Found Deceased MO - Lynn Messer, 52, Ste Genevieve County, 8 July 2014

The St. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office says Lynn Marie Messer was last seen in the 6300 block of Route DD around 4 a.m. Tuesday. She's described as standing 5'2" tall, weighing 150 pounds, with blonde hair, green eyes, and a fair complexion.

Messer's purse, cell phone, and other personal items were left at the home. She has a broken toe and does not have her walking boot with her. Police say she has a history of depression, and evidence indicates she may be in danger.

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Marie Messer who disappeared from her home early Tuesday morning. Family members called the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office to help search for Messer who left from her family farm located on Highway DD and Dry Fork Road.

Officials also say the property is at least 300 acres. 60 people from St. Louis County Regional Command Post responded along with Eureka Search and Rescue, K-9 teams and local fire departments are helping out with the search on foot. Planes were used during the day and heat sensor cameras and 15 search dogs were used at night.

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Kerry Messer, president of the Missouri Family Network, is well-known in the state capital as the head of a pro-life group and he’s often speaking out about pro-life issues as they relate to Show Me State politics.

But now there is just silence as the are no leads and no answers as to what has happened with his wife, Lynn Marie Messer, who disappeared earlier this week.

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Chief Deputy Maj. Jason Schott of the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office said July 10 that as of yet, no evidence had been found that might point investigators in the direction of Lynn Marie Messer's whereabouts.

The agency suspended the official search for Messer as of midday Wednesday (July 9). Search teams and rescue dogs from Eureka took part in the search, as did roughly 50 people and dogs from the St. Louis Regional Response System, which is affiliated with the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Troop C. Family members, friends, and members of Messer's church, however, began coordinating their own search party on the evening of July 9, Schott said.

Schott said he, Sheriff Gary Stolzer, one other deputy from the Sheriff's Office and two Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers also came out July 10 to help in the search. A Highway Patrol helicopter was brought in as well, Schott said. Stolzer said July 10 that the 300-acre farm property had been scoured three times and a larger 400-acre area had been thoroughly combed.

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There has been a Facebook page created and it’s titled “Find Lynn Messer” its purpose is to help keep the public up to date on what is going on and as a way for volunteers to get in contact with the family to help with the search.

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Detective Austin Clark says despite an extensive search using dogs, planes and dozens of highway patrol officers, they still haven’t found her.

“On the 15th, we actually set up two checkpoints during the nighttime hours to contact motorists and see if they had any knowledge of what was going on to develop more leads, and we have developed more leads and are working through those,” he says.

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Ste. Genevieve County sheriff’s Major Jason Schott says the trail is going cold. “We’re still trying to find leads or clues of some sort that take us in a direction of where Lynn’s at or what has happened to Lynn,” he says.

As the official search is being scaled back, the family of Lynn Messer have organized their own searches in a wide swath around her home.

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It has now been nearly a month since Lynn Messer went missing from her family home in rural Ste. Genevieve County on July 8. Since then countless emergency responders, canines and volunteers have searched the nearly 250 acres the home sits on and the surrounding area...

“Volunteer search parties have pretty much taken over and expanded out searching other areas of condensed woodlands, area homes, outbuildings, and properties,” said Stolzer. “Our department has been following up on tips we receive through the hotline.”

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The search for a Missouri Baptist lobbyist’s wife continues a month after she disappeared without a trace from her home on a 270-acre family farm an hour south of St. Louis...

Kerry Messer posted a personal message to his wife of 34 years Aug. 6 on a “Find Lynn Messer” Facebook page in hopes that it might somehow reach her, surmising that her disappearance might have something to do with a reaction to pain medication prescribed for her due to a broken toe.

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TheDuchess said:

I just came across this case recently and did a quick search and came up with the link above. I am not sure if I am allowed to post it or not? Apparently, LM was a breeder of Dobermans. I came across a site that has several people criticizing her breeding practices. I am just wondering if LE has taken a look at any potential "animal rights activists" that may have wished harm on her. I know it's a bit "out there" as a theory, but found it odd that the first thing I found when searching her name was this particular site. Do you think it would be OK for me to link to the forum or no?

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