TX TX - Deanna Merryfield, 13, Killeen, 22 July 1990 - #1

[LionRun]

Do ya'll think it would be beneficial for me to follow up with KPD too? Or will too many calls hinder the efforts?

Perhaps we need to give KPD some time to see how things go and if things progress in a positive way. I think Missie is working on that right now. If things fail to progress over time we can perhaps re-think this and improvise accordingly.

Lion

 

[LionRun]

Missie, we may want to take another look at this and keep if filed under things to be researched further. This was a quote of a quote from you.

A little bit of new info: When she was last seen by her twin, it was on Dimple St. in Killeen, Texas.
Deanna and her twin sister did hang out with the same people UNTIL Deanna went to live with our Grandma, the her twin didn't talk to the same people as Deanna. Keep in mind, they were 13 and lived approximately 2.5 miles apart. snip

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I was designing Deanna's poster and copied and pasted a bunch of raw info to create with. I re-read this, and this stood out to me.

Is it possible that Deanna was perhaps walking to or hitching to see your sister and two men in a car picked up Deanna to take her to Bekki's? There was confusion as to who if anyone besides Deanna knew the two men in the brown car. Is it possible that Deanna accepted the ride because they were men(perhaps young guys?) that she and perhaps one other sister knew?

Was she likely to accept rides from strangers via hitching? If not, she may have known whomever she was with that night--and so might one of your sisters. They may have not known that particular car. But, they may have known the men in it--even if they never realised that they did. It may be helpful for Amy and Bekki to make a list of any young men they knew around that time who also drove.

Even if Deanna was likely to accept rides from strangers, that doesn't mean that she had never met those men before or that one of your sisters hadn't met one or both of them before. It may be worth at least checking out. It has been a very long time, so chances of finding those men and proving(if at all they did) that they had anything to do with Deanna's disappearance. But, why not explore every possibility?

Lion

 

[MissieMt]

That is a very good question Lion. Just in case AmyTx and Bekki are unable to get on today I copied it and sent it in an email, and asked them their thoughts on it. I hope thats okay to do. Bekki is unable to post since she doesn't have a paid email account, but I will post her response as soon as she gives me one.

 

[LionRun]

That is a very good question Lion. Just in case AmyTx and Bekki are unable to get on today I copied it and sent it in an email, and asked them their thoughts on it. I hope thats okay to do.

No problem, Missie. Feel free to send Bekki or Amy anything I have posted.

Lion

 

[MissieMt]

Is it possible that Deanna was perhaps walking to or hitching to see your sister and two men in a car picked up Deanna to take her to Bekki's? There was confusion as to who if anyone besides Deanna knew the two men in the brown car. Is it possible that Deanna accepted the ride because they were men(perhaps young guys?) that she and perhaps one other sister knew?

Was she likely to accept rides from strangers via hitching? If not, she may have known whomever she was with that night--and so might one of your sisters. They may have not known that particular car. But, they may have known the men in it--even if they never realised that they did. It may be helpful for Amy and Bekki to make a list of any young men they knew around that time who also drove.

Even if Deanna was likely to accept rides from strangers, that doesn't mean that she had never met those men before or that one of your sisters hadn't met one or both of them before. It may be worth at least checking out. It has been a very long time, so chances of finding those men and proving(if at all they did) that they had anything to do with Deanna's disappearance. But, why not explore every possibility?

Lion

I talked to both AmyTx and Bekki. We all agree that it is very possible that Deanna hitched a ride from someone. She was pretty fearless, and it could have even been a stranger.

 

[LionRun]

I talked to both AmyTx and Bekki. We all agree that it is very possible that Deanna hitched a ride from someone. She was pretty fearless, and it could have even been a stranger.

To the best of Bekki's recollection(Hello Bekki, I hope you can get on WS with us somehow), did the men appear to, "stay in the background". In other words did they not only stay in the car, but sit still and quiet and/or look away while Bekki and Deanna were talking?

I understand that this was long ago, and that Bekki may not have even gotten a good look or paid too much attention at the time. Sorry, if I am asking an impossible question.

Is it possible that Deanna knew the two men prior to that night? It could be a long shot. But, since she wasn't living with any of her sisters at the time it may also be possible that she met the guys over the summer while on a previous, "sneak out" escapade. Do any of you recall Deanna talk about any new guys she met in the days or weeks prior to Deanna's disappearance? Sorry, I know this may be yet another brain wracking question.

I also wonder what petty or not so petty crimes may have been committed by a young man or men around that time in Killeen who also drove a brown car. Another long shot. But, I am throwing out anything that might help, how ever thin it might be.

Lion

 

[Jaded]

That is a very good question Lion. Just in case AmyTx and Bekki are unable to get on today I copied it and sent it in an email, and asked them their thoughts on it. I hope thats okay to do. Bekki is unable to post since she doesn't have a paid email account, but I will post her response as soon as she gives me one.

www.gmail.com offers free email accounts.

 

[christine2448]

Bekki is unable to post since she doesn't have a paid email account, but I will post her response as soon as she gives me one.

If you can't find a way to get on w/free email, I will give you an email address with my paid account to use for this investigation. It will be an @charter.net Just tell me the user name, like [email protected] you can access it via web or set it up on your computer as a real email address...and your peeps can use it to sign up for WS... Let me know, I believe I have 3 available at this time.

 

[MissieMt]

Thank you so much Christine. I've just emailed Bekki with your kind offer. We'll see if she joins!

 

[LionRun]

If you can't find a way to get on w/free email, I will give you an email address with my paid account to use for this investigation. It will be an @charter.net Just tell me the user name, like [email protected] you can access it via web or set it up on your computer as a real email address...and your peeps can use it to sign up for WS... Let me know, I believe I have 3 available at this time.

Christine, you are so very kind:blowkiss:.

Lion

 

[Shadow205]

If you can't find a way to get on w/free email, I will give you an email address with my paid account to use for this investigation. It will be an @charter.net Just tell me the user name, like [email protected] you can access it via web or set it up on your computer as a real email address...and your peeps can use it to sign up for WS... Let me know, I believe I have 3 available at this time.

You are such a sweat, caring,helpful person. Any family that you are working with is lucky to have you. Not to mention that you have amazing investigative skills. OK, I'll quit blowing your head up now. :blowkiss:

 

[christine2448]

You are such a sweat, caring,helpful person. Any family that you are working with is lucky to have you. Not to mention that you have amazing investigative skills. OK, I'll quit blowing your head up now. :blowkiss:

:blushing: :blushing: :blushing:

That truly means so much to me, coming from you, my mentor.

 

[christine2448]

I just posted a bulletin on the Killeen High School Classmates bulletin board:

Do you remember Deanna Merryfield? Deanna has been missing since July of 1990 from Killeen,Texas she was 14 years old.

Please read about her investigation here (put link to thread here)

If you remember her, have any pictures, you maybe able to assist us in our investigation.

Please email [email protected] if you can help in anyway.

Thank you!

 

[christine2448]

Just did 20 emails to students who were attending Killeen HS in 1990 +/-, Classmates only allows me to do 20 a day I am still in the A's!!! Will do 20 more tomorrow.

No responses yet. I will update you all as I am!

 

[christine2448]

Sorry to be posting so much-but I just got off the phone with one of my sisters.
Deanna went missing on July 22nd, 1990 (I knew the month and year but not the exact month)
She was attending Fairway Middle School, but was out on summer break, she would have entered 8th grade in the fall.
A few people she hung out with were:
Skipper White
Kenny Rodgers (not Rogers)
And a girl who went by the name of CoCo. I'm not sure of her last name.
She was approximatel 5ft 4in. tall

WHy am I contacting Killeen HS students for 1990??

Shouldn't I be working on contacting students from Fairway middle from 1990 and before?

Oh, I hope I am not wasting time and email ops sending to the wrong folks


ETA...I just added Fairway Middle to my "communities" on classmates....y'all let me know if I should be emailing there too, or not, or one or both, LOL! And the years, please. TIA

 

[MissieMt]

Hi Christine. She went to three middle schools. The last one she attended was Manor Middle School. That was for the spring semester of 1990. I think that would be the best place to start since they were the last classmates she had. Thank you for all of your hard work!

 

[christine2448]

Hi Christine. She went to three middle schools. The last one she attended was Manor Middle School. That was for the spring semester of 1990. I think that would be the best place to start since they were the last classmates she had. Thank you for all of your hard work!

OK....that is in Killeen also? Tell me what years to hit please, I mean, I could figure it out, but you know for sure what I should be doing and I don't want to waste time or email ops, they only give me 20 a day to send out.


ETA....Manor IS on classmates, just waiting to confirm student years I should concentrate on.

 

[JDB]

OK....that is in Killeen also? Tell me what years to hit please, I mean, I could figure it out, but you know for sure what I should be doing and I don't want to waste time or email ops, they only give me 20 a day to send out.


ETA....Manor IS on classmates, just waiting to confirm student years I should concentrate on.

christine I staeted a thread on the Maor site. No respose yet? Of course like a Dum Dum I forgot to put this link on it DOH:banghead: :banghead: Feel free to do it

 

[christine2448]

christine I staeted a thread on the Maor site. No respose yet? Of course like a Dum Dum I forgot to put this link on it DOH:banghead: :banghead: Feel free to do it

At classmates.com JDB?

 

[JDB]

Yeppers