Ronald Sidney Shelley
Shelley was last seen at a residence near 47 Street and Memorial Drive in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 10, 1981. He has never been heard from again. He left his vehicle behind.
Shelley's eyeglasses and boots were located after his disappearance and blood was found spattered inside his home near 93rd East Avenue. Foul play is suspected in his case; authorities think he may have been murdered at the house he disappeared from. His disappearance remains unsolved. Ronald Sidney Shelley – The Charley Project
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Michelle Skelton grew up sheltered from her parents' lifestyles, but their ultimate fates made her want to be a better person.
Skelton said her parents were never married and had been involved in drugs, so she was raised by her maternal grandmother.
In March 1987, she learned that her mother, Patti Ann Baker, had been killed in Dallas. At that time, she knew only her father's name — Ronald Shelley — but she had no idea that he had disappeared several years earlier in Tulsa and likely was a homicide victim, too.
Shelley, 32, was last seen alive at his apartment near 47th Street and Memorial Drive in December 1981. Police found blood there, but a body was never found.
Shelley's case was profiled in a Feb. 26, 1995, Tulsa World article detailing efforts by police to whittle down missing-persons cases. Although no new information has surfaced about Shelley, the story brought Skelton together with her father's side of her family for the first time.
"Even though I did not know him, I have always had a passion for finding out what happened," she said. "I have a strong desire to see the people who did it get caught.
"It has been a wild ride, my life. It has been very traumatic, but it has made me want to be closer with my own children reach out to people in the community who are on drugs."
- Missing Since 12/10/1981
- Missing From Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Male
- Race White
- Date of Birth 06/22/1949 (71)
- Age 32 years old
- Height and Weight 5'10, 175 pounds
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Shelley is balding and has a mustache and long sideburns. He wears prescription eyeglasses and can't see well without them. He has a fusion of the fifth lumbar area of his back.
Shelley was last seen at a residence near 47 Street and Memorial Drive in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 10, 1981. He has never been heard from again. He left his vehicle behind.
Shelley's eyeglasses and boots were located after his disappearance and blood was found spattered inside his home near 93rd East Avenue. Foul play is suspected in his case; authorities think he may have been murdered at the house he disappeared from. His disappearance remains unsolved. Ronald Sidney Shelley – The Charley Project
3586DMOK - Ronald Sidney Shelley
Video: Survivors are buffeted by hope, anguish
Searching for answers
Michelle Skelton grew up sheltered from her parents' lifestyles, but their ultimate fates made her want to be a better person.
Skelton said her parents were never married and had been involved in drugs, so she was raised by her maternal grandmother.
In March 1987, she learned that her mother, Patti Ann Baker, had been killed in Dallas. At that time, she knew only her father's name — Ronald Shelley — but she had no idea that he had disappeared several years earlier in Tulsa and likely was a homicide victim, too.
Shelley, 32, was last seen alive at his apartment near 47th Street and Memorial Drive in December 1981. Police found blood there, but a body was never found.
Shelley's case was profiled in a Feb. 26, 1995, Tulsa World article detailing efforts by police to whittle down missing-persons cases. Although no new information has surfaced about Shelley, the story brought Skelton together with her father's side of her family for the first time.
"Even though I did not know him, I have always had a passion for finding out what happened," she said. "I have a strong desire to see the people who did it get caught.
"It has been a wild ride, my life. It has been very traumatic, but it has made me want to be closer with my own children reach out to people in the community who are on drugs."
