OH OH - Michael Sheppard, 35, Huron County, 8 May 2003

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This is certainly unusual. I wonder what's going on?

Reward offered for missing man's remains
Friday May 07 2010, 12:29pm

A Texas-based mounted search and recovery team is offering a $5,000 reward for credible information leading to the discovery of a missing man's remains.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI&I) contacted Texas EquuSearch (TES) on April 19 requesting assistance in recovering the remains of Michael Sheppard, TES said on its Web site, texasequuseacrh.org. TES issued the reward Thursday.

"Michael Sheppard, age 35, was last seen on May 8, 2003 in Huron County, OH. It is not known what Michael was wearing at the time of his disappearance," the TES Web site stated Wednesday.

In an update posted Thursday, TES reported TES sonar expert Dennis Watters, founder/director Tim Miller and two officials specializing in ground-penetrating radar have been in Ohio assisting with the search "for the past week."

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Huron County Sheriff Dane Howard, when asked about the situation Thursday, would only say there has been a joint "long-term investigation" involving his office, BCI&I and Huron County Prosecutor Russell Leffler's office.

Howard also said "other area agencies" were involved, but he wouldn't say what they were.

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Leffler refused to make any comments about the probe.

"No comment is no comment," the prosecutor said when asked about the length of the investigation.

http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2010/05/07/front/iq_980381.txt
 
Big Reward Offered For Missing Man


World famous tracker Tim Miller and his group Texas Equusearch are back on the trail in Ohio, looking for the truth in Huron County.

They are trying to find out what happened to 35-year-old Michael Sheppard, who said goodbye to his mom just before Mother's Day in 2003 and has not been seen since.

Rosalie Gottwald says "it's nightmares, it's not having anywhere to go to take flowers to him, there's no marker that says he mattered, that he was loved."

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Michael Sheppard's mother admits his life took a dark turn when he began using and then dealing illegal drugs.

In 2003, Sheppard's family began receiving death threats from those he had crossed in the drug trade.

Rosalie Gottwald says "they told us he stole $20,000 from drug dealers and they called our house several times. By the time of the last phone call, they said it was $50,000."

After Michael Sheppard disappeared, his mother received a mysterious phone indicating that he had been murdered and his body buried in the Milan area.

http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-missing-man-reward-txt,0,3021724.story
 
http://www.norwalkreflector.com/content/mother-missing-man-seeks-justice

Cary Ashby 09:00 AM
May 20 2011

The suspected murder of Michael A. Sheppard 11 years ago remains unsolved.
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Well, y'all, I think I found Mr. Sheppard. If I'm right, then it's a little frustrating....

Here is Michael's page in NamUs:

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/12147/7/

And here's this:

https://identifyus.org/cases/1984

This is the link to an unidentified man in Cuyahoga County Ohio. He jumped to his death from I-90 bridge over Train Avenue the same day that Michael Sheppard was last seen two counties away. Height, weight, age, and hair color all fit. The eyes are different...one says brown/hazel and one says blue...but I still think this has to be him.
The Cuyahoga UID was entered into NamUs a while ago, but Michael was just entered at the end of August. Perhaps NamUs has flagged for comparison and the results just aren't in yet? I guess I will be calling our local ME in the morning to find out...
 
This should be easy to determine..... There are pictures of clothing and shoes on Namus. The mother whom he walked out on years ago should be able to recognize them.

There were reports, however, that Michael was killed and buried. And if he did rip off drug dealers for $20k-50k I'm sure people were after him!!
 
Parents of missing Milan man pushing for prosecution in cold case

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/oh-huron/parents-of-missing-milan-man-pushing-for-prosecution-in-cold-case

The parents of a Milan man missing since 2003 tell newsnet5.com the state and investigators are willing to push forward with a case, but the Huron County Prosecutor is standing in the way.

Michael Sheppard was 36 years old when he was reported missing back in May of 2003.
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She said they finally received a letter from Kasper late last week that was dated Nov. 23.

“The case is not strong enough to prosecute a homicide charge,” Kasper wrote in the letter. “There is not enough admissible material evidence. Therefore, I will not request assistance from the Ohio Attorney General to prosecute the case at this time.”

“We know we’re so close and we’re running into another roadblock like we have in all the years past,” George Gottwald said.
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Irish_Eyes said:
Well, y'all, I think I found Mr. Sheppard. If I'm right, then it's a little frustrating....

Here is Michael's page in NamUs:

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/12147/7/

And here's this:

https://identifyus.org/cases/1984

This is the link to an unidentified man in Cuyahoga County Ohio. He jumped to his death from I-90 bridge over Train Avenue the same day that Michael Sheppard was last seen two counties away. Height, weight, age, and hair color all fit. The eyes are different...one says brown/hazel and one says blue...but I still think this has to be him.
The Cuyahoga UID was entered into NamUs a while ago, but Michael was just entered at the end of August. Perhaps NamUs has flagged for comparison and the results just aren't in yet? I guess I will be calling our local ME in the morning to find out...
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Irish, what ever became of this?
 
Murder suspect argues against extradition

http://www.norwalkreflector.com/Courts/2018/01/28/Murder-suspect-argues-against-extradition

A Florida man wanted for a decade-old murder case in Huron County filed a motion to prevent his extradition back to Ohio for a trial.

In May 2017, a grand jury indicted Joshua Stamm, 35, of Titusville, Fla., and two local men for the 2003 alleged murder of Michael Sheppard Jr. whose body was never found.

The local men — Scott Hall, 44, of Clyde, and Adam White, 34, of Sandusky — were arrested soon after the indictment. Their trial is scheduled for Feb. 6.
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Murder suspects' trial delayed

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201801310033

The trial of two local men accused of murder was delayed until a third defendant can be extradited to Ohio.

The state of Florida has until Tuesday to respond to Stamm’s motion. A case management hearing for Hall and White is scheduled for Feb. 22 to decide how to proceed.
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Accused killer pleads not guilty

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201804100023

A man charged in connection with a decade-old murder case pleaded not guilty Tuesday in the Huron County Common Pleas Court.

Joshua Stamm, 36, of Titusville, Fla., faces charges of aggravated robbery and two counts of murder, each with a firearm specification.

Judge James Conway set Stamm’s pretrial for May 23, the final pretrial for June 26 and the jury trial for July 17. If found guilty of murder, Stamm could face 15 years to life in prison.
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Accused killer's trial delayed
Sandusky Register
The court originally scheduled his jury trial for July 17, but his attorneys, Steven Bradly and Mark Marin, requested a continuance, attorney general spokeswoman Jill Del Greco said.

His pretrial was scheduled for Sept. 26 and his jury trial was set for Oct. 23.
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Texas EquuSearch - TXEQ

MISSING: Michael Sheppard, 35 Yrs., Huron County, OH, 05/08/03

10/24/18 -- Tim Miller, our Founder and Director, traveled to Ohio to work with our team from Ohio in an attempt to recover Michael's body. We are working with law enforcement, and they have credible information on his whereabouts. Please keep Michael's family and our searchers in your thoughts and prayers that we are able to locate his remains. We have worked on this case since May 2010.

07/22/10 -- Our Director, Tim Miller, is in Ohio again searching for Michael Sheppard. Please continue to keep Michael's family in your prayers.

05/06/10 -- Texas EquuSearch was contacted on April 19, 2010, by the Ohio State Bureau of Criminal Investigations requesting assistance in the recovery of the remains of Michael Sheppard. Tim Miller has been in Ohio for the past week, along with Dennis Watters from Team Watters, our sonar expert. Additionally, two individuals from Underground Imaging Technologies, one of our resources for ground penetrating radar, have been assisting in the search. Texas EquuSearch has been working closely with the Ohio State Bureau of Criminal Investigations, the Huron County Sheriff's Office, Perkins Township Police Department and the Central Ohio Canine Search and Rescue. A $5,000.00 reward is being offered for credible information leading to the discovery of Michael's remains.

05/05/10 -- Michael Sheppard, age 35, was last seen on May 8, 2003 in Huron County, OH. It is not known what Michael was wearing at the time of his disappearance. Please call the Ohio State Bureau of Criminal Investigations at (419) 353-4603 if you have any information.

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Joshua Stamm, 37, of Florida, pleaded guilty Monday in the Huron County Common Pleas Court to an amended count of involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony. He had faced two murder charges. Stamm’s trial was supposed to begin Tuesday, but the prosecution reached an agreement with Stamm’s attorneys, Steven Bradley and Mark Marein. Stamm pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and provided information on what occurred on the night of Sheppard’s death. In exchange, the other charges were dropped.

White and Hall’s jury trials are scheduled for Dec. 11.

Victim's family members not satisfied with sentence for 2003 slaying
 
Some of Sheppard’s family members say the three-year prison sentence — which will be served at the same time as a sentence for another crime — was too lenient.

Joshua Stamm, 37, of Florida, pleaded guilty Monday in the Huron County Common Pleas Court to an amended count of involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony. He had faced two murder charges.

White and Hall’s jury trials are scheduled for Dec. 11.

Victim's family members not satisfied with sentence for 2003 slaying
 
Sandusky Register
Scott Hall, 46, of Clyde, and Adam White, 36, of Sandusky, each face charges of murder and aggravated robbery. The case is being prosecuted by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.

Their jury trials were scheduled for Dec. 11 in the Huron County Common Pleas Court, but both were pushed back to March 5.
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