SheWhoMustNotBeNamed
Former Member
Missing Since: May 2, 1995 from Spanish Fork, Utah
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: July 1, 1979
Age: 15 years old
Height and Weight: 5'3, 110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Red hair, light blue eyes. Davis has pierced ears and a small birthmark on the back of her neck. She has a few facial freckles and her hair is naturally curly. It was cut in bangs and below her shoulders at the time of her May 1995 disappearance. Davis was self-conscious about her physical appearance at the time of her 1995 disappearance. She may wear a lower retainer.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: An off-white long-sleeved crewneck shirt with a beige stripe, a light blue denim vest with beige stripes and a small designer tag on the side reading "ENUF," dark blue denim Bum Equipment shorts, white cork-soled Colorado sandals with three straps on the front and two around the heel, royal blue underpants, a white Hanes bra, a Guess watch with a black leather band and a large face trimmed in silver, a sterling silver band-type ring with a flower design, and a shield-shaped sterling silver ring engraved with the letters "CTR" with flowers on either side of the letters.
Details of Disappearance
Davis was last seen at Spanish Fork High School in her hometown of Spanish Fork, Utah on May 2, 1995. She was a sophomore at the school at the time. Davis attended her early driver's education class and her regular morning classes and ate lunch with her friends, but did not show up for her fourth and fifth period classes after lunch. All of her personal belongings, including her purse, makeup, dental retainer and schoolbooks, were left in her locker at school and she never returned home for the day. Davis's family resided eight blocks from her school. She was reported missing when she failed to arrive home by 5:00 p.m. She has never been heard from again. There were possible sightings of Davis in a vehicle on Main Street in Spanish Fork shortly after she was last seen in school, but these have not been confirmed.
Davis's disappearance was initially investigated as a runaway case, due to her age and the fact that she had had an argument with her family about school shortly before she disappeared. However, her parents say it is out of character for her to leave without warning. She was happy with her life at the time of her disappearance; she was about to get her driver's license and her older sister was getting married.
After months passed with Davis's return or any clues as to her whereabouts, police began to suspect foul play in her disappearance. Her family believes she was murdered. After her disappearance there were rumors that her body was buried in a local canyon, but her remains were never found. Four years after her disappearance, her family held a memorial service for Davis and put up a marker in her name at the Spanish Fork City Cemetery. They are still searching for her, however.
Numerous indictments were made in Davis's case in 2005. In April, Scott Brunson was charged with perjury and lying to a federal agent. In August, Garry Von Blackmore was also charged with perjury and lying to a federal agent. In September, Timmy Brent Olsen was charged with fifteen counts of lying to a grand jury. Christopher Neal Jeppson was charged in October, with making false statements to an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent and perjury before a grand jury. In November, David Rucker Leifson was charged with perjury.
Olsen, Jeppson, Brunson and Leifson were all students at Spanish Fork High school when Davis disappeared, but Blackmore did not attend the school and did not know her. Several of the men have criminal histories. Photographs of all of them are posted below this case summary. Jeppson, Olson and Leifson were members of the high school's drama club, and they stated they were hanging lights in the school auditorium in preparation for an upcoming performance on the day Davis disappeared. However, a community choir performed in the auditorium during the time the defendants said they were there, and none of the choir members saw any of them.
In December 2005, Brunson struck a plea deal with prosecutors. He pleaded guilty to six counts of making false statements to an FBI agent and grand jury. The following January, Blackmore struck a similar plea bargain. Olsen's perjury trial was conducted in the summer of 2006. He presented no defense and was convicted on all charges. He was sentenced to twelve and a half years in prison. This is a longer sentence than is recommended by federal guidelines, although much shorter than the prosecutor resquested. The judge took Davis's presumed murder into account as a factor in sentencing. In September 2007, Jeppson was convicted of four counts of perjury at a jury trial.
Authorities announced they believed Davis had been raped and murdered and several people who knew her or knew her associates were covering up the crime. They believe Leifson and Olsen were responsible for her presumed death and the other men manufactured an alibi for them so that they might avoid detection.
After Blackmore's guilty plea to perjury, Olsen was charged with first-degree murder in connection with Davis's presumed death. Jeppson was charged with Davis's murder in October 2007. Both men maintain their innocence. They could face life in prison if convicted.
Olsen and Jeppson are awaiting trial for murder. Davis has never been located.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Spanish Fork Police Department
801-798-5070
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Spanish Fork Police Department
801-798-5070