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fourboys
01-27-2006, 11:53 AM
Authorities seek missing woman

Posted: January 27, 2006

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According to New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens, Teresa Lynn Butler, 35, was found to be missing from her home near Risco around 10 a.m. Wednesday, when her husband, Dale Butler, returned from work at a steel mill in Blytheville, Ark.

Stevens said Butler arrived home to find his two young children, ages 2 and 4, alone in the family home on County Road 241, also known as Eight Ditch Road, just off Highway 62 on the outskirts of Risco. The youngest child was awake and in his bed, while the older child was still sleeping, Stevens continued.

"There were no signs of forced entry and the only items found to be missing were a video game console and the stereo from his vehicle," said Stevens.

Law enforcement officials spent Wednesday afternoon examining the premises for evidence, scouring area ditches for signs of the missing woman and interviewing family members and friends. According to Stevens, the last person to speak with Butler was a family member who spoke with her around 10 p.m. Tuesday evening. When asked about the conversation, that person declined comment.

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Butler's picture is being circulated to the media and other law enforcement agencies. She is described as five feet, seven inches in height, weighing approximately 109 pounds, with brown eyes and hair.

Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to call the New Madrid County Sheriff's Department at 573-748-2516.

[b]Photo at link:

http://www.dailystatesman.com/story/1137282.html

Bobbisangel
01-27-2006, 11:20 PM
I wonder why the relative that she last talked to declined to say what their conversation was about. Were the husband and wife having problems? Was she involved with someone else? There is some secret there or the relative wouldn't have a problem talking about what they talked about.

If the husband was at work and it can be proven that he didn't leave work during his shift then he is home free. Wonder if the neighbors saw anything.

Hope this mother of two babies is found soon and that she is alright.

fourboys
01-30-2006, 09:02 AM
Authorities: Risco woman remains missing

Monday, January 30, 2006

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The Southeast Missouri Major Case Squad, Missouri State Highway Patrol, New Madrid County Sheriff's Department and local authorities are continuing the investigation of a Risco woman missing since Wednesday morning.

According to New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens, Teresa Lynn Butler, 35, was found to be missing from her home near Risco, Mo., around 10 a.m. Wednesday, when her husband, Dale Butler, returned from work at a steel mill in Blytheville, Ark.

Stevens said Butler arrived home to find his two young children, ages 2 and 4, alone in the family home on County Road 241, also known as Eight Ditch Road, just off Highway 62 on the outskirts of Risco. The youngest child was awake and in his bed, while the older child was still sleeping, Stevens continued.

Teresa Butler is described as five feet, seven inches in height, weighing approximately 109 pounds, with brown eyes and hair.

http://www.semissourian.com/story/1137593.html

jodierenee
01-30-2006, 11:50 AM
I can't imagine the mother would just leave her two kids alone until the father got home, even if she was leaving voluntarily.

I'm thinking that since there were no signs of forced entry, she let someone she knew in, and either she left by force or was coerced outside.

Most likely the suspect took the video game system and the stereo because they are easy to pawn or sell.

I would contact the pawn shops in the area to be on the lookout for those items. Ebay would be a great place to check too.

Kelly
02-11-2006, 10:52 PM
This is the latest photo of Teresa. She had cut her hair, so it looks a bit different than the other photos.

Photo Link (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/KellyJolkowski/teresabutlerwork.jpg)

Kelly Jolkowski, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
http://www.projectjason.org
Read our Voice for the Missing Blog
http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/

CrimeHater
02-12-2006, 01:30 PM
I gather there has been no other news? any searches planned? I would like to know if the relative that last talk to her has given police a statement about what the conversation was about. Also have they checked with the husband's job, etc....

Keith
02-20-2006, 09:44 PM
Nothing new to report. Sorry it took so long for someone to get back to you. I am sure the LE knows more than they are letting out as everyone knows everyone and anything that is talked about leaks out to the community. This seems to be a very puzzling case. If you are unaware of the location it is small towns with vast farming areas. Country life in the area is sparse with many country roads and no one living on them. Searching that area would be very time consuming and could cover many hundreds of square miles of vast farm land that contain many drainage ditches that would be impossible to cross in many places. Hopefully they will get a break soon. Our hearts goes out to the friends and family of this sweet lady and we are hoping she has a safe return.

strach304
02-20-2006, 11:19 PM
The game console and car stereo sound like something a petty thief would take for drug money possibly made to look like a robbery? Then again maybe that's all they had of value that was easy to grab? Doesn't gel with taking her though and highly doubtful she left of her own will. A 4 year old still asleep at 10am?

What's the crime stats in the area of home invasions by teens that may have escalated to a violent degree to abduct and rape? Is there a problem with meth heads in the area?

Keith
02-24-2006, 09:10 PM
The search and questions continue. Here is the latest news on Teresa that is being released. Not much new but some answers to questions in it.
http://www.dddnews.com/story/1141230.html
Thanks for keeping her and her family and friends in your thoughts.

Chris
03-20-2006, 12:18 AM
Here is the web-address for a real nice web-site for Teresa Butler.

http://find-teresa-butler.tripod.com//index.html


Print a Poster of Teresa Butler:

http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200603979S (http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200603979S)

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Help find Teresa

Mygirlsadie
03-20-2006, 01:36 AM
I havent heard about this case yet. It seems that there is alot of clues though. I know the WS'ers can come up to some conclusions they are good at that. Im intereseted in one of the articles that claims she was upset the week prior to her going missing due to something at work (walmart) but she refused to talk about it?! . cell phone calls made FROM her cell phone after she went missing. And the house being locked up when the husband returned home that morning. And of course the x wife...Those all seem like very good clues to me as to what happened to her. I don't know maybe not but I know you guys here are good at picking things apart..Start picking folks! Let's help bring this beautiful mommy home to her little ones!

Mygirlsadie
03-25-2006, 01:49 PM
Bump!!!

Old Broad
03-26-2006, 02:32 AM
This is close to where I live and has been covered in the local news, however the local tv station KFVS has stopped covering anything about it for quite a while now and I am surprised at that!! A young woman is missing and you would think that her picture would be shown many times every day!!
In one article I did read where the husband took and passed a lie detector test and it was good to hear that had been done. Hearing the details about the former wife does make you wonder.
For the poster who wondered about a meth problem in this area.... meth is a huge problem, just the other day it was said in the news that Missouri is the #2 state for meth labs.

Old Broad

bykerladi
03-29-2006, 06:14 PM
I must've missed that - whats the story on the exwife?

inquiringmindz
04-27-2006, 06:49 PM
Bumpity Bump

Old Broad
04-30-2006, 10:32 AM
I must've missed that - whats the story on the exwife?

bykerladi, in a few of the articles I've read, it explained more about the problems with the ex-wife. Teresa met her husband when they were both working at a factory and he was still married to his first wife, I believe Teresa was also married. Anyway, long story short, they both divorced and then got married. The first wife had issues and there have been times when she would call Teresa up when she was at work to bother her. They both work at Wal-Marts but in different towns. Right before Teresa went missing she becaume upset over something that happened at work, but would not talk about it!
Teresa's husband has taken a lie detector test and passed, that was some time ago.
I haven't heard anything new on this for quite a while now and nothing on our local television station since the very beginning.

Old Broad

Bobbisangel
05-09-2006, 04:46 AM
I wonder if LE has checked out the ex to see if she has a solid alibi. I imagine that she is bitter if she was married and her husband left her for Teresa. I wonder if she ever confronted Teresa or if it was just phone calls. Do the boys belong to Teresa and her husband or are they by a previous marriage?
If they belong to Teresa and her husband then the ex has held on to her bitter feelings for quite a while. Sounds like the phone call must have been from her. Wonder if LE has checked her phone records or if she was using a phone at Walmart so the call couldn't be traced. It sounds like she was the only person that Teresa was having problems with.

Glad to hear that the husband passed a lie detector test. His alibi could have easily been checked out. I don't think that Teresa just took off and left her children home along even if they were asleep. Someone must have forced her to leave with them.

Its been to long. Something has happened to this young woman. For her family's sake I wish she would be found. The waiting and wondering has to be horrible.

dulcinea
05-09-2006, 01:34 PM
Is it possible she witnessed something at work and someone threatened her? Maybe someone was involved in embezzlement or stealing from the store. My brother received death threats when he caught someone stealing from the register. (Luckily nothing ever happened to him.) I know women can be vindictive and hold grudges for years over miniscule things, but I just don't think the ex is involved here. I would like to think one woman would be compassionate enough not to take a mother away from two young childen.

wondering22
05-27-2006, 03:53 PM
I wonder why the relative that she last talked to declined to say what their conversation was about. Were the husband and wife having problems? Was she involved with someone else? There is some secret there or the relative wouldn't have a problem talking about what they talked about.

If the husband was at work and it can be proven that he didn't leave work during his shift then he is home free. Wonder if the neighbors saw anything.

Hope this mother of two babies is found soon and that she is alright.

I thought it meant that the relative didn't want to tell the reporter what the phone call was about - I presume that s/he told the authorities what the conversation was about.

This woman must be so very slender to be 5'7" and only weigh 107.

I hope that they have interviewed her co-workers, I wonder if they know something.

This is so sad, I hope her kids are okay.

Bobbisangel
05-28-2006, 05:22 AM
I thought it meant that the relative didn't want to tell the reporter what the phone call was about - I presume that s/he told the authorities what the conversation was about.

This woman must be so very slender to be 5'7" and only weigh 107.

I hope that they have interviewed her co-workers, I wonder if they know something.

This is so sad, I hope her kids are okay.



That may have been what it was....she didn't want to tell the reporter anything. More power to her...she did the right thing then.

She IS thin for being 5'7".....in the picture of her I had the impression that she was short for some reason. She is sure a cute gal.

I wish we would hear something on this case. Most mothers won't just leave and not take their children with them. To leave them home alone until the husband got home at 10:00 am doesn't sound right at all. Anything could have happened to them.

wondering22
05-31-2006, 11:05 AM
I wish we would hear something on this case. Most mothers won't just leave and not take their children with them. To leave them home alone until the husband got home at 10:00 am doesn't sound right at all. Anything could have happened to them.

I have never heard anything about this case, anywhere else, just this one messagethread at Websleuths. I'm pretty surprised that this didn't receive national attention - as you say, there is no way she'd simply up & leave, without her kids - NO way.

Another poster hypothesized that maybe something happened at her job.

Personally, I am very worried that MAYBE this case isn't receiving national attention because Walmart doesn't want it in the news -- could that be possible?

Old Broad
06-03-2006, 10:44 AM
There continues to be nothing here in the local news about this case. I have heard, (may just be nothing but rumor) that the husband now has a girlfriend moved in with him. I'm hoping there is something going on with the investigation and we're just not hearing about it.

Old Broad

bykerladi
06-03-2006, 07:17 PM
Wait, he has a girlfriend already? Shesh!

News article from today:

http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=4919248&nav=menu51_1

Buchanan also worries about her grandchildren living in the house their mother disappeared from, and wonders if they might hold the answer to what happened that fateful night.

But that's a theory New Madrid County Sheriff, Terry Stevens doesn't believe he can prove.

"If they have any answers, I feel like they're not capable of verbalizing them to us," he says.

All the same, the sheriff hasn't given up hope, and vows he'll someday have answers for the Butler family.

"I'm still optimistic we're going to resolve this," he says.

Police still have no suspects in the case.

wondering22
06-03-2006, 08:24 PM
I wonder what the girlfriend knows?

Bizarre -- absolutely bizarre, wouldn't you just luv to move in with someone whose wife VANISHED?

How sad for the grandparents.

Bobbisangel
06-04-2006, 02:49 AM
Something is very wrong here. Teresa vanished at the end of January and he has another women living in his home with him and their sons already????? They aren't even just dating...she is living with him!! I think LE better go back and take a good long look at this husband. People have been known to pass Polygraphs even when they are guilty. He cheated on his first wife and now his second wife has been missing a little over FOUR months...he doesn't know if she is dead or alive or what and he has already found someone to replace her?? I wonder how long ago he met this woman and how long they had been seeing each other? It is doubtful they met one night and he asked her to move in the next night! Maybe she is the one who called Teresa at work and that is why Teresa was upset. Maybe she confronted her hubby and all hell broke loose. She could have even heard about the other woman from someone and called her husband at home to confront him.


If being at work is the husband's alibi I wonder if he could have left work that night for awhile and then gone back? Heck, he could have gone home....did something to Teresa and put her in the trunk of his car...gone back to work and then did something with her body after work. Most night shifts end around 8:00 a.m. Where was he until 10:00 when he got home? As far as that goes, if Tersea was at work that night she could have been home before he even left for work. Most night shifts begin around 11:00 p.m. If they had a babysitter then someone would have had to take her home. I wonder if it was Teresa or the husband. I hope LE questioned the babysitter. If there was no babysitter then the husband would have been home until Teresa got home from work. If she came home and confronted him then something could have happened before he started his shift. He still could have put her in the trunk of his car or somewhere until after he got off work.

That female who moved in with him must not be much if she would move in when his wife has only been missing for FOUR months. Just doesn't say much for either of them.

Clearlake
06-10-2006, 04:22 PM
Is it possible she witnessed something at work and someone threatened her? Maybe someone was involved in embezzlement or stealing from the store. My brother received death threats when he caught someone stealing from the register. (Luckily nothing ever happened to him.) I know women can be vindictive and hold grudges for years over miniscule things, but I just don't think the ex is involved here. I would like to think one woman would be compassionate enough not to take a mother away from two young childen. Don't worry she didn't witness anything at work !!!!! The only thing she witnessed was someone she knew coming into her house ! the kids saw something !!!! but won't talk about it!!!!! if anyone else knows otherwise please reply !!! Also does anyone know who Dale's good friend from Florida ?,the one who was visiting days before Teresa vanished into thin air! heard he might have into drugs.

Chris
07-28-2006, 08:32 PM
Case of missing New Madrid County woman frustrating for family, police

Sunday, July 23, 2006
Steve Hankins


RISCO, Mo., -- A little more than six months ago, Teresa Butler cooked meals for her family here, played with her kids in the yard, enjoyed her photography hobby and worked at her job at Dexter's Wal-Mart Supercenter.

But the 35-year-old daughter, wife and mother of two young boys vanished without a trace from her rural New Madrid County home in the evening hours of Jan. 24 or the early morning hours of Jan. 25, police said...

(click on link to see complete newspaper story) article in the DDD out of Kennett is availabThe article in the DDD out of Kennett isilablehttp://www.dddnews.com/story/1161390.html online already. Here is the link. http://www.dddnews.com/story/1161390.html le oline already. Here is the

Sundayrain
07-28-2006, 09:19 PM
Case of missing New Madrid County woman frustrating for family, police

Sunday, July 23, 2006
Steve Hankins


RISCO, Mo., -- A little more than six months ago, Teresa Butler cooked meals for her family here, played with her kids in the yard, enjoyed her photography hobby and worked at her job at Dexter's Wal-Mart Supercenter.

But the 35-year-old daughter, wife and mother of two young boys vanished without a trace from her rural New Madrid County home in the evening hours of Jan. 24 or the early morning hours of Jan. 25, police said...

(click on link to see complete newspaper story) article in the DDD out of Kennett is availabThe article in the DDD out of Kennett isilablehttp://www.dddnews.com/story/1161390.html online already. Here is the link. http://www.dddnews.com/story/1161390.html le oline already. Here is the

So sad seeing those boys and her husband......Prayers for her return.

inquiringmindz
07-30-2006, 03:14 PM
I'm glad to see that the case is getting some media attention again, every little bit helps to keep it in the public eye.

Mygirlsadie
07-30-2006, 10:02 PM
I just saw the pictures of her two little boys you guys this is heart breaking. Someone notify Nancy Grace...why isnt she plastered all over the news like Natalee and Laci? Every human being is as important as the next. This is a beautiful young lady with 2 innocent little guys who need their mom. I'll email Nancy too even though I am never good at putting things into words.

Bobbisangel
08-01-2006, 01:35 AM
I don't think that Teresa left her home and boys because that is what she wanted to do. It seems pretty obvious that someone took everything that they could sell to a fence or second hand store. Because there was no sign that there had been a fight or anything it seems that Teresa must have known the person or else she didn't struggle because of her little boys. Maybe the person said he would hurt her children if she didn't go quietly with him.

I feel so bad for her husband. He sounds so forlorne. I wonder why LE isn't keeping in touch with him at least once a week. They have to know the hell he is going through. He deserves to know what they are doing and if they are getting any leads. Wasn't there a question about the ex-wife at one time? Didn't she call Teresa and threaten her?

If LE think that the boys saw something why haven't they had a child therapist talk to them. They are trained to talk to children and see if they can find out if they saw or heard anything. Maybe the oldest little boy heard something or recognized a voice or something. It's been a long time now but I still hope that Teresa is found alive. If not, I hope that she is found. Her family needs an end to this. I don't think that Teresa would delibertly put her family through this.

Chris
10-18-2006, 07:37 PM
Missing woman's husband's world is caving in
By: CJ Cassidy
RISCO, Mo. - It's been almost nine months since Teresa Butler simply disappeared. Her husband reported the 35-year-old missing when he returned home from his overnight job, back in January.

Now Dale Butler has even more problems, and he's turning to you for help. "My little one says daddy our house is broke. I say daddy don't have no money to fix it," Dale Butler says. He says his world began crumbling around him when his wife disappeared in January.....

Complete KFVS TV 12 News Article by CJ Cassidy
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=5553162&nav=8H3x

Bobbisangel
10-24-2006, 02:32 AM
This poor guy. Seems like he has just been through the mill. I hope that he got help getting his house fixed up. I can understand him not wanting to leave just in case Teresa comes home. Sure different then Scott Peterson who wanted to sell his house furnished a week or two after Laci disappeared.

I wonder what happened to Teresa? It is like she just vanished into thin air like so many other people. I really wish that she would be found for the sake of her husband and those two little boys and the rest of their family. How sad for this to just go on and on and on.

SailorMoon
10-27-2006, 12:27 PM
I may be jumping into to a frying pan here, but the last I read about Teresa's disappearance, on other boards - I hadn't discoverd WS yet, had every finger pointing at her husband. He had a new girlfriend and everything. Have I lost my mind - or was it just a few people thinking that Dale had everything to do with it?? Just a sanity check here. Thanks.

reb
10-27-2006, 04:03 PM
OK... hello.. just why are they using the little boy for the sympathy effect? it is the father, or the media that's doing that?? that's pretty tacky IMO.

SailorMoon
10-27-2006, 05:06 PM
Let me jump in one more time. I'm a single mom w/3 kids and I have more crap breaking and pipes busting than you can imagine. But it seems to me that even I could nail up some plywood or some sort of boards and keep the rain out. I mean, you know..............

SewingDeb
10-27-2006, 07:31 PM
Let me jump in one more time. I'm a single mom w/3 kids and I have more crap breaking and pipes busting than you can imagine. But it seems to me that even I could nail up some plywood or some sort of boards and keep the rain out. I mean, you know..............

I actually called the number in that article and then was put in touch with Paula. She told me that since his wife disappeared he has been in a really bad accident and is on temporary disability. He may not be physically able to do a lot and he definitely cannot afford to have anyone else do it (she explained the financial situation which I won't post here).

The reason I called her was to suggest the show Extreme Makeover Home Edition. We both ended up laughing because she had the application in her hand at that very moment. She is going to help him apply but she says it takes so long. She said that one company is donating materials for a new roof. She also said the smallest one does not want to move in case Mommy comes home...what if she can't find them.

She says Montel is going to have him on. She really wants Nancy Grace to cover it because they think she's still alive somewhere. She says anyone with any pull, please try to get Nancy to cover it.

SewingDeb
10-27-2006, 07:33 PM
I may be jumping into to a frying pan here, but the last I read about Teresa's disappearance, on other boards - I hadn't discoverd WS yet, had every finger pointing at her husband. He had a new girlfriend and everything. Have I lost my mind - or was it just a few people thinking that Dale had everything to do with it?? Just a sanity check here. Thanks.

One of those articles says he is not dating...that there are rumors that he has a new girlfriend. The lady (who has sons his age) who is trying to help the family speaks very highly of him and the children. She didn't mention anything about a new girlfriend and we talked for quite awhile.

Mygirlsadie
10-30-2006, 08:40 AM
Hmmm your right. I never thought of that they said he was in a accident and can't work or do things? But on the video where they showed him talking about the sons might lose some of their toys he was walking around and pointing and talking just fine.. I don't know about this case anymore something obviously is weird going on but then again a missing mother/wife is never NOT weird...:snooty:



Let me jump in one more time. I'm a single mom w/3 kids and I have more crap breaking and pipes busting than you can imagine. But it seems to me that even I could nail up some plywood or some sort of boards and keep the rain out. I mean, you know..............

Chris
11-09-2006, 10:54 PM
On Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006, we will be having a candlelight vigil/benefit in honor of Teresa Lynn Butler's 36th birthday. This is a celebration of life and of hope. Full Circle, a very popular local gospel group, has donated their time that afternoon to come and sing a few songs. Anyone who knew Teresa and would like to say a few words about her is welcome to do so. We will pass a flame of hope throughout the church; hope that Teresa will soon come back to us. Brenda, Teresa's sister, is planning to release 36 pink balloons in honor of Teresa's birthday. Pink was one of Teresa's favorite colors and that color scheme will be carried throughout this benefit. We will have pink ribbons with Teresa's name on them. We will also have pink bows on the candles. We are also planning to serve birthday cake and a few other refreshments in the fellowship hall of the church. Please come on out and attend this celebration of Teresa with us. And I also want to mention that we will be taking a love offering for Teresa's sons to help get them anything that they might need this time of year. This is just a love offering. If you can give, that would be great, but if you can't, then just being there to celebrate with us is gift and love enough. There are also about 15 t-shirts with Teresa's picture on them that will be for sale. Brenda will have them at the church. The price for those is $15 each. Here is the information about this event.

When--November 26, 2006
Time-- 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Where--Pleasant View General Baptist Church in Risco, MO

Jodibug
12-06-2006, 08:06 AM
any news on Teresa?

ketel0ne
12-20-2006, 10:38 AM
Police search New Madrid Co. field for missing woman (http://www.semissourian.com/story/1182045.html)

Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Southeast Missourian



NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Authorities were out in full force Monday and Tuesday investigating rumors a Tallapoosa, Mo., field might be the location of a 35-year-old Risco woman missing since Jan. 25. But earth-moving efforts turned up nothing but ground, said New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens.

More at link above.............

Mygirlsadie
12-20-2006, 12:21 PM
For some reason I still always go back to the husbands Ex wife having something to do with this.. :(

Mygirlsadie
01-21-2007, 04:25 PM
It's been almost a year. Are they still searching for Teresa at all or are they just at a stand still??

Rle7
02-04-2007, 04:30 AM
Every Sunday, members of a Baptist congregation in this Missouri Bootheel town say a prayer for Teresa Butler, one of their own who has been missing for a year.

New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens thinks she met with foul play. So does her husband, Dale Butler.

Teresa's parents, Don and Linda Buchanan, who live just a mile from their daughter's home, worry that her husband knows more than he's saying about their daughter's disappearance.

"I wouldn't wish this experience on anyone," Linda Buchanan said.

Dale Butler and two other people were given polygraph tests and passed them. "Some of the rumors are disappointing," he said. "I love Teresa. She's a good person and the best person I've ever met. We've been together for nine years, and I love that woman."

http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/02/04/news/020307momissingwoman.txt

Bobbisangel
02-04-2007, 06:32 AM
LE must have checked the husbands alibi. Didn't he say he was working? It seems like they would have checked to see if he left work any time that night or if there any way he could have left for awhile without anyone being aware of him leaving.

I can't imagine who could have taken Teresa. Did they know for sure that she had gotten home from work? Her husband or someone must have been watching the boys until she arrived home so it seems that she must have disappeared from her home. I don't remember there being any signs of a struggle so it must have been someone that she knew that managed to get her out of the house. So many have disappeared without a trace right into thin air. It seems impossible for this to happen but it happens all of the time.

Vegas Bride
03-05-2007, 12:43 PM
Bumping up for Teresa.

As many stories that have come out about people abducted and kept hostage, I can't help but wonder if she could be somewhere close by held prisoner.

VB

Bobbisangel
03-05-2007, 05:42 PM
Bumping up for Teresa.

As many stories that have come out about people abducted and kept hostage, I can't help but wonder if she could be somewhere close by held prisoner.

VB


I wish this was the case with Teresa. Adults usually aren't held captive though. Usually when this has happened it is children and that doesn't happen to often.

Jodibug
05-01-2007, 10:47 AM
bump..... any news???

Bobbisangel
05-01-2007, 01:57 PM
bump..... any news???


I wish that we would hear something about Teresa. It has been so long and chances are that she isn't with us. I wonder if LE has anything at all? Hard to understand how people just vanish isn't it?

SailorMoon
05-01-2007, 05:41 PM
Wow. I was just thinking of Teresa today. Her poor kids. I hope something is found out soon. This has been way too long people.

Bobbisangel
05-03-2007, 02:44 AM
I don't think that Teresa just took off and left her kids. Something happened to her just like all of the other married women who have disappeared. I wonder how airtight the hubby's alibi was? Could he have left work on a break or dinner break and gone back without anyone realizing anything? I guess I always suspect the husband or ex-something when a woman goes missing because that is usually who is responsible.

Jodibug
05-03-2007, 08:02 AM
Has anyone heard anything new about the husband and children? (Since he was asking for money to fix the house)

Bobbisangel
05-04-2007, 12:31 AM
Has anyone heard anything new about the husband and children? (Since he was asking for money to fix the house)


I haven't heard a word. I wonder if anyone on here is from the town he lives in? It would be interesting to know what he is up to now. I would just like to know if he had an air tight alibi so I can keep him on my suspect list or cross him off. Hate to blame a hubby if he has a air tight alibi. I also wonder about his ex. Wasn't she calling Teresa at work and causing problems? On the other hand weren't the ex and the hubby married when Teresa and the hubby started seeing each other? I guess that would give an ex a reason to really dislike the current wife huh? I wonder if she would have decided to get revenge on Teresa?

mom3dd
06-26-2007, 08:00 PM
Bumping for Teresa

Bobbisangel
06-27-2007, 08:29 AM
This is just heartbreaking that there is still no news of Teresa. How do people just disappear never to be seen again? I still wonder about the husband's alibi and I also wonder about his ex-wife that was giving Teresa a hard time by calling her at her work. I wonder how well she was checked out?

Rle7
01-25-2008, 08:18 PM
Gone but not forgotten. You'd think a young mother disappearing without a trace would make national headlines. Not in Teresa Butler's case though.

Her friends say Butler's poor, so that's probably why her disappearance didn't get any national attention. But it wasn't for the lack of trying and they haven't given up yet.

Risco's store signs advertise more than the week's specials on meatloaf and pizza; a poster off to the side also asks you not to forget Teresa Butler.

If that doesn't get your attention, maybe the dozens of yellow ribbons flying from posts will.

"It's like a family. When one hurts we all hurt," Paula Pearson said.

She knows the Butler family's pain all too well. Teresa disappeared from her home two years ago.

http://www.kfvs12.com/global/story.asp?s=7770238

MeAgnL8Agn
02-27-2008, 01:00 AM
Another little bump for Teresa.

Snowbird
02-27-2008, 01:38 AM
I have been keeping up with this case on Topix from the time Teresa disappeared. It has been a long time and interesting turns and twists. A few months ago the NMPD was led to a ditch where they believe they recovered Teresa's camera and a small red tool box also believed to belong to her.
They are now saying that the 4 and 1/2 year old talked and talked after Teresa's disappearance about a blonde haired women putting tape on his mom's mouth that night. At the time the NM PD said he was too young to know what he was talking about and they dismissed what he told them and have not followed through with this lead.
Teresa is still missing.

Mygirlsadie
02-27-2008, 02:24 AM
I think of this beautiful young mom often.. It's truely heartbreaking. I wish they would of listened to what the 4 year old was saying from the beginning. Remember Bobby Cutt's son was only 2 I believe and he knew mommy was in the rug!

c2cd208
03-01-2008, 10:56 AM
http://www.kmov.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8UF09L81.html

2 years later, southeast Missouri woman still missing

01/28/2008

Two years after Teresa Butler disappeared, friends and family are still seeking closure.

More at Link..

Another Story: http://www.dailystatesman.com/story/1306719.html

Since that time several stories, rumors, and questions have stirred about what might have happened. In fact, in December 2006, law enforcement officials felt the need to follow up on a rumor which had them excavating a site at Tallapoosa, Mo. The dig turned up no additional leads.

More at link.

Bobbisangel
03-03-2008, 01:48 AM
I have been keeping up with this case on Topix from the time Teresa disappeared. It has been a long time and interesting turns and twists. A few months ago the NMPD was led to a ditch where they believe they recovered Teresa's camera and a small red tool box also believed to belong to her.
They are now saying that the 4 and 1/2 year old talked and talked after Teresa's disappearance about a blonde haired women putting tape on his mom's mouth that night. At the time the NM PD said he was too young to know what he was talking about and they dismissed what he told them and have not followed through with this lead.
Teresa is still missing.

I wonder what the husband's ex-wife looks like? Didn't Teresa and her husband get together while he was still married? Hadn't she been calling Teresa? Maybe the ex got her revenge. Course she could be a dark haired woman wearing a blonde wig.
LE should always listen to the children. Especially a 4 year old.

Carmen29
03-06-2008, 02:29 PM
I don't understand why they didnt listen to the children. They may be small but children are not dumb. i have a 2.5 year old. he doesnt miss a thing. i wonder if the ex wife had blonde hair? I am from missouri and had not heard about this case

c2cd208
03-06-2008, 03:39 PM
I don't understand why they didnt listen to the children. They may be small but children are not dumb. i have a 2.5 year old. he doesnt miss a thing. i wonder if the ex wife had blonde hair? I am from missouri and had not heard about this case
You have to understand the mantality of SE Missouri to understand why New Madrid County will not listen to the children. SE Missouri is natorious for destroying families. And it is not limited to New Madrid County either. Many surrounding counties have many problems. That kind of stuff goes on everywhere, but take for instance Butler County, there is one County between New Mardrid County and Butler County, I can tell you stories about Butler County that would curl your toes, yet.... the truth will never become known, people know what happened, people will not speak. It is out of fear. I can not say that is the case with our dear Teresa, however, knowing the area as I do, I can say this will eventually become just another unsolved case. Even if LE can find a body, or remains, it will never become public. You know what I mean? AND NO I do not know anything as far as this case goes, I just know that that area of MO is like that. Having lived there for longer than I would liked to have and having my life ruined in that area and many people that I know and love have their lives ruined in that area I can just say, the people in that area are tight mouthed.

Bobbisangel
03-07-2008, 11:52 PM
I've heard that about other areas too. Makes me shake my head. You would think that people would want justice for people that disappear and are later found dead. I'm so glad that things aren't that way here.

c2cd208
03-08-2008, 07:16 AM
They call Missouri the "Show Me State" and there is a reason. If you do not see it, witness it, feel it touch it... It does not exist.

Back in the 1980's a young mother went missing from Butler County, she was found some days later strangled in a ditch. No one to this day has ever been charged. At this time her name escapes me but next time I talk to my grand mother I will ask her the name. She was friends with the vic. I was pretty young when it happened and can remember my mom and grandmother talking about it.

There are a lot of stories about the bootheel, a lot to do with very strange cult like activities. I do not know if any of them are true or not, but have heard some strange stories in the past years. Things that make it hard to get a good nihts rest after hearing them.

But back to dear Teresa, Risco, MO is in New Madrid County. Risco is only a few miles from the Mississippi River. If you look on a map it seems that if you were to follow highway 62 East of Risco it shows only being 11 or 12 miles maybe to the river. I think it might be of interest to start looking along the trail of the river. Where the river flows and its outlets. Not just in Missouri either because as well know, sometimes bodies and or remains show up states away because they have floated down river. I hate to start thinking to look in other places, but its been so long, and there is no new or good information to go on.

Looking at how remote the town is, it is unlikely, not impossible but unlikely that this is a random crime.

Bobbisangel
03-08-2008, 11:57 PM
Glad that I don't live around there. If I came up missing and murdered I would want people to look for me and then find my killer. That is horrible about the young lady that was murdered and her killer not even looked for.

I think Teresa was murdered by someone that she knew. Of course the husband is always first on the suspect list. I don't know what kind of a marriage they had though. I know that his ex was giving Teresa a hard time. I guess Teresa took her husband away from her and of course that created problems between the two women. But would that ex go as far as to murder Teresa? Probably not as Teresa and her husband had been married for a few years already. But the little 4 yr old saying it was a blond haired lady does make a person wonder. Was there a different wife or girlfriend that felt threatened by Teresa? Was there ever any rumor of Teresa fooling around on her husband. I wonder?

Snowbird
03-12-2008, 09:33 PM
Glad that I don't live around there. If I came up missing and murdered I would want people to look for me and then find my killer. That is horrible about the young lady that was murdered and her killer not even looked for.

I think Teresa was murdered by someone that she knew. Of course the husband is always first on the suspect list. I don't know what kind of a marriage they had though. I know that his ex was giving Teresa a hard time. I guess Teresa took her husband away from her and of course that created problems between the two women. But would that ex go as far as to murder Teresa? Probably not as Teresa and her husband had been married for a few years already. But the little 4 yr old saying it was a blond haired lady does make a person wonder. Was there a different wife or girlfriend that felt threatened by Teresa? Was there ever any rumor of Teresa fooling around on her husband. I wonder?

I think he would have said if it was the x-wife as the children would know her by site. A lot of people suspected the husband but his alibi is pretty tight. I actually do not live in the area and do not personally know anyone involved. I just happened to run across the newspaper article on Topix and could not seem to stop going back there every day to see what was happening and of course praying for Teresa. I did not know about crime boards or that there were so many missing people. Theresa's case has taught me so much about the missing and how a person can just disappear without a trace. I never felt that She ran away because so many said she would never leave her boys. Even her husband said she would not leave them and run away. I still pray that she is found and brought home and those responsible are charged and convicted.

Vegas Bride
06-19-2008, 01:52 PM
Bumping up for Teresa.



VB

Bobbisangel
06-21-2008, 02:17 AM
I wonder if someone followed her home from work that night? Who would have had a motive to murder her? I guess the police don't have a clue what happened do they?

Mygirlsadie
06-21-2008, 04:09 AM
The X-wife harrased her at work, by phone etc.. I think she might of had something to do with it. I think Teresa's husband is innocent.

strach304
06-21-2008, 06:19 PM
Blonde haired woman a guy? Young, smooth skinned? The Amber Lee case reminded me of this one.

Mygirlsadie
06-21-2008, 06:32 PM
Strach I don't understand what you are saying? I'm tired and it's past midnight here so it's probably just brain fog lol..anyway I just wish Teresa would be found. I think about her/this case often.. I think of her children without their mommy. From all sources she was a wonderful adoring mommy to her kids and a great wife.

c2cd208
06-21-2008, 06:49 PM
Blonde haired woman a guy? Young, smooth skinned? The Amber Lee case reminded me of this one.
I dont understand this either, can you explain yourself a little more?

Bobbisangel
06-21-2008, 09:26 PM
Blonde haired woman a guy? Young, smooth skinned? The Amber Lee case reminded me of this one.

That is what I was thinking today. It could have been a guy wearing a blond wig just incase anyone saw him. I wonder if it was one of the guys that had been hanging out there with the husband. Maybe he took a liking to Theresa and she didn't return it. I hope LE questioned everyone who had been at the house around that time.

inquiringmindz
09-03-2008, 01:12 PM
Still missing...bumping for Teresa

inquiringmindz
10-18-2008, 09:32 PM
Thinking of Teresa, her children, and all who love and miss her...

Jodibug
10-24-2008, 12:59 PM
thinking of teresa today...

Teresa Larson
10-25-2008, 01:09 AM
I think about Teresa often and about her children also. It must be terrible to grow up and wonder what happened to your mother Is she dead? Is she alive? What a sad situation for them and Teresa's family. I know this will be solved some day. I just hope who ever took her is identified too.

Bobbisangel
10-25-2008, 09:05 AM
It's amazing how people can disappear and never been seen again. How can that be? So many people are missing...it is like they were there one second and gone the next.

Weren't there some friends of the husbands who hung out at the house a lot or had stayed there...something like that. I wonder if it could have been someone they knew that had his eye on Theresa? This is such a puzzle. Didn't the oldest boy say the person had long blond hair? I wonder if they had any male friends with long blond hair or if someone was wearing a wig...like the husband's ex who gave Theresa a hard time.

PrayersForMaura
01-07-2009, 11:34 PM
http://find-teresa-butler.tripod.com/

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...ndid=189235862 (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=189235862)

bump

gaia227
01-08-2009, 11:07 AM
I have never that the boy said he saw someone come into the house or saw Teresa leave with someone. That is pretty significant. If the son knew the person surely he would be able to tell LE who it was. My first instinct, as usual, is the ex-husband with who she had been having issues with.

Bobbisangel
01-11-2009, 06:17 PM
I wonder if the little boy was old enough to work with a artist to draw a picture of the person that he saw the night Theresa disappeared? Seems like he said the person had long blond hair. I might be wrong though. If this is true Theresa either went with the person willingly or she didn't make a fuss because she didn't want to scare her boys. I've always thought it was the husband too. I wonder if we will ever know what really took place and where she is?

Bobbisangel
01-11-2009, 06:26 PM
I wonder if the little boy was old enough to work with a artist to draw a picture of the person that he saw the night Theresa disappeared? Seems like he said the person had long blond hair. I might be wrong though. If this is true Theresa either went with the person willingly or she didn't make a fuss because she didn't want to scare her boys. I've always thought it was the husband too. I wonder if we will ever know what really took place and where she is?

Rana
01-22-2009, 08:53 PM
I worry that Teresa’s case will never be solved. She disappeared from a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. She’s been gone almost 3 years, and someone, somewhere, does know something. We can’t forget Teresa. She seems like a beautiful person, and her two little boys have been without their mommy for too long. I didn’t know Teresa, but after reading everything I can find on her disappearance, I just don’t feel like she would walk out on her kids. I’ve been a lurking fan of Websleuths for years, but wondering about Teresa so much has changed that. Teresa’s case has lacked major news exposure; she deserves so much more. Something is very wrong here in southeast Missouri for a hard-working and loving mom like Teresa to just vanish with so few clues. I pray for answers and closure for her family soon.

capoly
01-28-2009, 08:19 AM
After three years, no leads in case of missing New Madrid County woman

NEW MADRID COUNTY, Mo. — Sunday marked three years since Teresa Butler was reported missing from her home on Eight Ditch Road at Risco, Mo., in New Madrid County. Last year on the anniversary of her disappearance, friends and family hung yellow ribbons throughout the area in hopes of renewing interest in the case and finding an answer to her disappearance.

http://www.semissourian.com/article/20090127/NEWS01/701279994/-1/news01

gaia227
01-28-2009, 10:47 AM
I worry that Teresa’s case will never be solved. She disappeared from a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. She’s been gone almost 3 years, and someone, somewhere, does know something. We can’t forget Teresa. She seems like a beautiful person, and her two little boys have been without their mommy for too long. I didn’t know Teresa, but after reading everything I can find on her disappearance, I just don’t feel like she would walk out on her kids. I’ve been a lurking fan of Websleuths for years, but wondering about Teresa so much has changed that. Teresa’s case has lacked major news exposure; she deserves so much more. Something is very wrong here in southeast Missouri for a hard-working and loving mom like Teresa to just vanish with so few clues. I pray for answers and closure for her family soon.


What gets me is - you would think with as much construction, building of new houses, suburbs expanding, population growth leading to more construction in areas that were once secluded more missing people who are presumed deceased would be found. I am always amazed with how long, sometimes forever, missing people bodies/skeletal remains go undiscovered.

I don't think Teresa left voluntarily. I think her son is the key to solving this case. He saw someone come into their house that day. A 41/2 yr old is old enough to communicate what he saw. He said he saw a woman put tape over his mommy's mouth - how could he make that up all on his own? He wouldn't. I wonder if the 'woman' isn't really a man with long hair?
I wish LE would not dismiss her son so quickly.

Vegas Bride
03-22-2009, 03:06 AM
Bumping for Teresa!

VB

Vegas Bride
12-01-2009, 01:45 AM
Bumping again, I keep hoping one day there will be news!

VB

Jodibug
12-03-2009, 11:03 AM
bumping for Teresa

Rana
01-24-2010, 08:13 AM
A big bump for Teresa. She's been missing for four years...

Rana
01-24-2010, 08:33 AM
http://www.dddnews.com/story/1604991.html
I'm not sure how to post a link to a news story. Hope this works.

webrocket
01-24-2010, 08:46 AM
http://www.dddnews.com/story/1604991.html
I'm not sure how to post a link to a news story. Hope this works.

Pretty good 'official' summary of the case. While I am no fan of polygraphs, the husband submitted to one and it was felt he was truthful. That coupled with his alibi does not put him at the top of the list in my book.

Did these people have a computer? I know it has been 4 years but they should have checked that stuff out long ago.

Still does not answer the question where did she go or who did she leave with.

keeponsearching
01-24-2010, 09:18 AM
I read the article and think I missed what time did she dissappear, I know at 10 am, her husband got home, was he gone all night since her sister in law was the last to see her the night before. It says he was with a couple.. All night? If someone was disguise why would she let them in if she didn't recognize them? Maybe they don't lock the doors, and someone snuck up on her, after her sis in law left. The boys would of been sleeping.

I don't understand why this case only has 4 pages. This is a huge mystery. I'm coming to the conclusion if Nancy Grace doesn't cover a case then it doesnt get any attention, and its funny I don't watch her. Sorry to be grumpy and complain. But this is crazy. I'm wondering who was also missing in 06 that got all the coverage.

SailorMoon
01-24-2010, 05:38 PM
Hoping for news....some day there will be. Think positive. Her poor boys. Never thought too much of the husband..at all. Think he had a hand in it, but that's jmo.

kseal07
01-24-2010, 11:45 PM
What gets me is - you would think with as much construction, building of new houses, suburbs expanding, population growth leading to more construction in areas that were once secluded more missing people who are presumed deceased would be found. I am always amazed with how long, sometimes forever, missing people bodies/skeletal remains go undiscovered.

I don't think Teresa left voluntarily. I think her son is the key to solving this case. He saw someone come into their house that day. A 41/2 yr old is old enough to communicate what he saw. He said he saw a woman put tape over his mommy's mouth - how could he make that up all on his own? He wouldn't. I wonder if the 'woman' isn't really a man with long hair?
I wish LE would not dismiss her son so quickly.

Bolded by me, you have to understand in Risco there is nothing new, no expansion, no population growth...it's a tiny, tiny little community no businesses. I live about 45 minutes away. When driving through you barely even notice it except for a few houses along the side of the highway. There isn't any traffic lights or even a stop sign on the highway, you just drive right through it on your way to the next rural area. I put up flyers here, some are even still up but of course there's never even been a sighting of Teresa. In my own opinion I don't think she'll ever be found. So sad.

gaia227
01-25-2010, 11:42 AM
Thanks Kseal for the insight. I am from Springfield, MO, born and raised, my travels never took me through Risco but I have been to other tiny Missouri towns which are similar. I knew Risco was a small town but I don't think I realized it was a 'blink-and-you-miss-it' town. I don't know if she will be found either but I have hope. I follow most Missouri missing because my roots and my home are there and I think of Teresa, Angie Hammond and the missing 3 women from Springfield often.

Bless you for taking the time and intiative to hang up posters of Teresa around your area. You never know what one small action can result in.

Vegas Bride
06-01-2010, 02:00 PM
This case continues to haunt me.
I can't help but keep wondering about the ex-wife.
Does anyone know what her husband is doing now?
I know police say he's not a suspect because his alibi holds up plus he took the lie detector test but I wish he had been more active/vocal in the search for her.

VB

Vegas Bride
06-01-2010, 02:15 PM
I read the article and think I missed what time did she dissappear, I know at 10 am, her husband got home, was he gone all night since her sister in law was the last to see her the night before. It says he was with a couple.. All night? If someone was disguise why would she let them in if she didn't recognize them? Maybe they don't lock the doors, and someone snuck up on her, after her sis in law left. The boys would of been sleeping.

I don't understand why this case only has 4 pages. This is a huge mystery. I'm coming to the conclusion if Nancy Grace doesn't cover a case then it doesnt get any attention, and its funny I don't watch her. Sorry to be grumpy and complain. But this is crazy. I'm wondering who was also missing in 06 that got all the coverage.

I understand your frustration, I've felt it also.
As far as what was getting the coverage when she went missing, not sure exactly what the top headlines were right then but Natalie Holloway went missing that spring and also there was a thought of a break in JonBennet's case with the wacko Karr confessing later that summer.

It was my feeling from the start that there was just to much of a laid back approach to Teresa missing and somehow clues/answers were expected to jump in the laps of those in charge and no one was fighting hard enough to get the national coverage.

About her husband being gone all night, he worked the midnight shift so did not get home until the next morning. It's very possible the wrong people knew he would not be home and she was quite vulnerable with only the 2 very young children with her, also she could be forced to leave with someone as a way to save/protect her children. The 4 yo son may in time be able to understand better just what it was he saw that night but such a small child could also IMO easily get false memories mixed in with what really did happen.

VB

Lil'E
06-10-2010, 12:38 AM
Bumping for Teresa...

Rle7
01-30-2011, 04:23 AM
bumping...

missing 5 years now.

Mandy113
02-15-2011, 05:46 PM
Bumping again for Teresa.

I read about her when she first went missing. I googled her name today, hoping I'd see there had been a resolution. I can't believe it's been 5 years now.

Those boys deserve to know what happened to their mother. I don't believe she left them of her own free will.

kseal07
07-21-2011, 10:21 PM
Bumping for Teresa 5 1/2 years

Lil'E
11-23-2011, 01:57 AM
Bumping For Teresa and her Family!

Kat
12-13-2011, 09:45 PM
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/closing-the-books-on-a-25-year-old-cold-case-rpt-20111213

Updated: Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011, 5:58 PM CST
Published : Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011, 5:58 PM CST

Closing the Books on a 25-Year-Old Cold Case

Shelby County Sheriff's Deputies say serial killer, Steven Kasler, murdered Teresa Butler in 1986. The 26-year-old nurse disappeared after leaving her job at St. Francis hospital.


Investigators say they'll never find the bodies, even though Kasler showed them where they were buried, in a once remote area of Southeast Knox County.

"Everything had been leveled and a new subdivision placed in that area."

Bless her family.

tarabull
12-14-2011, 12:29 PM
:bump:

SnoopyDoobyDoo
12-16-2011, 02:22 PM
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/closing-the-books-on-a-25-year-old-cold-case-rpt-20111213

Updated: Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011, 5:58 PM CST
Published : Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011, 5:58 PM CST

Closing the Books on a 25-Year-Old Cold Case
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Bless her family.

This can't be the same Theresa? One disappeared from home in 2006, the other while leaving work in 1986.

kseal07
12-29-2011, 04:03 PM
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/closing-the-books-on-a-25-year-old-cold-case-rpt-20111213

Updated: Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011, 5:58 PM CST
Published : Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011, 5:58 PM CST

Closing the Books on a 25-Year-Old Cold Case
.




Bless her family.

Teresa Butler from Risco worked at WalMart not as a nurse...this is a different person.

longtallcold
01-25-2012, 03:10 PM
6 years it's been....

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Find-Teresa-Butler-Missing-from-Risco-MO/161974433878948

kseal07
03-31-2012, 08:35 PM
Could this be Teresa?

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/8612

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/butler_teresa.html

kseal07
07-29-2012, 03:44 PM
Could this be Teresa?

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/8612

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/butler_teresa.html

Can someone either tell me how to submit this or submit it for me?

CarlK90245
07-30-2012, 03:38 AM
Could this be Teresa?

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/8612

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/butler_teresa.html

As for positives, all I see is that they are both the same race, gender, have brown hair, and Teresa's age is right at the upper limit of the Jane Doe's estimated age range.

However, IMO this doesn't appear to be Teresa. The Jane Doe is described as having "teeth in poor condition with severe caries, decay, and plaque". Teresa's teeth appear to be pretty well-kept.

Also:
* Teresa had fairly short hair when last seen. The Jane Doe is described as having "wavy" hair.

* The Jane Doe was estimated to be 4 inches shorter than Teresa's listed height.

I would not rule them out based on any of these discrepancies by themselves, but I don't see enough in the positives to outweigh the negatives.

kseal07
04-28-2013, 11:55 PM
7+ years :(

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