TX-Endanger Missing Adult - Elizabeth A. Campbell

MoonBug · #1 06-25-2007, 04:17 PM

Name: Elizabeth A. Campbell
NCIC Number: 298182179
Texas DPS Case Number: M8804006
Date of Birth: 31 May 1967
Date Missing: 25 April 1988
From City/State: Copperas Cove, TX
Age at Time of Disappearance: 20
Gender: Female
Race: Caussian/Asian
Height: 5'2"
Weight: Around 96 to 106 pounds
Hair Color: Chestnut Brown, Medium Length
Eye Color: Brown
Complexion: Medium
Glasses/Contacts Description: Glasses (description not available).
Identifying Characteristics: Scars on: forehead, under chin, elbow and right eyebrow, a mole on the back between the shoulder blades, and a small birthmark on the right buttock.
Clothing: White T-shirt with design on front, blue jeans, white athletic shoes. She was carrying a yellow jacket, a 7-11 smock with her name tag, a maroon purse, and college books and papers.
Jewelry: Diamonds "Romance Whittnauer" watch, a 10kt gold ring with three sapphire stones in the center and one diamond on each side.
Dentals: Missing: #14, #19, #30. Fillings: #2, #3, #15, #18, #20, #31
DNA: Available

Circumstances of Disappearance: Elizabeth went to class at the local junior college, CTC, then to work at the 7-11 store on Rancier Avenue in Killeen, TX by the East Gate of Fort Hood Army Base. She left work and went to her ex-boyfriend's house to begin studying for the last final exams. Sometime during the group study, an argument had broken out by the ex-boyfriend, and sometime after 9:30pm to about 10pm, Elizabeth started to walk home. Elizabeth arrived a little after 11pm at the 7-11 in Copperas Cove, TX off Hwy. 190. Since they knew that Elizabeth worked at the 7-11 store in Killeen, an employee allowed Elizabeth to make a local call. Elizabeth called her boyfriend to come and pick her up. Another argument by the ex-boyfriend erupted. Elizabeth said that she was going to call her brother to pick her up instead. Since the call was long distance, Elizabeth had to make the call on the payphone outside. Another employee of the 7-11 had seen Elizabeth by a payphone making a call around midnight. About the same a phone rang at her home in Lampasas, TX. Elizabeth's mother picked the phone up but the phone was dead. The last known sighting of Elizabeth was by a payphone in Copperas Cove, TX on Hwy. 190.
Elizabeth's purse was later found and turned into the Crockett County sheriff's property room in Ozona, TX, off I-10 on 29 April 1992 (Some 4 years and four days later).
Additional Information regarding Elizabeth's Purse: No documentation was found of when or where the purse was found or who turned the purse in. They asked questions to the sheriff: "Is not a newly appointed sheriff suppose to take a complete inventory of what he is now going to be in charge of - Deputies, supplies, unclaimed items in the property room, etc.?" We asked several more questions. The sheriff gave excuses or no real answers.
The sheriff assumed Elizabeth’s purse was turned in sometime between 25 April 1988 and 1 January 1989. Unfortunately, we cannot be given a true time for the pervious sheriff had passed away.

If You Have Any Information Concerning This Case, Contact:
Copperas Cove Police Department
Lt. Daniel Austin
202 S. 4th Street
Copperas Cove, TX 76522
(254) 547-1357
Texas Department of Public Safety

Missing Person Clearinghouse
P O Box 4087
Austin, Texas 78773
Phone:
(512) 424-5074
Help line:
(800) 346-3243
Case Number:
M8804006
NCIC Number:
M-298182179

Featured on: America's Most Wanted - 25 Sept 1988 & Unsolved Mysteries - 22 Nov 1989 & 16 May 1990 & In 1992, on the CBS "The Young & The Restless." Elizabeth and few other missing persons were show, and Micheal Damian dedicated and sang a song called "Missing" on the show. A single verse of the song stays in my head always - "Missing Angels." & "Missing" - A nationally-syndicated weekly television series featuring actual cases of missing persons, both children and adults, from across North America. The show "Missing" can be found at http://www.usamissing.com/

This is my webpage I've done on Elizabeth: http://mooniebug.bjcampbell.org/

christine2448 · #2 06-25-2007, 05:29 PM

Hi MoonBug, again, Welcome to WS, I am sorry to meet you under such circumstances.

Elizabeth's case has been brought up in this thread as you know http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sho...h+Ann+Campbell

Possibility? (potential match brought up by Sable)

http://www.theunion.com/article/20070602/NEWS/106020171

Spazkat9696 · #3 06-26-2007, 12:43 PM

MoonBug I am guessing the boyfriend had something to do with this? I have spent time in that area because my husband was stationed in Waco, TX when he was in the USMC. Anytime we needed anything Ft. Hood was the closest base, Waco was just a reserve center. Anyway as I remember everything down there revolves around the Army base. Was the Boyfriend in the Army? If not do you think she would have taken a ride from someone in the Army thinking they would give her a ride home? That place is in the middle of nowhere. I know just the other day a solder got lost and die on the base and it took them days of looking for him to find his body. I was there in 2001/02 so I can only imagine how little was there when this happened. IMO it must have been the boyfriend or some member of the Army.

meggilyweggily · #4 06-27-2007, 02:59 PM

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/...elizabeth.html

SadieMae · #5 06-27-2007, 03:18 PM

It would take her longer than 1 hour to walk from the 7-11 on Rancier to Cove. I think she got a ride part of the way to get there around 11. The only way into Cove from Killeen is Hwy 190. They run a story on the anniversary of her disappearance also in the newspaper.

SadieMae · #6 06-27-2007, 03:37 PM

Moonbug...all these years I have a theory of what happened to Elizabeth. I think she was offered a ride to Cove while she was walking, (most likely down Fort Hood Rd or Veterans Mem Blvd). That person waited for her when she went in the Cove 7-11. When she came out to make the long distance call, they asked/told if she needed a ride home while she waited for an answer at home. I think she hung up & accepted the offer, after all this person drove her to Cove and she may have felt this was a "safe" person. Did anyone working at the Cove 7-11 remember if she got out of a car that night?

I really don't think her ex bf had anything to do with her disappearance. He couldn't have made to Cove right after talking to her in less than 15 minutes.

Mygirlsadie · #7 06-27-2007, 05:17 PM

Wow I worked at the 7-11 off of Rancier for a year. I worked the 11pm-7am shift..ALONE..UGH! What was I thinking? Anyway I never heard of this story before..

Does her family live in the area or was she there with the military?

LionRun · #8 06-30-2007, 03:03 AM

Hi Moonbug. Please forgive me, but I will be asking lots of questions to get the most accurate portrayal of the time-line and other facts. Please take your time and answer them a few at a time if you like.

Do you know the distance between the store and the bf's house? Have you any idea how long it was before the phone call to the bf and when she went outside to the payphone? Were you told the time that Elizabeth was last seen by the store employee? Were phone records from the payphone to see when that call was made to your home--if it was Elizabeth who called?

Elizabeth's purse was found many miles from where she disappeared from. I do think someone abducted her. I don't think she ran off with nothing, and then chose to never contact her family. She had too much in her life with college, family, and a job for that. She seemed to be a responsible, motivated young lady. Back to her purse. Though, there are many things I don't yet know, that her purse was so far from where she last seen, it points more towards a stranger abduction than the bf. But, that could change.

Did the bf try to find her? What efforts did he make? Was he known to be violent with her? Was fighting to the point where she would walk away from him typical? I ask this with respect in my heart. It is best to know all of the facts to best determine what may have happened to her. Did the bf have family, friends, or ties of any kind to Crockett county? Was he questioned by LE? Do you know the outcome? Did LE search his car or his home? Do you know the results? I am trying to rule him out.

I will have lots more questions, but I don't want to ask any more as there are already so many. I will do what I can to help you find Elizabeth and what happened to her.

Lion

MoonBug · #9 06-30-2007, 12:00 PM

Yes, we do appreciate all the help we receive. At first NO ONE helped in our fight to find Elizabeth. There was no ground or air searches conducted by anyone. So the immediate family and I did our own search for Elizabeth. Oh, the news media did put Elizabeth’s Story on radio and some of tv stations. When the internet came about, I didn’t really know where to go in asking if I could post Elizabeth’s story on anyone’s site. Oddly, less than an hour, I began to learn how to post Elizabeth’s story in sites that would consent to allowing me to post on their site. On some Missing Persons Originations, they don’t accept people over an age. This pretty much tells me that Elizabeth or anyone over the age of 18 isn’t worth a darn to assist in helping to find my sister. They are adults and should know to defend and take of themselves. This is the feeling or saying is what I feel they are saying, but they haven’t really stated such. It’s what I hear inside my mind.

Hopefully one day, all of us who lost a love one will finally find them and bring them home. *(

I know there is that possibility of an unwanted outcome, but at least they are finally found and can be put into a proper place).

I'm not sure how far from Gilmer Street and Rancier intersection is from Alta Mira Drive and Trimmer Road is. From Alta Mira Drive to Copperas Cove is quite a distance to travel. The 7-11 is off Highway 190 and Martin Luther.

Kelly · #10 06-30-2007, 01:19 PM

Moon Bug, please contact me via email for some additional awareness assistance.

kelly.jolkowski(at sign)projectjason.org

Kelly · #11 06-30-2007, 01:37 PM

If you are Elizabeth's sister, please contact me via email for awareness assistance.

I don't care for the PM system and it's not usable for record keeping purposes.

The PM system indicates I cannot send a PM to you anyway.

Thank you.

Sugie · #12 07-01-2007, 12:38 AM

MoonBug

I live in Crockett County and I'm sorry the local LE was not very efficient back when your sister's purse was found. Our county is 3000 square miles with Ozona being the only town. Pop: +/- 4000 for the whole county. I have heard a couple of rumors regarding the purse, one was that it was found at a local convenience store by an elderly lady that worked there, she has since passed away. The other is, that it was found by a work crew for the highway department. Either way, it might be hard to track back and find out for sure. Being a Paramedic with the local EMS, I am in daily contact with LE here, including the DPS and Sheriff's office. I would be glad, if you would like, to see if I can get someone to look back through the old records. I know the Texas Ranger stationed here has been insrumental in solving other missing person cases. Just let me know if you would like me to give it a try.
God Bless you and your family.
Sugie

SadieMae · #13 07-01-2007, 12:52 AM

Welcome to WS Sugie! And thanks for coming to this thread.

LionRun · #14 07-01-2007, 01:02 AM

Welcome Sugie

. Thank you for offering to look into this and perhaps find a way to see the records. I am thinking we may very well need the help, but please stand by for Moonbug's thoughts.

Lion

Sugie · #15 07-01-2007, 12:47 PM

Thank you for the warm welcomes. I will definitely wait on Moonbug to do anything on this end.

sloane · #16 07-01-2007, 03:04 PM

I keep telling myself that I cannot possibly take on any more cases to follow, be interested in, or help out with, and then I get interested in another one and find connections...you guys here on WS are magnetic, and it always floors me at how warm and generous everyone is. And also that so many of you are from TEXAS!! Lots of MP there, unfortunately.

Well, MoonBug...I, too, offer my support in any way that I can. As you can see, there are many others awaiting your replies and will at the very LEAST offer guidance and support...and it seems much more.

Please keep in touch!

sloane · #17 07-01-2007, 03:12 PM

MoonBug,
Would you mind sharing with us, if you know, how Elizabeth's info. came to be posted on the TX Missing Persons' Clearinghouse site? Do you know if your family was able to submit it, or did the LE?

Thanks for your help, warmly,

sloane · #18 07-18-2007, 08:48 PM

MoonBug-
Just want to let you know I have been thinking about your sister's case and would like to assist if I could, and I think several others here on WS feel the same way.

Could you reply to some of our questions when you are ready? I couldn't help but notice that once we started asking questions, you fell silent. I hope we are not intruding...we merely want to offer support and resources if we can help.

waiting to hear back from you,

MoonBug · #19 07-20-2007, 01:07 AM

At the beginning, the family had written many letters to the main headquarter of Texas Missing Clearinghouse in Corpus Christi, Texas, before it was moved to Austin, Texas and so has the detective in charged of Elizabeth's case. Also letters were written to every senator, representatives, congress, state and local polices, county sheriffs, and a personal letter to the first lady at the time, Nancy Reagan. Making a bunch of noises and with Nancy Reagan help, some good handful of law officials office did give some help for both the family and Elizabeth. As for as specific information to details of Elizabeth to be given, I will first have to have both the investigator in charge of the case and the entire family's approval. So far, some are at disapproval while some are ok with it. I will not be answering all questions right away or without 100% by all party members.

docwho3 · #20 07-20-2007, 06:40 AM

From post #1

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoonBug

. . .was carrying a yellow jacket, a 7-11 smock with her name tag, . . .

Seems I remember reading on some websleuths case of
an UnID'd body that had a smock similar to a 7-11 type. Can't remember which section it was in though, maybe the cold case section or something like that. It might be worth doing some forum searches on it to find the thread where it was mentioned.

docwho3 · #21 07-20-2007, 07:28 AM

I did some forum searching on the word smock and did find a couple of mentions of a 7-11 smock although it was written as 7/11 in one of them so it was a good idea that I just ran the search on the word smock.

One of the instances was only referring to a head that they thought might be related to this existing case (although the head had no teeth fillings) but the other was referring to a slightly older case from 1982 where a an UNId's woman was found in AL wearing part of a 7-11 smock.

The case thread was here
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sho...ighlight=smock

And the doe net address is below. (The old link in the thread does not work unless you change the .us part to read .org so I just changed it and added it here for convenience.)

While it seems certain that the dates and skin color rule out this UNID'd person as being our missing person in this thread it would seem prudent to keep our eyes open incase someone has made a habit of collecting victims who work at 7-11's (Seven Eleven) such as a trucker or traveling sales person might do.

http://doenetwork.org/hot/hotcase404.html

Kelly · #22 07-21-2007, 12:11 PM

Our partner in the trucking industry, Through the Gears magazine, will be featuring Elizabeth in the August issue.

This page shows a preview of what the magazine spread will look like.

http://preview.thetrucker.com/Featur..._Campbell.aspx

Through the Gears is published by Target Media Partners Interactive, based out of Anniston, AL.

sloane · #23 07-25-2007, 03:29 PM

MoonBug-
I am so sorry you didn't receive the proper assistance when this first started. It sounds like your family is united and firm and resourceful in their efforts to searh for Elizabeth. We will wait for word from you and will not overload you with questions...hope you didn't feel like we were being nosy or voyeurs. If I may speak for "everyone", we merely want to offer support first, and assistance if possible. The fact that you posted originally made us realize you wanted exposure for her, and gained our interest. We apologize if it was too much...
warmly,

MoonBug · #24 09-18-2007, 02:18 PM

As it states on the site, Missing Pieces "Is a program designed to raise public awareness and encourage communications of information between people who can help locate or identify individuals in cases that have been classified as Unsolved, Missing, Murdered & Undentified."

Please help out the victims and the families by visiting the Missing Pieces and clicking on the Episodes in the archives. One person can make a difference in another's lives.

Elizabeth's Story will air on Missing Pieces on 18 September 2007, Episode 58. Please take the time to hear each stories on there. Thank you.

http://www.missingpieces.info/

MoonBug · #25 03-18-2009, 06:30 PM

I'm sorry I've not been posting or occasionally letting anyone know of my sister's, Elizabeth A Campbell, case has been going. So far, there's been no new development, but on a morning show, my mom seen a lady from Kanasas, who is an anthropologist, talking about many unidentified bodies, who has no name to. I have sent information to them, and also, I have gotten the investigator handling my sister's case to be in contact with them. The name is National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), and their site is http://www.namus.gov/

There are different people handling different regional areas in the USA. I do know they ask for all informations along with if there's dental work and DNA available. They put all of this onto their site.

It's hard waiting and wonder if possible one of the unidentified bodies is my sister. I do know that there is a possiblity she is no longer with my family and I in this world, but we hope she is still with us... I know as do many families and friends does too...

Oh, for the boyfriend's involvement, he had an alibi and was cleared. Even though, he was cleared. He knew my sister was out in this dangerous world alone and never contacted us to let us know of this nor called the next morning to find out if she made it home safe. My mother had gotten me around 9:15 am to 9:30 am to call him to find out where she was... Then begins our nightmare... If anyone is wondering if we are in contact with him, still, the answer is no. He oddly gave up on my sister... his love... somewhat shortly afterwards... Yes, we do have anger towards him, but we do not dwell on it. The most important thing in all of our lives is finding the whereabout of Elizabeth.