I live in orleans County, NY where they found Shari Lynn Ball...who went missing from Florida in 1983. What intriques me most about this case is i may have a possible suspect who killed her..
though unfortunately he is dead.! Christopher Wilder-the infamous spree killer who killed, abducted, tortured women fro California to New York. He committed suicide by cop in april 1984. I met this man in Lockport, ny, 2 days before he died. He lured women to meet him by claiming he was a professional photographer-free lance , who did modeling portfolios for aspring models. He stopped at my friends and miy yard sale in Lockport, ny-he was then on the run from FBI. He was then suspect in the disappearance of Elizabeth Kenyon of Coal Gables Florida, the former Beauty Queen-whose parents had a few Kenyon's variety stores in Lockport and wny area-and had a summer home in Lockport, ny. Christopher Wilder dated beth Kenyon, but she broke up with him. He even talked about her and her family when he stopped at my yard sale-and-gave us his business card! We didn't recognize him or who he was until we read of his suicide by cop killing in NH two days later.
I say all this becasue Wilder acted very familar with the WNY area. He was good friends of the Kenyon family while dating Elizabeth Kenyon and was at her parents home many times. He may be the one who contacted Shari Ball-in Florida-as he lived there at that time-and even offered to take her to NY for a modeling job.! Maybe not-but when i read she was lured by a modeling job offer-it sure sounded like the MO of Christopher Wilder-spree killer!