PA PA - Toni Sharpless, 29, Gladwyne, 23 Aug 2009

[Trackergd]

@Rob774 I'll go back and double check the "dropped a friend off" part. I work with her sister so I'm pretty sure I have my ducks in a row. I'm at 98% the car was dumped in Camden in an attempt to keep any poo from splattering on Philly and to create a false trail.

Philly repressed rape and other crime statistics for years in an attempt to make the city more appealing. That has been reported in the area papers so it's not like it's speculation.

A member of a Philly team is a "sports celebrity" regardless of their status on the team or their performance. They are in the public eye and any shenanigans ends up on the front page.

 

[Trackergd]

I double checked. Toni did NOT drop off CJ at home. According to CJ, they got into an argument and Toni and kicked her out of the car shortly after she got in. There is no evidence that the car left the neighborhood with Toni in the drivers seat. There is a high degree of suspicion in a number of circles that CJ was 'influenced" and her story is not accurate, or at least that she knows a lot more than she told LE.

 

[sallye818]

@Trackergd , what is your opinion, and that of the family (if you know) on the letter received claiming a Camden cop killed her and had the car chopped? All of the details were correct as far as VIN #, license plate # etc. and that seems a lot of work for a hoax.

 

[Shamrock1]

@Trackergd , what is your opinion, and that of the family (if you know) on the letter received claiming a Camden cop killed her and had the car chopped? All of the details were correct as far as VIN #, license plate # etc. and that seems a lot of work for a hoax.

The plate was in Camden about two weeks later…wonder what happened in that time.

 

[Trackergd]

I'll check with the family.

 

[chaddylex]

The Path Went Chilly released a 2 part episode about Tony's disappearance.

Toni Lee Sharpless Pt. One

August 23, 2009. Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. 29-year old Toni Lee Sharpless attends a party with her friend, Crystal Johns, but when Toni becomes intoxicated and st

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Toni Lee Sharpless Pt. Two

August 23, 2009. Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. 29-year old Toni Lee Sharpless attends a party with her friend, Crystal Johns, but when Toni becomes intoxicated and st

www.spreaker.com

August 23, 2009. Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. 29-year old Toni Lee Sharpless attends a party with her friend, Crystal Johns, but when Toni becomes intoxicated and starts displaying erratic behaviour, both she and Crystal are asked to leave. While driving away, the two friends get into an argument which leads to Crystal being kicked out of the car. This is the last time Toni or her vehicle are ever seen and there is concern that her disappearance might be connected to her struggles with bipolar disorder. Two weeks after Toni goes missing, her car’s licence number is flagged in Camden, New Jersey, and years later, an anonymous letter surfaces which claims that Toni was killed after an altercation with a police officer. Did Toni vanish because she accidentally drove her vehicle into the Schuylkill River? Or did something a lot more sinister happen? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we cover a tragic missing persons case and explore all the different potential theories.

 

[Jmoose]

The Path Went Chilly released a 2 part episode about Tony's disappearance.

Toni Lee Sharpless Pt. One

August 23, 2009. Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. 29-year old Toni Lee Sharpless attends a party with her friend, Crystal Johns, but when Toni becomes intoxicated and st

www.spreaker.com

Toni Lee Sharpless Pt. Two

August 23, 2009. Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. 29-year old Toni Lee Sharpless attends a party with her friend, Crystal Johns, but when Toni becomes intoxicated and st

www.spreaker.com

August 23, 2009. Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. 29-year old Toni Lee Sharpless attends a party with her friend, Crystal Johns, but when Toni becomes intoxicated and starts displaying erratic behaviour, both she and Crystal are asked to leave. While driving away, the two friends get into an argument which leads to Crystal being kicked out of the car. This is the last time Toni or her vehicle are ever seen and there is concern that her disappearance might be connected to her struggles with bipolar disorder. Two weeks after Toni goes missing, her car’s licence number is flagged in Camden, New Jersey, and years later, an anonymous letter surfaces which claims that Toni was killed after an altercation with a police officer. Did Toni vanish because she accidentally drove her vehicle into the Schuylkill River? Or did something a lot more sinister happen? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we cover a tragic missing persons case and explore all the different potential theories.

Do we know for sure that Crystal got out of the car? I can’t recall

 

[Bounceycat]

Do we know for sure that Crystal got out of the car? I can’t recall

Yes, after Toni didn't come back she called someone for a ride home.

Thanks for the link to the Podcast. I'm looking forward to listening. I went to school with Toni and remember when she was pregnant with her daughter. Her daughter is grown and now has a daughter of her own. I think of Toni often and wish for answers for her family.

 

[Bounceycat]

Where are you, Toni?

 

[Caring1]

Bump for Toni

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

19 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[Skyblueday32]

After seeing the story on Discovery IDs Dissappeared, I thought similar to opinions on this thread. My best friend's sister was bipolar, she was also a nurse and was going for her RN degree when she really "snapped" mentally. It was very sad, she was married with 2 young boys and she became a person they didn't recognize, it tore her family apart. She drank and abused illegal drugs, disappeared a week or 2, living on the streets in NYC, then she'd get better, get depressed, check herself into a clinic, get a little balanced, then get out and go manic again. The cycle went on for 20 years, she would become violent, make death threats, was arrested, it was so sad. Sadly, she bought some illegal heroin that was laced with fentanyl and she passed away a few years ago in her later 50s, after dealing with the mental illness since her early 30s.

I believe, in Crystal's account of what happened at the house party, it sounds like Toni went off, something I've seen my friends sister do, its bad. If the people at the party had security, or people there that would end any trouble, something could have happened to her at the house. They would then dispose of any foul play. I doubt her friend would say anything in fear of her own life. My understanding is her car and plate was the then read as it passed into Camden a week or 2 later, again sent to dispose of any foul play or connections to the party. So much time has passed, and since no one or the home was investigated at the time she disappeared, I'm sure we will never know the truth of what really happened to Toni that night, but we can hypothesize. Unfortunately, my having seen how out of control someone with bipolar disorder can get, especially when adding alcohol and drugs into the equation its a very bad situation. My prayers to her family, and if she has passed, hoping she, and my friends sister are finally at peace.