WA WA - Alexis Owens, 16, Port Orchard, 15 April 1987

Circumstances of Disappearance
Owens was last seen in Port Orchard, Washington on April 15, 1987.
At time of her disappearance she has been arrested in California under the names of Alexis Christina Owens, Amy Owens and Sherry Ann Mc Gallion.
Alexis was last seen in 1987 by her sister.

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The Doe Network: http://doenetwork.org/cases/2389dfwa.html
NAMUS: https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/6480/0/
The Charley Project: http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/o/owens_alexis.html
NCMEC: http://www.missingkids.com/poster/NCMC/997240/1/screen

Sadly, Alexis's mother passed away in 2013.
http://www.kitsapsun.com/lifestyle/announcements/alexis-em-pieze-owens-65

Given the facts (subsequent arrests confirming she was a runaway and alive) it seems quite possible that Alexis is out there and still alive. With this in mind there seems one lead worth pursuing from standard searches. In 1991 (15 June 1991) a Sherry Ann McGallion married Travis Lee Merchant in Las Vegas (source: Ancestry). Whilst it is possibly unconnected and a coincidence the location is conveniently near to Alexis' last known sightings and Sherry Ann McGallion is not a common name (I found only one other, born in Texas in 1969). The problem is testing this lead. The usual sources (radaris and the like) list a Travis Lee Merchant with various addresses in Delaware, Virginia and Oklahoma (and an alias of Travis Lee Butcher) who appears to be married to a Shelly Merchant - and both have an indicated DoB of 1971, the same as Alexis. And there the trail ends. I would assume this is the couple married in Las Vegas (radaris etc are more prone to error such as Shelley rather than Sherry than a state marriage index on Ancestry). Does anyone have any ideas on how to move this forward?

Alexis Christina Owens

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Alexis, circa 1987; Age-progression to age 47 (circa 2018)

• Missing Since04/15/1987
• Missing FromPort Orchard, Washington
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• Date of Birth03/09/1971 (48)
• Age16 years old
• Height and Weight5'2, 150 pounds
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian female. Blonde hair, blue/green eyes. Alexis has a mole on her right cheek. She may use the alias first names Amy, Kris, Chris and/or Chrissy, or the alias name Sherry Ann McGallion.

Details of Disappearance
Alexis disappeared from Port Orchard, Washington on April 15, 1987. After she went missing she was arrested multiple times in California under her own name and the aliases Amy Owens and Sherry Ann McGallion. Alexis's current whereabouts are unknown. Few details are available in her case.

Robert Eugene Hampton also went missing from the same town of Port Orchard, WA. 5 1/2 months earlier. I hope they looked for possible connections.

jbenson said:

Robert Eugene Hampton also went missing from the same town of Port Orchard, WA. 5 1/2 months earlier. I was in high school there at the time and remember both teens. It was an unusual occurrence for such a small town with so few missing persons cases.

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It sounds like she went to California back then. The questions of course are did she go there willingly, and did she "disappear" long- term willingly?

ETA: And in his case, nothing known at all; how very difficult.

Bump

Bumping for Alexis, missing for over 34 years.

Current NamUs link. She is now 51-years-old.

CP link: Alexis Christina Owens – The Charley Project