved boys.
Tanner, 40, said she sent Shawn Hornbeck's parents an e-mail to congratulate them, but hadn't heard back. She doesn't mind, saying she's sure they're focused on their child right now.
At her family's modest single-story home, Bianca's bedroom remains as the child left it. Stuffed animals cover the bed, and a picture of the Olsen twins is on the wall. A chain of pink lights drape across a window. Tanner illuminates them to remember her daughter and said she'll sometimes spritz on a little of her daughter's Britney Spears fragrance from the bureau. The scent, she said, reminds her of Bianca.
This weekend, they'll hang new purple bows around trees outside the house and a wreath marks the spot by a creek where she was last seen. One of Bianca's sisters has posted signs in the area begging anyone who knows anything to provide that information.
Tanner was placed on probation in March 2005 for an assault against another daughter. Police have said they do not view the domestic incident as related to Bianca's disappearance.
She said she continues to review photos of children who look like Bianca, and authorities let her meet with one child, who turned out not to be her daughter.
Tanner said she loves her three daughters and holds out hope Bianca will be found. Shawn and Ben's cases, she said, have strengthened her belief that the public plays an important role. "I'm hoping people have learned a lesson. If you think you know something, just call. It's OK if you're wrong."
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/n...te/16869944.htm
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stor...F1?OpenDocument
Town holds out hope for missing girl
By Tim Bryant
Of the Post-Dispatch
06/09/2005
A purple ribbon is tied to the stop sign on McIntosh Hill Road at Highway Y, west of Foley.
More ribbons, meant to signify a missing child, appear on fence posts along the hilly gravel road in eastern Lincoln County. More than three dozen ribbons are tied to cedar trees that line Bianca Piper's front yard. She is the 13-year-old girl who vanished three months ago today.
Bianca's mother, Shannon Tanner, said Thursday she remained hopeful someone would find her daughter. She reported Bianca missing the night of March 10. She told authorities she had driven the girl about a mile from their home and dropped her off with instructions to walk home. Tanner said her hope was that the walk would give Bianca time to calm down from a family dispute over doing the dinner dishes. She has said counselors had advised her to do this to diffuse problems.
Bianca's disappearance prompted a wide search by hundreds of law enforcement officials and volunteers. Searchers on foot, horseback and in helicopters examined miles of woods, fields and streams without turning up a clue. Bianca was gone without a trace.
Of immediate concern after Bianca vanished was her need for medication to treat her bipolar and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders. Bianca attended special school classes but in many ways acted like a normal teen, Tanner has said.
Lt. Rick Harrell of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said this week that while an organized search was long over, investigators were still seeking tips.
"We haven't been able to rule anything out," Harrell said. "We don't have tunnel vision on anything."
But he acknowledged the case "has pretty much broken down to nothing."
Harrell said authorities were aware of a domestic dispute last month between Tanner and her boyfriend, Jim Felt, but were satisfied it had no link to Bianca's disappearance. Tanner filed a complaint against Felt, but they have since reconciled and remain at Felt's home on McIntosh Hill Road, she said.
Tanner divorced Bianca's father, David Piper, a truck driver who lives in Fredericktown, Mo., in 1993.
The girl's case remains on the Web site of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Bianca's family has offered a $5,000 reward for information.
She remains on the minds of many of Foley's approximately 175 residents, said Judy Nealy, who works the cash register at The Pink Store, a general store in a pink building on Highway 79. She keeps a flier about Bianca's case under the store's clear plastic countertop.
"She's kind of slow but acts like a normal teenager," Nealy said. "She's a big girl. If you saw her walking down the road, you'd probably think she's a grownup. Everybody wonders what happened."
Mona Shawmeker, an O'Fallon, Mo., resident who lived in Foley for 18 years, said authorities should still be searching for the girl. She said she feared Bianca had either been murdered or abducted and forced into prostitution.
Shawmeker mentioned another unsolved case from Lincoln County, that of Arlin Henderson, who was 11 when he vanished July 25, 1991. He was last seen that afternoon riding his bicycle near Ethlyn.
Tanner said a psychic from New York has provided tips on where to search for Bianca and clues about a brown minivan that may have been used to abduct her.
"I'm kind of excited about this," Tanner said.
She said Bianca's grandfather planned to search areas the psychic indicated. Tanner, a nursing home worker, added that she was eager to grab at anything that might show what has happened to her daughter.
"I feel excited and scared at the same time, if you can imagine what that might feel like," Tanner said.
Reporter Tim Bryant
E-mail: tbryant@post-dispatch.com
Phone: 636-255-7212
Town holds out hope for missing girl
By Tim Bryant
Of the Post-Dispatch
06/09/2005
A purple ribbon is tied to the stop sign on McIntosh Hill Road at Highway Y, west of Foley.
More ribbons, meant to signify a missing child, appear on fence posts along the hilly gravel road in eastern Lincoln County. More than three dozen ribbons are tied to cedar trees that line Bianca Piper's front yard. She is the 13-year-old girl who vanished three months ago today.
Bianca's mother, Shannon Tanner, said Thursday she remained hopeful someone would find her daughter. She reported Bianca missing the night of March 10. She told authorities she had driven the girl about a mile from their home and dropped her off with instructions to walk home. Tanner said her hope was that the walk would give Bianca time to calm down from a family dispute over doing the dinner dishes. She has said counselors had advised her to do this to diffuse problems.
Bianca's disappearance prompted a wide search by hundreds of law enforcement officials and volunteers. Searchers on foot, horseback and in helicopters examined miles of woods, fields and streams without turning up a clue. Bianca was gone without a trace.
Of immediate concern after Bianca vanished was her need for medication to treat her bipolar and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders. Bianca attended special school classes but in many ways acted like a normal teen, Tanner has said.
Lt. Rick Harrell of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said this week that while an organized search was long over, investigators were still seeking tips.
"We haven't been able to rule anything out," Harrell said. "We don't have tunnel vision on anything."
But he acknowledged the case "has pretty much broken down to nothing."
Harrell said authorities were aware of a domestic dispute last month between Tanner and her boyfriend, Jim Felt, but were satisfied it had no link to Bianca's disappearance. Tanner filed a complaint against Felt, but they have since reconciled and remain at Felt's home on McIntosh Hill Road, she said.
Tanner divorced Bianca's father, David Piper, a truck driver who lives in Fredericktown, Mo., in 1993.
The girl's case remains on the Web site of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Bianca's family has offered a $5,000 reward for information.
She remains on the minds of many of Foley's approximately 175 residents, said Judy Nealy, who works the cash register at The Pink Store, a general store in a pink building on Highway 79. She keeps a flier about Bianca's case under the store's clear plastic countertop.
"She's kind of slow but acts like a normal teenager," Nealy said. "She's a big girl. If you saw her walking down the road, you'd probably think she's a grownup. Everybody wonders what happened."
Mona Shawmeker, an O'Fallon, Mo., resident who lived in Foley for 18 years, said authorities should still be searching for the girl. She said she feared Bianca had either been murdered or abducted and forced into prostitution.
Shawmeker mentioned another unsolved case from Lincoln County, that of Arlin Henderson, who was 11 when he vanished July 25, 1991. He was last seen that afternoon riding his bicycle near Ethlyn.
Tanner said a psychic from New York has provided tips on where to search for Bianca and clues about a brown minivan that may have been used to abduct her.
"I'm kind of excited about this," Tanner said.
She said Bianca's grandfather planned to search areas the psychic indicated. Tanner, a nursing home worker, added that she was eager to grab at anything that might show what has happened to her daughter.
"I feel excited and scared at the same time, if you can imagine what that might feel like," Tanner said.
Reporter Tim Bryant
E-mail: tbryant@post-dispatch.com
Phone: 636-255-7212
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/n...al/12014507.htm
Mother of girl missing girl accused of striking another daughter
Posted on Wed, Jun. 29, 2005
Associated Press
FOLEY, Mo. - The mother of an eastern Missouri girl missing since March has been charged with domestic assault for allegedly hitting another daughter in the head with a curling iron and threatening to tie her up.
Shannon Tanner, 38, of Foley, was released after posting $25,000 bond.
Tanner's daughter, Bianca Piper, 14, has been missing since March 10. In that case, Tanner told authorities she dropped the girl about a mile from their home with instructions to walk home, hoping to give her a chance to calm down after a family dispute over doing dinner dishes.
Tanner said it was a practice counselors had advised.
Last month, authorities responded to a domestic dispute between Tanner and her live-in boyfriend. Tanner had filed a complaint against him, but dropped it after the two reconciled.
Deputies were called to the home about 10:15 p.m. Saturday. They say they Tanner was on top of her 17-year-old daughter, holding her face to the ground.
Police saw a large bump on the girl's forehead, and say she told them her mother had yanked a curling iron from her hands, struck her with it and punched her in the head.
The girl told police that Tanner then threatened to get a rope and "tie her up and lock her in the back bedroom." When the girl tried to dial 911, Tanner ripped the phone from the wall, police said.
During the arrest, Tanner told deputies the girl had thrown a glass dish at her. Tanner allegedly shoved a deputy and reached for some of the broken glass on the ground. Another deputy used a Taser to subdue Tanner.
Lt. Rick Harrell of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said police to not view the domestic incidents as related to Bianca's disappearance.
Mother of girl missing girl accused of striking another daughter
Posted on Wed, Jun. 29, 2005
Associated Press
FOLEY, Mo. - The mother of an eastern Missouri girl missing since March has been charged with domestic assault for allegedly hitting another daughter in the head with a curling iron and threatening to tie her up.
Shannon Tanner, 38, of Foley, was released after posting $25,000 bond.
Tanner's daughter, Bianca Piper, 14, has been missing since March 10. In that case, Tanner told authorities she dropped the girl about a mile from their home with instructions to walk home, hoping to give her a chance to calm down after a family dispute over doing dinner dishes.
Tanner said it was a practice counselors had advised.
Last month, authorities responded to a domestic dispute between Tanner and her live-in boyfriend. Tanner had filed a complaint against him, but dropped it after the two reconciled.
Deputies were called to the home about 10:15 p.m. Saturday. They say they Tanner was on top of her 17-year-old daughter, holding her face to the ground.
Police saw a large bump on the girl's forehead, and say she told them her mother had yanked a curling iron from her hands, struck her with it and punched her in the head.
The girl told police that Tanner then threatened to get a rope and "tie her up and lock her in the back bedroom." When the girl tried to dial 911, Tanner ripped the phone from the wall, police said.
During the arrest, Tanner told deputies the girl had thrown a glass dish at her. Tanner allegedly shoved a deputy and reached for some of the broken glass on the ground. Another deputy used a Taser to subdue Tanner.
Lt. Rick Harrell of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said police to not view the domestic incidents as related to Bianca's disappearance.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stor...BE?OpenDocument
Law & Order: Mother of missing girl is charged with assault
06/28/2005
The mother of a missing Lincoln County girl has been charged with domestic assault after police say she hit another daughter in the head with a curling iron and threatened to tie her up and lock her in a bedroom.
Shannon M. Tanner, 38, of the 1000 block of McIntosh Hill Road in Foley, was released after posting $25,000 bond.
Her 14-year-old daughter, Bianca Piper, has been missing since March 10, after Tanner dropped the girl about a mile from their home with instructions to walk home. Tanner said she hoped the walk would give Bianca time to calm down from a family dispute over doing the dinner dishes. She has said counselors had advised her to do this to defuse problems.
Last month, authorities responded to a domestic dispute between Tanner and her live-in boyfriend, Jim Felt. Tanner had filed a complaint against Felt, but dropped it after the two reconciled.
Lt. Rick Harrell of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, said that police view both domestic incidents as separate disputes that are not related to Bianca's disappearance.
In the most recent incident, deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department were called to the home about 10:15 p.m. Saturday and heard shouting coming from inside the residence. When officers got inside, they say Tanner was on top of her 17-year-old daughter, holding her face to the ground.
Police saw a large bump on the girl's forehead, and say she told them her mother had yanked a curling iron from her hands, struck her with it and repeatedly punched her in the head.
The girl told police that Tanner then threatened to get a rope and "tie her up and lock her in the back bedroom," but Felt told her not to do that. When the girl tried to dial 911, Tanner ripped the phone from the wall, police say.
Deputies arrested Tanner and while they were escorting her outside, police say she told them that her daughter had thrown a glass dish at her. At one point, Tanner shoved a deputy and reached for some of the broken glass on the ground, police said. Another deputy used a Taser to subdue Tanner, and she complied with authorities afterward.
The Division of Family Services was contacted about the incident, police say, but the status of the girl and her 15-year-old sister is unknown. Tanner could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Law & Order: Mother of missing girl is charged with assault
06/28/2005
The mother of a missing Lincoln County girl has been charged with domestic assault after police say she hit another daughter in the head with a curling iron and threatened to tie her up and lock her in a bedroom.
Shannon M. Tanner, 38, of the 1000 block of McIntosh Hill Road in Foley, was released after posting $25,000 bond.
Her 14-year-old daughter, Bianca Piper, has been missing since March 10, after Tanner dropped the girl about a mile from their home with instructions to walk home. Tanner said she hoped the walk would give Bianca time to calm down from a family dispute over doing the dinner dishes. She has said counselors had advised her to do this to defuse problems.
Last month, authorities responded to a domestic dispute between Tanner and her live-in boyfriend, Jim Felt. Tanner had filed a complaint against Felt, but dropped it after the two reconciled.
Lt. Rick Harrell of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, said that police view both domestic incidents as separate disputes that are not related to Bianca's disappearance.
In the most recent incident, deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department were called to the home about 10:15 p.m. Saturday and heard shouting coming from inside the residence. When officers got inside, they say Tanner was on top of her 17-year-old daughter, holding her face to the ground.
Police saw a large bump on the girl's forehead, and say she told them her mother had yanked a curling iron from her hands, struck her with it and repeatedly punched her in the head.
The girl told police that Tanner then threatened to get a rope and "tie her up and lock her in the back bedroom," but Felt told her not to do that. When the girl tried to dial 911, Tanner ripped the phone from the wall, police say.
Deputies arrested Tanner and while they were escorting her outside, police say she told them that her daughter had thrown a glass dish at her. At one point, Tanner shoved a deputy and reached for some of the broken glass on the ground, police said. Another deputy used a Taser to subdue Tanner, and she complied with authorities afterward.
The Division of Family Services was contacted about the incident, police say, but the status of the girl and her 15-year-old sister is unknown. Tanner could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
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FBI Missing Person Bianca Piper
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Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
# Missing Since: March 10, 2005 from Foley, Missouri
# Classification: Endangered Missing
# Date Of Birth: December 26, 1991
# Age: 13
# Height: 5'6"
# Weight: 185 lbs.
# Hair Color: Brown
# Eye Color: Brown
# Race: White
# Gender: Female
# Distinguishing Characteristics: May wear hair in
a ponytail. Scars on arms and legs, scar on abdomen,
and pierced ears.
# Medical Conditions: Mentally challenged and may
require medical attention. ADD and bipolar, needs
medication. Without her medication she becomes
disoriented and could have hallucinations.
# Clothing: Lime green blouse, blue jeans, a gray
Adidas hooded sweatshirt, and white tennis shoes.
# AKA: "B"
The Charley Project Bianca Piper
Bianca Piper NAMPN.org
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
# Missing Since: March 10, 2005 from Foley, Missouri
# Classification: Endangered Missing
# Date Of Birth: December 26, 1991
# Age: 13
# Height: 5'6"
# Weight: 185 lbs.
# Hair Color: Brown
# Eye Color: Brown
# Race: White
# Gender: Female
# Distinguishing Characteristics: May wear hair in
a ponytail. Scars on arms and legs, scar on abdomen,
and pierced ears.
# Medical Conditions: Mentally challenged and may
require medical attention. ADD and bipolar, needs
medication. Without her medication she becomes
disoriented and could have hallucinations.
# Clothing: Lime green blouse, blue jeans, a gray
Adidas hooded sweatshirt, and white tennis shoes.
# AKA: "B"
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http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzo...ing-bianca-piper-who-disappeared-5-years-ago/
03.10.2010 11:08 am
By Susan Weich
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Aged progressed photo at link
03.10.2010 11:08 am
By Susan Weich
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Aged progressed photo at link
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I'm just not sure i believe that this is how her disappearance really came about. I think she would have been found; as indicated, she is not a small child or the size of a small child/young girl, so not as easy a target physically, in the sense that someone "trolling" for a victim would have more likely mistaken her for a grown woman and someone with the ability to put up a fight.
I think something happened with mother or mother's boyfriend, just my opinion. Maybe in the past she had used the "walk" therapy and grabbed onto this as an alibi. Again, just my feeling after reading what is out there on this case.
I think something happened with mother or mother's boyfriend, just my opinion. Maybe in the past she had used the "walk" therapy and grabbed onto this as an alibi. Again, just my feeling after reading what is out there on this case.
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