TX TX - Katherine Stobaugh, 43, Sanger, 28 December 2004

[Kim M]

Katherine Stobaugh's Namus page
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/991/0/

 

[Pennysmom1]

Katherine is still missing

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Katherine Lynn Stobaugh – The Charley Project

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Katherine, circa 2004

• Race White
• Date of Birth 02/24/1961 (63)
• Age 43 years old
• Height and Weight 5'7, 180 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description Gray flannel pants, a white shirt, a black hooded jacket, a gold necklace with a pendant, and earrings which were possibly gold.
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• Associated Vehicle(s) Beige/cream 2000 Lincoln Town Car (accounted for)
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, green eyes. Katherine ears are pierced and she wears eyeglasses for reading. Her nickname is Kathy. Some agencies give her eye color as brown.

<<The prosecution argued that he killed Katherine to avoid having to divide their assets in a divorce settlement. He was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. In January 2014, however, Charles's conviction was overturned for lack of evidence.

Katherine has not withdrawn money from her bank account, used her Social Security number or used her cellular phone since her disappearance. She has never had a passport and there's no evidence she left the country at any time in her life. She is described as a very reliable and honest individual who would not have left without warning.>>

Vanished without a trace | Texas District & County Attorneys Association

A few days after Christmas in 2004, Kathy Munday Stobaugh was hours away from finalizing her divorce. Kathy had met with her attorney the previous day, preparing to go to court on Thursday…

www.tdcaa.com

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=3768dftx

Identifiers​

Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: White shirt, gray flannel pants, black hooded jacket.
Jewelry: Gold necklace with pendent, earrings (possibly gold).
Additional Personal Items: Reading glasses.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Jewelry: Gold necklace with pendent, earrings (possibly gold).

What do you think Kathy's husband would have done with her jewelry? I've always wondered in these kind of murders, does the boyfriend/husband/ex-husband remove and keep any jewelry? I wonder if Kathy's kids would recognize her jewelry if he kept it and stashed it away? Or maybe the killer doesn't worry about, or think of, removing jewelry....