KY KY - Crystal Marler, 15, Whitley City, 8 Oct 1998

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Missing Since: October 8, 1998 from Whitley City, Kentucky
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: November 28, 1982
Age: 15 years old
Height and Weight: 5'4 - 5'6, 95 - 100 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Biracial (African-American/Caucasian) female. Black hair, brown eyes. Marler has a mole on the back of her neck. She may use the first name Christie.

Details of Disappearance

Marler was last seen between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. on October 8, 1998 on Strunk Ridge Road in Whitley City, Kentucky. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in Marler's case.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
McCreary County Sheriff's Office
606-376-2322
OR
Kentucky State Police

606-878-6622

 
Bones of Teenage Female Found

Officials Suspect She Was Murdered
NEW LIBERTY—Many philosophers have pondered the question of whether a falling tree makes a sound if there is no one in the woods to hear it.

The same principles can be applied to murder.

For several years a body had been lying in the peaceful woods of eastern McCreary County without the knowledge of local law enforcement, who had no idea they had a homicide investigation on their hands.

Until Saturday morning.

According to Sheriff Skinner, the body apparently decomposed on top of the ground. Though investigators had to clear away “several years worth of leaf litter,” they never had to dig below the soil.

Though he could not discuss specifics, the sheriff noted that the condition of the forensic evidence collected indicate foul play and the case is being investigated as a homicide.

Dr. Emily Craig, a renowned forensic anthropologist with the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office, has been able to determine from a preliminary examination the remains belonged to a teenage female. The skull contained several teeth, which will be compared to other missing persons.
Word of the discovery has sparked public interest in two local missing person cases. Sheriff Skinner told The Record that the remains did not belong to 30-year-old Charity Genoe, who was last seen in January. The findings appear to be more consistent with the case of Crystal Marler, who was just 15 when she disappeared in October 1998.
“We’re not ruling out the possibility that this is Crystal,” Sheriff Skinner said. “But before we make that statement, we would need to hear the determination from Dr. Craig and the State Examiner’s Office.

http://www.mccrearyrecord.com/local/local_story_119165137.html
 
Crystal was such a pretty young lady. Condolences to her family. Rest in Peace.
 
Prayers to her family. It's so sad but now they have her back.
RIP little one.

Maz
 
Peace be with Crystal and her family now that she can be brought home.
 
From October 2013:

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Family-still-searching-for-answers-after-15-years-226805541.html

Crystal Marler's remains were found more than a decade after she disappeared, but the family still doesn't know what took place...

Police say they've had persons of interest, but never enough evidence to cross all the t's and dot the i's to identify a killer...

Police say they have reviewed notes she kept in her journal but her family doesn't believe that her death was the result of a bad relationship. Family says the notes in the journal were about long time friends.
 
Bones of Teenage Female Found

Officials Suspect She Was Murdered
NEW LIBERTY—Many philosophers have pondered the question of whether a falling tree makes a sound if there is no one in the woods to hear it.

The same principles can be applied to murder.

For several years a body had been lying in the peaceful woods of eastern McCreary County without the knowledge of local law enforcement, who had no idea they had a homicide investigation on their hands.

Until Saturday morning.

According to Sheriff Skinner, the body apparently decomposed on top of the ground. Though investigators had to clear away “several years worth of leaf litter,” they never had to dig below the soil.

Though he could not discuss specifics, the sheriff noted that the condition of the forensic evidence collected indicate foul play and the case is being investigated as a homicide.

Dr. Emily Craig, a renowned forensic anthropologist with the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office, has been able to determine from a preliminary examination the remains belonged to a teenage female. The skull contained several teeth, which will be compared to other missing persons.
Word of the discovery has sparked public interest in two local missing person cases. Sheriff Skinner told The Record that the remains did not belong to 30-year-old Charity Genoe, who was last seen in January. The findings appear to be more consistent with the case of Crystal Marler, who was just 15 when she disappeared in October 1998.
“We’re not ruling out the possibility that this is Crystal,” Sheriff Skinner said. “But before we make that statement, we would need to hear the determination from Dr. Craig and the State Examiner’s Office.

http://www.mccrearyrecord.com/local/local_story_119165137.html
Archived copy of story (McCreary Record 4-2009)
 
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I hope this link works the way I want it to...


This is showing "Google Walk" directions from the general area (Strunk Ridge Rd) she went missing from and the place at the end of FR-6136 where her remains were found. I could only find that particular road on a 2013 topographic map and Google labels it "McCreary County School District" for some reason. I had to use hiking/walking directions since the road isn't marked/recognized on Google Maps.
 
Crystal Marler's remains were found more than a decade after she disappeared, but the family still doesn't know what took place...
Police say they've had persons of interest, but never enough evidence to cross all the t's and dot the i's to identify a killer...
Police say they have reviewed notes she kept in her journal but her family doesn't believe that her death was the result of a bad relationship. Family says the notes in the journal were about long time friends.

Archived copy of story (WKYT 10-2013)
 

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