WV WV - Chandice Cochran, 28, Nicholas County, 20 Aug 2019 *Kristopher Speas, 37, POI Arrested**
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- Missing Since 08/20/2019
- Missing From Sutton, West Virginia
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Female
- Race White
- Date of Birth 04/27/1991 (31)
- Age 28 years old
- Height and Weight 5'2 - 5'4, 105 - 115 pounds
- Medical Conditions Cochran is addicted to heroin. She was trying to get clean at the time of her disappearance.
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Cochran often dyes her hair different colors. She has a tattoo on her right thigh of three skull with the words "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". Her ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance
Cochran was last seen in Sutton, West Virginia on August 20, 2019. She lived with her mother. Her mother went to work that day and when she returned, Cochran was gone and all her belongings were left behind. She left a handwritten note saying, "Mom, I took off for a little while. I'm in good hands, I promise. Be back shortly, please don't worry, no need to. Call if you need me. Love you, Chan."Authorities learned she was picked up from her mother's home that afternoon by Kristopher Speas and they went to the Birch River area of Nicholas County, perhaps to sell drugs. They went to the home of a man named Sam Kelly, who said he last saw them around midnight. He said he saw Speas and Cochran leave his residence on foot, in the direction of the fire department.
Cochran has never been heard from again and her cellular phone was turned off around midnight on the day of her disappearance. Not long after she disappeared, someone found her change purse with her identification in the woods near Birch River.
After Cochran went missing, Speas was arrested on unrelated charges of failure to register as a sexual offender. A photo of him is posted with this case summary. He is now in prison.
Speas maintains he was under the influence of drugs on the night Cochran disappeared and does not remember the events clearly, but he maintains his innocence in her disappearance. He has been interviewed multiple times about Cochran's case, but hasn't provided any useful information.
The circumstances of Cochran's disappearance are unclear. Her case remains unsolved.
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Troopers executed a search warrant Tuesday at a home on Widen Dille Road in Clay County in connection with the disappearance of Chandice Cochran.
Cochran was reported missing in 2019 and was last seen in Nicholas County, according to investigators.
Troopers say new information has developed over the past year that lead to the search warrant.
Investigators say items found during the search warrant are being taken to the West Virginia State Police forensic lab for testing.
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Cochran was reported missing in 2019 and was last seen in Nicholas County, according to investigators.
Troopers say new information has developed over the past year that lead to the search warrant.
Investigators say items found during the search warrant are being taken to the West Virginia State Police forensic lab for testing.
State Police execute search warrant in case of missing woman from 2019
Troopers say new information has developed over the past year that lead to the search warrant.
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MAY 8, 2024
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Sgt. Douglas Gordon, who is investigating Chandice Cochran's disappearance alongside Sr. Trooper Logan Cox, confirmed the execution of the search warrant to Eyewitness News.
Gordon said members of the West Virginia State Police Crime Scene Unit searched a home and surrounding property in the 9100 block of Widen-Dille Road all day Tuesday. ...
The property belongs to Jonas Shafer, who Gordon said does not currently reside at the home. He would not comment on Shafer's connection to the case.
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Sgt. Douglas Gordon of the Sutton detachment has taken over as lead investigator on the case. He says he and Trooper Logan Cox of the Nicholas County detachment joined together for the investigation because the last time Chandice was seen was in the Birch River area of Nicholas County.
Gordon tells WOWK 13 News they have been working more on the case in the last couple of years and that it is important to figure out what happened to Cochran.
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Gordon says he and WVSP Trooper Logan Cox of Nicholas County combined their investigations, leading them to obtain the Clay County search warrant in the case.
New search in Braxton woman's mysterious 2019 disappearance conducted in Clay County
State police served a search warrant at a property in Clay County on Tuesday in connection with the disappearance of a Braxton County woman.
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Sgt. Douglas Gordon, who is investigating Chandice Cochran's disappearance alongside Sr. Trooper Logan Cox, confirmed the execution of the search warrant to Eyewitness News.
Gordon said members of the West Virginia State Police Crime Scene Unit searched a home and surrounding property in the 9100 block of Widen-Dille Road all day Tuesday. ...
The property belongs to Jonas Shafer, who Gordon said does not currently reside at the home. He would not comment on Shafer's connection to the case.
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Clay County property searched in Braxton County missing person case
UPDATE: (5:06 p.m. May 8, 2024) – Evidence from a home in Clay County will be analyzed by the West Virginia State Police Crime Lab in connection to the disappearance of a Braxton County woman…
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Sgt. Douglas Gordon of the Sutton detachment has taken over as lead investigator on the case. He says he and Trooper Logan Cox of the Nicholas County detachment joined together for the investigation because the last time Chandice was seen was in the Birch River area of Nicholas County.
Gordon tells WOWK 13 News they have been working more on the case in the last couple of years and that it is important to figure out what happened to Cochran.
[...]
Gordon says he and WVSP Trooper Logan Cox of Nicholas County combined their investigations, leading them to obtain the Clay County search warrant in the case.