WV WV - Sheila Wears Pierce, 24, Point Pleasant, 24 June 1978

[theshadow45]

Sheila has been missing for 44 years today.

 

[theshadow45]

Today is Sheila’s birthday.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Sheila Gail Wears Pierce – The Charley Project

 

[RaeLynn55]

The Doe Network

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Sheila Gail Wears Pierce

Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: June 24, 1978
Location Last Seen: Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia
Physical Description

** Listed information is from the time of disappearance
.Date of Birth: July 3, 1954
Age at Time of Disappearance: 24 yrs
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height at Time of Disappearance: 5' 7
Weight at Time of Disappearance: 120 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Alias(s) / Nickname(s): Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Blue blouse with white straps and faded blue jeans
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Circumstances of Disappearance

Sheila was 24 years old on date of missing (06/24/1978).
Investigating Agency(s)

If you have any information about this case please contact;Agency Name: West Virginia State Police
Agency Contact Person: Sgt. E. B. Starcher
Agency Phone Number: (304)-675-0850

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Agency Case Number: Unknown
NCIC Case Number: N/A
NamUs Case Number: MP #16986
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
Information Source(s)

NamUs
WVSP
Doe Network Link case

The Doe Network: Sheila Gail Wears Pierce - 3477DFWV

Hello. This is my first ever post, I am Shelia’s 2nd cousin. She’s my mamaw’s niece, but my mamaw had 9 older siblings, so Sheila and my mamaw were only about 4 years apart in age. Next time I visit her, I plan on asking her if she remembers anything from around that time. It’s doubtful because she’s in her 70’s now, but you never know. If anybody has any articles or info that may help I’d appreciate it. This case didn’t seem to get big coverage like some cases do (which is understandable) she seemed to disappear in thin air with little evidence. But I know the area she disappeared from, if it looks similar to what it does now (which I’m inclined to believe it does) I’m curious if the police questioned any person who could have possibly seen anything? It’s literally just one little Main Street, Point Pleasant is the biggest town in the county but even today it sits at around 4,000 people. So I would assume somebody had to have seen SOMETHING.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Sheila Gail Wears Pierce – The Charley Project

 

[theshadow45]

Sheila has been missing for 45 years today.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Sheila’s birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Sheila has been missing for 46 years today.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Missing Person Details

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www.wvsp.gov

3477DFWV - Sheila Gail Pierce

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available

 

[Shelia Gail Wears]

Hello again, I made a new account because I lost my old one. But I just came to say my dad misses his sister a lot still, he talks about how much I look like her and that he wished I got to meet her. I wish I could have too, I've never gotten to meet any of my aunts, grandmas, ect, About 2 years ago the last person from my fathers family passed from an drug overdose(his brother Wes) , he's the last one alive, his siblings and everyone else is gone. I truly wish that there was some way they could have found her because there is no way someone can just vanish off the face of the earth with no evidence. Things just don't add up.

 

[Brightchaser47]

Sheila Gail Wears Pierce

Distinguishing Characteristics: A Tattoo. A rash from metal allergy. (Allergic to metal and will develop a skin rush if she touches metal)

Details of Disappearance
Sheila was last seen at 3:30 pm in Point Pleasant on June 24, 1978. She left her house (1400 block of Kanawha Street) to walk to the shop-a minute downtown. Her wallet was located in the Ohio River, miles from where she was last seen. Serial killer Henry Lee Lucas confessed to murdering her, but was not convicted of her murder because there was no evidence.

http://www.nampn.org/cases/pierce_sheila.html
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/p/pierce_sheila.html

Her DNA is now available

DNA Status: Sample submitted - Tests complete
findthemissing.org

How far was Sheila's home from the Shop-A-Minute? At 3:30 pm in June, it would've been broad daylight and warm. Could she have passed by or walked to a river-front park en route to the store?

 

[Shelia Gail Wears]

How far was Sheila's home from the Shop-A-Minute? At 3:30 pm in June, it would've been broad daylight and warm. Could she have passed by or walked to a river-front park en route to the store?

If you're asking me, I don't know, I wasn't alive then, I don't know much from where they lived then either.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Sheila’s birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Sheila has been missing for 47 years today.

 

[Pennysmom1]

 

[HopeRains]

Point Pleasant, WV is on the Ohio River. The Ohio River separates Ohio and West Virginia. Her wallet was found in the Ohio River.

 

[Brightchaser47]

Hello. This is my first ever post, I am Shelia’s 2nd cousin. She’s my mamaw’s niece, but my mamaw had 9 older siblings, so Sheila and my mamaw were only about 4 years apart in age. Next time I visit her, I plan on asking her if she remembers anything from around that time. It’s doubtful because she’s in her 70’s now, but you never know. If anybody has any articles or info that may help I’d appreciate it. This case didn’t seem to get big coverage like some cases do (which is understandable) she seemed to disappear in thin air with little evidence. But I know the area she disappeared from, if it looks similar to what it does now (which I’m inclined to believe it does) I’m curious if the police questioned any person who could have possibly seen anything? It’s literally just one little Main Street, Point Pleasant is the biggest town in the county but even today it sits at around 4,000 people. So I would assume somebody had to have seen SOMETHING.

 RayLynn55, have you been able to find out anything more from family?

 

[Brightchaser47]

I heard that her billfold was found in the river a year after her disappearance.

RSBM
Does anyone know exactly where in the river and by whom the wallet was allegedly found? The Ohio River has a pretty good current, and June is fairly warm in WV. If the billfold were leather, even if it snagged on something and didn't get carried away by the current, it would've rotted in a year's time. IMO, the only way Sheila's wallet would be found in the river anywhere near there a year later, would be if it were planted there. jmo