Suspect: John Robert King and Gerald Pieter Zwarst

[JeannieC]

Couldn't the man who saw the abduction but didn't report it be brought up on charges?

I doubt it but it makes you wonder why he didn't call the law. What was he up to or was he just afraid and later had a sudden burst of conscience and decided to go forward? He might have saved her life if he had called LE right away.

 

[JeannieC]

I haven't researched this case at all....but maybe he just saw them go up to the car and thought they were helping her. I don't know if he saw them break the window. I do know nothing seems really clear in this case. I just pray they never get out of prison.

I feel the same way!

 

[scriptgirl]

the article said the guy thought it was a kidnapping he saw

 

[JeannieC]

the article said the guy thought it was a kidnapping he saw

I wonder if this man came forward before or after her family offered a reward?

 

[JeannieC]

Texas Prison Inmates
Huntsville Unit

Gerald Pieter Zwarst

TDCJ ID

00485451

Unit
Huntsville

DOB
7/9/1954

Age 57

Home County Harris

Sex - Male

Race - White

Height - 5 ft 8 in

Weight -198 lbs

Hair Color - Brown

Eye Color - Blue

Crime*

Raw Description* AGG KIDNAPPING

Committed On County Term Sentence Began Crime

5/25/1986 Brazos Life 6/27/1987 AGG KIDNAPPING

http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/texas-prisons/inmates/gerald-pieter-zwarst/8437/

 

[JeannieC]

John Robert King


TDCJ ID

00479010

Unit
Michael

DOB
8/12/1957

Age
54

Home County
El Paso

Sex
Male

Race
White

Height
5 ft 10 in


Weight
182 lbs

Hair Color
Brown


Eye Color
Hazel

Crime*

Raw Description* Committed On County Term Sentence Began
AGG KIDNAPPING 5/25/1986 Jefferson Life 6/22/1987

http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/texas-prisons/inmates/john-robert-king/15614/

 

[TXCrimeHistory]

http://thepolicenews.net/html/gcpnmar07.pdf

Just hit up the TDC database. Zwarst is up for parole this coming August, 2017.

https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/search.action

 

[scriptgirl]

Had he committed other crimes before he killed Shelley?

 

[Moonchime]

what a sad story

It is a very sad story.