MO MO - Penny Warfel, 56, Moberly, 15 Sept 2017

[JerseyGirl]

Police reported that they were contacted June 19 by Penny Warfel’s sister in Columbus, Ohio, to report her sister missing. Penny Warfel was last seen Sept. 15, 2017.

Lawrence Warfel, 75, was the last person in her family to see her. When police asked Warfel about his missing wife, he told them she had moved to Florida with a male friend after the married couple got into an argument. Before she left, she had asked him to withdraw her Social Security to pay her medical bills. However, when investigators checked with Moberly Regional Medical Center, they found no payments had been made to her account.

Moberly man charged with taking funds from missing wife's account

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...d-with-withdrawals-from-missing-wifes-account

75-year-old Lawrence Warfel, of Moberly, was charged last week with financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled person. He has been charged with collecting about $8,000 of her Social Security disability benefits after her disappearance.

Warfel’s bond was set at $25,000, cash only, and his arraignment is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday

 

[Mauge]

Oh, no. We've seen this way too many times before. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[iulia]

Warfel pleads not guilty in financial exploitation case

Lawrence Warfel, of Moberly, waived his arraignment Monday, entering a not guilty plea for the charge of financial exploitation of an elderly/disabled person.

His preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Oct. 15. Lawrence Warfel’s charge is a Class C felony, which in Missouri can carry a prison sentence of three to 10 years or a $10,000 fine.

Penny's NamUs page Missing Person Case
Charley Project page Penny Sue Warfel – The Charley Project

 

[CastlesBurning]

Moberly man in federal custody for financial, identity crimes against missing wife

 

[iulia]

Lawrence Warfel, 76, of Moberly, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for aggravated identity theft. Warfel appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Henry A. Autrey who ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $11,688.11.

Moberly Man Sentenced for Aggravated Identity Theft After Withdrawing Money from Missing Wife's Account

 

[kimmo]

Penny Sue Warfel​

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Penny, circa 2017; Lawrence Warfel

• Missing Since09/15/2017
• Missing FromMoberly, Missouri
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• SexFemale
• RaceWhite
• Date of Birth09/16/1960 (61)
• Age56 years old
• Height and Weight5'2, 120 pounds
• Medical ConditionsPenny is classified as disabled for unspecified reasons.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes.

Details of Disappearance​

Penny was last seen in Moberly, Missouri on September 15, 2017, the day before her fifty-seventh birthday. She has never been heard from again.

Her husband, Lawrence Warfel, told her family they'd gotten into an argument and she left for Florida with a male friend, but it's not confirmed she ever got out of Missouri and it's uncharacteristic of her to not be in touch with her family. Julie's sister in Ohio reported her missing in June 2018, nine months after she was last seen.

A photo of Lawrence is posted with this case summary. In September 2018, he was charged with felony financial exploitation of an elder/disabled person, in connection with his use of Penny's Social Security benefits. She got $750 a month in disability in benefits, and Lawrence withdrew all the money from her account. By the time of his arrest, he'd taken about $8,000.

Lawrence has not been named as a suspect in Penny's actual disappearance, and it's unclear what happened to her. Her case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency​

• Randolph County Sheriff's Office 660-277-5095

Penny Sue Warfel – The Charley Project

 

[kimmo]

Missing Person / NamUs #MP52031

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Anniversary of disappearance today.

 

[Bit of hope]

Lawrence Warfel, 76, of Moberly, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for aggravated identity theft. Warfel appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Henry A. Autrey who ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $11,688.11.

Moberly Man Sentenced for Aggravated Identity Theft After Withdrawing Money from Missing Wife's Account

And nobody in LE thought "Hé, this woman is missing since 2017, never went to court for not getting her money, never went to the agency where she got the benefits from, never changed her bank account, never turned up?" I'm not buying that. They must think he had something to do with her disappearance.

When seeing the name Warfel a kind of rotten smell came to me. I don't think they are related, but hmmm. To explain:

From the Tracy Kroh thread.

The investigation into the disappearance of 17-year-old Tracy Kroh in 1989 took another twist this week, when testimony at a competency hearing for an 89-year-old Jackson Township man charged with burglary indicated he is a suspect in her case.

But due in part to a judge's ruling issued Friday, Mark <Eugene> Warfel, 89, might never stand trial for his suspected involvement in Kroh's 33-year-old disappearance.

Warfel owns a property where investigators in the Kroh case have made a least two searches in the past.

Warfel is also suspected of killing his wife and sexual assaults.

etc.

 

[Bit of hope]

Anniversary of disappearance today.

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Is that a tattoo on her upper arm? Looks like L.S.