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

[Julessleuther]

I agree!

If Deanna didn't know her original social security number than it wouldn't show up that she had changed it. IMO

I don't know of a lot of teens that know theirs. Not until they start applying for jobs.

 

[bambi_sue]

I read the threads on this case last night - I'd like to help find Deanna.

Regarding the 1995 blip on the radar:

Is there a specific date for when LE ran her name/birthdate? Or even a range of months, like winter 1995 or something?

If we knew a date/range, we might be able to cross-reference it with news reports from the area. Maybe there’s a news story with a line like “the accident had two witnesses.” If we know who the primaries were in the accident, we might be able to track them down, contact them, and see if they remember Deanna. It’s a long shot, but someone might remember, especially if Deanna was there during a crucial point in their life.

Missie - I'd just like to say that I highly admire what you and your sisters have done to find your sister. Your persistence and faith are inspiring.

 

[Julessleuther]

Thanks for your interest LYS. As someone who has gotten to know Missie, it makes me so sad...she truly loves Deanna, and I know that Bekki does too, and they just want to know what happened to her, and that she is alive and okay. I know how sad and frustrated they are not to have any answers....

Regarding the 1995 blip on the radar--Le has not given us any indication of when it was, and perhaps they do not know either---maybe her name was just run through the system for some reason.

I read the threads on this case last night - I'd like to help find Deanna.

Regarding the 1995 blip on the radar:

Is there a specific date for when LE ran her name/birthdate? Or even a range of months, like winter 1995 or something?

If we knew a date/range, we might be able to cross-reference it with news reports from the area. Maybe there’s a news story with a line like “the accident had two witnesses.” If we know who the primaries were in the accident, we might be able to track them down, contact them, and see if they remember Deanna. It’s a long shot, but someone might remember, especially if Deanna was there during a crucial point in their life.

Missie - I'd just like to say that I highly admire what you and your sisters have done to find your sister. Your persistence and faith are inspiring.

 

[ilovemew]

I read the threads on this case last night - I'd like to help find Deanna.

Regarding the 1995 blip on the radar:

Is there a specific date for when LE ran her name/birthdate? Or even a range of months, like winter 1995 or something?

If we knew a date/range, we might be able to cross-reference it with news reports from the area. Maybe there’s a news story with a line like “the accident had two witnesses.” If we know who the primaries were in the accident, we might be able to track them down, contact them, and see if they remember Deanna. It’s a long shot, but someone might remember, especially if Deanna was there during a crucial point in their life.

Missie - I'd just like to say that I highly admire what you and your sisters have done to find your sister. Your persistence and faith are inspiring.

What a good idea! :idea:

Can Missie request information on this through the freedom of information act?

 

[MissieMt]

Deanna's Story...with a few errors, but still DEANNA'S STORY!!!

http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=42550&q=Deanna+Merryfield

 

[Fairy1]

Oh Missie - I so, so, so hope this story generates some strong, new leads!

 

[Cubby]

Oh Missie - I so, so, so hope this story generates some strong, new leads!

Me too!

 

[Fairy1]

Bump! Anything new?

 

[MissieMt]

Bump! Anything new?

Not really anything new. Sgt.D has been working on a few leads, but nothing yet....
Thank you for bumping and checking in

 

[amber1]

bumping

 

[Fairy1]

Not really anything new. Sgt.D has been working on a few leads, but nothing yet....
Thank you for bumping and checking in

Thanks Missie. I was really hoping the recent article would drum up something worthwhile. Guess we'll see!

 

[Fairy1]

Bumping for Deanna!!!!

 

[Ellebelle]

I've been reading about Deanna long before joining. I just want to let you and your sisters know, Missie, that my thoughts and prayers are with you all. I came here tonight hoping to find a happy ending to your story. Hopefully soon.

 

[Maznblu1]

If Deanna didn't know her original social security number than it wouldn't show up that she had changed it. IMO

I don't know of a lot of teens that know theirs. Not until they start applying for jobs.

Anytime a person applies for a Social Security number, the computer runs a check on the name and DOB. If they already have a number, even if they don't know what it is, a new number would not be assigned. SSA would send her a new card with the original number.

 

[blueyesrsmiling]

If someone gets a new SS card don't they have to have a birth certificate? And wouldn't this at least have been noted at the offices where you get one? Even if you don't know who got it you would know someone got one.....and if they mailed it to that person maybe they would have a address? I am not great at this and you may have already thought of this but passing my idea along. Thanks

 

[blueyesrsmiling]

If she had to get a copy of her birth certificate wouldn't she had to go to a health dept in the area she was born in or notify the area she was born in about such birth certificate before she could get a new SS card? And they always ask or at least in my area who is the person and how are you related to the person on the birth certificate. And payment information. I know this is a long shot and greater minds than mine have been at this a very long time......but it never hurts to throw a idea out even if its not the best one.

 

[Maznblu1]

If someone gets a new SS card don't they have to have a birth certificate? And wouldn't this at least have been noted at the offices where you get one? Even if you don't know who got it you would know someone got one.....and if they mailed it to that person maybe they would have a address? I am not great at this and you may have already thought of this but passing my idea along. Thanks

To get a new SS card, you need a birth certificate. To get a replacement SS card with the same SSN, you don't need a birth certificate. And SSA would have the address for any SS card mailed out.

 

[Julessleuther]

Her social security number was already checked, and there was no activity on it. So she either had a new name/birth cert and then a new social, or something similar. It was probably not too difficult to get a "new" social in TX in the 1990's---illegal immigrants do it all the time.

 

[Aphra]

Interestingly enough, I just found this article about multiple errors with social security numbers:

http://www.comcast.net/finance/forwhatitsworth/5891263/yoursocialsecuritynumbermaynotbeuniquetoyou/

I'm thinking in the early 1990s, things were way less organized than they are now. Anything is possible.

 

[SunnieRN]

Anytime a person applies for a Social Security number, the computer runs a check on the name and DOB. If they already have a number, even if they don't know what it is, a new number would not be assigned. SSA would send her a new card with the original number.

This happend when my niece applied for a social security card at 16. Her Mom had gotten hers when she was born, but she didn't know that, as I raised her.

When she 'met' her Mom, at 19, she gave her the original, which had the same number. (She is 26)

I found this section of the newspaper article interesting:

Possibly during a traffic stop, Deanna's name and date of birth were run through a Hurst police computer in October 1995, Davis said.

Between 2000 and 2002, an out-of-state relative reported that Deanna, sporting several tattoos visited and told the relative that she wanted to remain hidden.


As I didn't know her information was run as part of a traffic stop, as well as the fact that I was not aware that it was a relative that reported the tattoos.