TX TX - Desiree Carroll, 2, Kosse, 25 March 1983

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She was last seen near her home in Kosse, Texas. She was wearing a blue turtleneck sweater, brown coveralls and red tennis shoes.

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Desiree Chaunessy Carroll – The Charley Project


Desiree Chaunessy Carroll

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Desiree, circa 1983; Age-progression to age 33 (circa 2013)

• Missing Since03/25/1983
• Missing FromKosse, Texas
• ClassificationNon-Family Abduction
• Date of Birth07/02/1980 (38)
• Age2 years old
• Height and Weight2'6, 40 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA blue turtleneck sweater, brown coveralls and red sneakers.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Desiree has a dog bite scar under her left eye. She suffered from allergies in 1983 which caused her nose to run, and dark circles to develop under her eyes. Her nickname is Desi.

Details of Disappearance
Desiree was last seen near her family's residence a few miles southwest of Kosse, Texas on March 25, 1983. She resided with her mother and older sister.

Her parents had been divorced for about two years and the mother had custody, but the children's father saw them regularly. He last saw Desiree about two weeks before she went missing.

Desiree's mother stated she dropped the children off at the lane leading to their house at 1:00 p.m., then drove away in her pickup truck. Desiree's older sister walked to the house and Desiree followed the truck. She disappeared a short time afterwards and has never been heard from again.

Desiree's home in 1983 was in a rural, heavily wooded area. Extensive searches in the woods turned up no sign of her. Her case remains unsolved and she is presumed to have been abducted by a non-family member.

I'm surprised that there is so little information for this case online. Can anyone who lived in Kosse, Texas at the time comment on how much press this case got?

What a heartbreakingly sad case.

26 Apr 1983, Page 1 - The Waco Citizen at Newspapers.com

Jake479 said:

I'm surprised that there is so little information for this case online. Can anyone who lived in Kosse, Texas at the time comment on how much press this case got?

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There is more information here:
Missing Persons of America -2-year-old Desiree Carroll missing since 1983

But mostly here:
NEW ENGLAND COLD CASES: Missing Texas child Desiree Carroll
DESIREE CHAUNESSY CARROLL DESIREE SHAUNESSY CARROLL (correct spelling)
INVESTIGATION IN MISSING KOSSE CHILD CONTINUES; LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEET TO POOL INFORMATION

The investigation into the case of a missing Kosse two-year-old, Desiree Carroll, continues.

Last Thursday, March 31, law enforcement officers, who have been involved in the case, met in Limestone County Courthouse to pool their information.

The meeting was called at the request of Limestone County Sheriff Dennis Walker. In addition to Walker, others attending were Limestone Deputies Sgt. Dennis Wilson, Lee Turrubiarte and Jack Avirett, Game Warden Gaylan Alewine, Falls County Sheriff Larry Pamplin, and Deputy John Semeko, Falls County Constable Jimmy Mitchell, Sgt. Bob Prince of Company "F" of the Texas Rangers and Texas Ranger Jimmy Ray.

The officers discussed many detailed bits of information and also made various observations about the persons involved---- namely Ann Elizabeth Densman Carroll, mother of the missing child, and David Morris, with whom Mrs. Carroll and her daughters, Desiree and Heather, were living.

The officers discussed the peculiar religious beliefs on the part of Morris. Also was discussed the lack of emotion shown by the missing girl's mother and Morris. It was also noted by other members of Morris' family that arrived on the scene after the little girl had disappeared. Morris, Mrs. Carroll and their party left the house near Kosse last week to go supposedly to a motel near Waco to get away from what they termed as harassment from the volunteer searchers.

As stated previously, many different pieces of information were discussed by the officers. A more detailed report of this very interesting meeting will be carried in The Journal next week.

However, at the end of the two and a half hour meeting, Sheriff Walker said that the possibilities which are being explored are:

1. That their story is true, the child wandered off.

2.That the child was accidentally killed while being disciplined by Morris as the information gathered indicated that he disciplined the two girls a good bit.

3. That the little girl was given away.

4. That the little girl was sold for monetary value.

Walker stressed that those possibilities are not being explored necessarily in the order listed.

Most immediate action contemplated by officers was interrogation of Heather Carroll, under hypnosis which Constable Mitchell said he believed he could arrange with the father, Reggie Carroll. Carroll was to have picked up Heather from her mother on Thursday night of last week at a place in Waco.

Based on evidence surfaced in the meeting, County attorney Pat Simmons issued a search warrant permitting officers to enter the house near Kosse. It was pointed out during the meeting that even though the officers had been in the house they had not really searched it.

[Ann Carroll is now Ann Studwell of Colorado, David Morris is in Texas]

SEARCH CONTINUES TWO-YEAR-OLD KOSSE GIRL

As the Journal reached news deadline, no word had been recieved as to the where-abouts of a two-year-old Kosse girl who disappeared from her home, near Kosse about 1 p.m. on last Friday.

Hundreds of officers and volunteers from throughout the weekend searched for the little girl. Members of law enforcement agencies from Limestone, Leon and Falls Counties participated in the search. Also personnel from the National Guard Units in Mexia and Marlin and the Department of Public Safety joined in the huge search.

The search effort was somewhat hampered by a heavy rain on Saturday night. According to various media reports, officers are investigating the possibility of foul play.

The search area, known as "The Big Woods", a few miles southwest of Kosse and south of Highway 7 is described as dense with youpon and other brush amidst the thick trees.

The child, Desiree Carroll, who would have been three in July, was residing at the David Morris house with her mother, Ann Elizabeth Carroll and an older sister Heather, who is five.

The mother told officers she dropped the two children off at the lane leading to the residence about 1 p.m. as she proceeded to Marlin. Heather, the 5-year-old, walked toward the house, while Desiree followed the pickup she was driving, she said. The general supposition was that the child wandered into the woods.

Morris is said to be living at the house and caring for the place, which is a family estate. Mrs. Carroll and the children had been living with him for about 10 days, according to neighbors.

The child's father, Reggie Carrolll of Houston, arrived at the scene, about 2 a.m. Saturday. He said he and Mrs. Carroll had been divorced for about two years.

Desiree's NamUs Profile:

Desiree would be 42-years-old today. She is not forgotten.

I am surprised by the confidence of the North Americans... they go and leave their children alone just like that, they don't take them by the hand, they play in the yard and they arrive and enter and then the children are no longer there... those 2 minutes are more than enough for them to disappear... they know that the United States is very unsafe to live there are like 200k active serial killers, kidnappers, rapists, murderers etc... they rob adults in broad daylight and they are not going to take them a little baby...
rest in peace Desiree