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I wanted to have a thread where we could talk about cases that are similar to the Lyon case.I was thinking of double abductions,abductions where a known ruse was used and any other type of similar circumstances that you may come across. I think it would be helpful to start looking for patterns in other abductions.
 
Case File 75DFNC

Left: Truesdale, circa 1970; Right: Age-progressed image of Truesdale at age 46 (circa 2002).

Sherri Lee Truesdale
Missing since June 13, 1970 from Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina.
Classification: Endangered Missing



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: May 15, 1956
Age at Time of Disappearance: 14 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'2; 75 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Black female. Black hair; brown eyes.
Marks, Scars: A mole above her upper lip and a mole on the back of the base of her neck. She also has pierced ears.
Clothing: A blue shirt, blue bellbottem pants, a girls wristwatch with black leather or plastic band. Pentagon-shaped aqua blue earrings and brown loafers.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
On Saturday, June 13, 1970, Sherri left her Pitts Street home about 11:30 a.m. to catch a bus downtown. Described as a quiet, studious girl, she had received a scholarship to attend a summer fine-arts program at Mount Tabor High School.
Sherri told her mother she was going to buy some supplies for school, scheduled to start the following Monday. She had also planned to buy some doughnuts for her older sister, and to make a payment on her mother's charge account at Raylass Department Store. The department-store clerk told police that she saw Sherri about 4:30 p.m. She was not seen again.
Detectives spent six weeks canvassing downtown and searching for Sherri. Her body was never found, and there were few clues.

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/75dfnc.html
 
The Doe Network:
Case File 363DFFL

Left: Scofield, circa 1976; Right: Age-progressed image of Scofield at age 41 (circa 2005)

Dorothy Delilah Scofield
Missing since July 22, 1976 from Ocala, Marion County, Florida.
Classification: Non-Family Abduction



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: January 8, 1964
Age at Time of Disappearance: 12 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'11; 100 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown, straight hair; blue eyes. Scofield wears eyeglasses; at the time of her disappearance, she was wearing teardrop-shaped frames.
Clothing: A red short-sleeved form-fitting shirt, blue jeans, a leather belt with a metal buckle, and green tennis shoes. Her glasses had gold wire rims.
Dentals: Her incisor tooth slightly covers her upper front tooth. One of her teeth was missing at the time of her disappearance.
AKA: Dee


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Scofield and her mother went to a shopping mall together in Ocala, Florida on July 22, 1976. They went their separate ways once at the mall and agreed to meet later at a designated location; Scofield never arrived and has not been seen since. She was last seen at approximately 2:00 PM in the center.

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/363dffl.html
 
The Doe Network:
Case File 1280DFNJ

Left: Fox, circa 1974; Right: Age-Progressed to age 44

Margaret Ellen Fox
Missing since June 24, 1974 from Mt. Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey.
Classification: Endangered Missing



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: February 4, 1960
Age at Time of Disappearance: 14 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'2" (157 cm); 105 lbs (48 kg)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blue eyes; brown hair. Fair complexion.
Clothing/Jewelry: She was last seen wearing jeans with a yellow patch on the knee, a blue blouse and brown sandals. Margaret was also wearing a white and black checkered jacket. She was wearing a gold necklace with flowers and a blue stone and a gold charm bracelet with a blue stone.
Other: DNA has been entered into CODIS

Circumstances of Disappearance
Fox was last seen getting off a bus on June 24, 1974 in Mt. Holly, NJ, to meet a man who had advertised for a baby sitter. The telephone number in the ad was traced to a Lumberton supermarket.
A widely publicized confession from a suspect in 1976 turned out to be a hoax.



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http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1280dfnj.html
 
I just want to say that IMO the charley project has much more detailed info on cases than the doe network, so please stop by there as well.
 
The Doe Network:
Case File 94DFAZ

Left and Center: Leslie, circa 1974; Right: Age-progressed image of Leslie at age 47(circa 2006)

Cynthia Ardina Leslie
Missing since July 31, 1974 from Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Classification: Non-Family Abduction



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: February 1, 1959
Age at Time of Disappearance: 15 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6; 110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; hazel eyes.
Marks, Scars: Dark brown mole on the outer side of her right armpit.
She wears eyeglasses and is unable to see without them. Pierced ears.
Clothing: Light blue jeans, summer shirt.
Nickname: Cindy
Dentals: Available


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Circumstances of Disappearance


Cynthia was last seen walking with her younger sister, Jackie, on July 31, 1974.
They were headed to a friend's home, which was located three blocks away from their own residence in the Desert Sands Mobile Home Park in east Mesa.
They had just moved there a month earlier from Page, Arizona, so that their father, who was suffering from terminal cancer, could be closer to the hospital.
Both girls were last seen walking on Baseline Road near Power Road. They told their mother that they were scheduled to babysit, but she learned afterwards that they planned to attend a party.
Cindy likely was meeting a boy her father had forbidden her to see. Teenagers who attended the party were questioned more than once. Stories conflicted. One teenager said the sisters did show up at the party; others said they didn't. Neither Cynthia nor her sister have been heard from since.
In the weeks following the girls' disappearance, family members and sheriff's deputies searched orange groves and cotton fields. These fields have since been replaced by subdivisions, apartments, theaters and stores.


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http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/94dfaz.html
 
Case File 57DFTX

Left: Trlica in 1974; Right: Age-progressed image of Trlica at age 47 (circa 2005)

Mary Rachel Trlica
Missing since December 23, 1974 from Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
Classification: Non-Family Abduction



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: November 15, 1957
Age at Time of Disappearance: 17 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6; 108 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown/dark blonde hair; green eyes.
Marks, Scars: A small scar on her chin. She is left-handed.
AKA: Rachel Trlica, Mary Rachel Arnold
Dentals: She has a chipped upper front tooth.
DNA: Available in CODIS.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Trlica was last seen at the Seminary South Shopping Center on December 23, 1974. She was accompanied by Lisa Renee Wilson and Julie Ann Moseley. The three girls were Christmas shopping.
Rachel’s car was found in the parking lot that evening with wrapped presents on the back-seat floorboard.
A few days later, a letter from Rachel arrived at the home of her husband, Thomas.
"I know I'm going to catch it, but we just had to get away. We're going to Houston. See you in about a week. The car is in Sear's upper lot. Love Rachel."
The letter was written by a right-handed person when Rachel was left-handed. Handwriting experts are uncertain who wrote the letter, their tests inconclusive. While initially the letter was thought to have been mailed from Eliasville in Young County, the U.S. Postal Service has determined that it was mailed in Fort Worth.


http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/57dftx.html
 
The Doe Network:
Case File 889DFCA


Debra T. Pscholka
Missing since June 5, 1971 from Corona, Riverside County, California.
Classification: Endangered Missing



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: November 7, 1958
Age at Time of Disappearance: 12 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6"; 125 lbs. (57 kg.)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes.
Dentals: Available
DNA: Available


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Pscholka was last seen June 5, 1971 in Corona, CA, after going to the movie theater with some friends. Pscholka told them she was going to the local park.
The movie theater was on 6th Street but it is no longer there. Debra was last seen around 8:15 PM. Foul play is suspected.



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http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/889dfca.html
 
The Doe Network:
Case File 174DFOK

Left and Center: Kinsey, circa 1981; Right: Age-progressed to age 37 (circa 2005)

Charlotte June Kinsey
Missing since September 26, 1981 from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
Classification: Non Family Abduction



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: September 10, 1968
Age at Time of Disappearance: 13 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'0; 100 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Shoulder lenght blonde hair; blue / grey eyes.
Marks, Scars: Kinsey has a small dot-shaped scar below her left eye. Her ears are pierced.
Dentals: Silver caps on lower front teeth. Dental X-rays not available.
Clothing: Maroon blouse with white strips, blue jeans, tennis shoes.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Kinsey was last seen at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds on September 26, 1981. She was accompanied by her friend, Cinda Leann Pallett. Kinsey called home to tell her family that she had secured a job helping a carnival worker unload stuffed animals. Neither Kinsey nor Pallett has ever been seen or heard from again. Foul play is suspected in both disappearances.
Three years and 11 months after they disappeared from the State Fair, a suspect was tried on murder and kidnapping charges. He was reportedly seen with the two girls when they disappeared. He had been in Oklahoma City when the girls vanished, and two boys were positive he was the one who offered the girls jobs unloading stuffed animals. What's more, the former cross-country truck driver had a history of sexual violence toward young girls.
Police traced the Pontiac Grand Prix, the suspect Long had rented in Oklahoma City, to a car lot in El Paso, Texas. The former rental car's make and model were significant as Pallett and Kinsey were last seen driving away with a bearded man in a Pontiac Grand Prix.
In the car trunk police found circumstantial, scientific evidence that became the foundation to the prosecution's case. 13 scalp hairs were found. A police forensic chemist matched them with the hair of Pallett. Animal hairs found in the trunk matched those belonging to three dogs and a cat she played with.
A lock of hair found in suspect's Wyoming trailer house, could have come from Kensey .
Three separate tests showed the car trunk mat once was bloody. The judge dismissed the kidnapping and murder charges because he found no evidence the girls were confined.


http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/174dfok.html
 
The Doe Network:
Case File 2217DFWY

Brown, circa 1973

Carlene Brown
Missing since July 4, 1974 from Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming
Classification: Non family Abduction



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: circa 1955
Age at Time of Disappearance: 19 years old
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Brown was last seen with her friend Christy Gross, age 19, while visiting the Little Britches Rodeo in Rawlins, Wyoming on July 4, 1974.
The skeletal remains of Christy Gross were found on October 27, 1983, three miles south of Sinclair, Wyoming. She had been killed by two heavy blows to the skull.
There were four murders or disappearances of young women within a seven-week period in July and August 1974 in and around the town of Rawlins. Deborah Rae Meyer left a relatives home on August 4, 1974 to see a movie and was never seen again. Ten-year-old Jayleen Banker vanished while visiting the Carbon County Rodeo after being separated from a friend on August 23rd. Her body was later recovered in a field.
Carlene and Deborah have never been located.

The suspect in the 1981 Oklahoma abductions of Cinda Pallett and Charlotte Kinsey, and the 1984 abduction of Sharon Baldeagle was considered a possible suspect in the 1974 cases because he lived in the area and worked in fairs and carnivals like the ones being held at the time. But, no evidence has ever connected him to them.



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http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2217dfwy.html
 
The Doe Network:
Case File 90DFPA

Left: Eaton, circa 1975; Right: Age-progressed image of Eaton at age 46 (circa 2005)

Wendy Eaton
Missing since May 17, 1975 from Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Classification: Non Family Abduction



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: May 26, 1959
Age at Time of Disappearance: 15 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'10; 90 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes.
Medical Conditions: Eaton is deaf in one ear.
Dentals: She wore orthodontic braces.
Marks, Scars: She wears corrective lenses and has pierced ears.
Clothing: She was wearing a yellow shirt, blue denim shorts and sneakers.
DNA: In CODIS


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Eaton was last seen on May 17, 1975. A sophomore at Penncrest High School, "Whizzie'' stayed at home on Mocassin Lane to sunbathe on the roof outside her bedroom window while while her parents and brother went to play golf at the country club.
When the family returned home about 7 p.m., they found Wendy's bathing suit on her bed.
Several neighbors last saw her walking to the intersection of Indian Lane and Media Station Road, three blocks from her home in the Indian Trails development, about 3:10 p.m. The family suspects she was on her way to Media to buy her brother a birthday gift.
Bloodhounds tracked her movement to the intersection of Indian Lane and Media Station Road, where she was last seen. But no further trace of her was ever found.
Wendy's disappearance coincided with the slayings of several other girls whose remains were found in the Tinicum Marsh area, but no evidence has ever been found that would link Wendy to those victims.
Authorities said that Wendy was a girl very unlikely to have run away on her own.
She planned to attend a singing group rehearsal at their church on the night she vanished. Her relatives stated that Eaton would not have missed the rehearsal.



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http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/90dfpa.html
 
Case File 75DFNC

Left: Truesdale, circa 1970; Right: Age-progressed image of Truesdale at age 46 (circa 2002).

Sherri Lee Truesdale
Missing since June 13, 1970 from Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina.
Classification: Endangered Missing



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: May 15, 1956
Age at Time of Disappearance: 14 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'2; 75 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Black female. Black hair; brown eyes.
Marks, Scars: A mole above her upper lip and a mole on the back of the base of her neck. She also has pierced ears.
Clothing: A blue shirt, blue bellbottem pants, a girls wristwatch with black leather or plastic band. Pentagon-shaped aqua blue earrings and brown loafers.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
On Saturday, June 13, 1970, Sherri left her Pitts Street home about 11:30 a.m. to catch a bus downtown. Described as a quiet, studious girl, she had received a scholarship to attend a summer fine-arts program at Mount Tabor High School.
Sherri told her mother she was going to buy some supplies for school, scheduled to start the following Monday. She had also planned to buy some doughnuts for her older sister, and to make a payment on her mother's charge account at Raylass Department Store. The department-store clerk told police that she saw Sherri about 4:30 p.m. She was not seen again.
Detectives spent six weeks canvassing downtown and searching for Sherri. Her body was never found, and there were few clues.

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/75dfnc.html


This one looks interesting becaue this girl vanished from a shopping center, the same time of day the Lyon sisters vanished. Note the time she left home, and the time she was last seen. AND there was rain after the abduction. I know counting on the rain is like counting on gold to fall out of the sky, but I wonder if this abductor counts on rain because it will hinder the search??

http://bakerst221b.blogspot.com/2006/06/remembering-sherri-lee-truesdale.html

Sherri’s parents reported her missing June 14, the day after she went missing. When she did not come home they spent the night searching for her. After not being able to find her, they thought she might have drowned in one of the creeks at Happy Hill Park. It had rained heavily that night and there was flooding.

No trace of Sherri has ever been found.
 
I wanted to have a thread where we could talk about cases that are similar to the Lyon case.I was thinking of double abductions,abductions where a known ruse was used and any other type of similar circumstances that you may come across. I think it would be helpful to start looking for patterns in other abductions.

The "Possible Connections" thread in this featured case already has quite a few similar cases listed. Most of the cases posted there have their own thread in the "Cold Cases" section of Websleuths.

It is in the Cold Cases area where folks usually discuss in detail each individual case.

In regard to similarities with the Lyon Case, however, I think it a good idea to compare these cases. It is through patterns and possible connections that old cases can sometimes be solved. I included a thread on the Kathy Lynn Beatty Case in this featured section, because of the close proximity in both time and geography between Kathy's abduction and murder and the disappearance of the Lyon sisters.
 
The "Possible Connections" thread in this featured case already has quite a few similar cases listed. Most of the cases posted there have their own thread in the "Cold Cases" section of Websleuths.

It is in the Cold Cases area where folks usually discuss in detail each individual case.

In regard to similarities with the Lyon Case, however, I think it a good idea to compare these cases. It is through patterns and possible connections that old cases can sometimes be solved. I included a thread on the Kathy Lynn Beatty Case in this featured section, because of the close proximity in both time and geography between Kathy's abduction and murder and the disappearance of the Lyon sisters.

Richard, I was wondering where you were.I did think about the possible connections thread before I started this one. The PC thread discusses all types of things that could be related to this case. I wanted a thread to post just similar cases and discuss them.
 
Richard, I was wondering where you were.I did think about the possible connections thread before I started this one. The PC thread discusses all types of things that could be related to this case. I wanted a thread to post just similar cases and discuss them.

I have been having computer problems lately. Sorry for any late responses. I can often read the boards but not post.
 
Then we all will pray for a speedy resolution to the computer issues, as your posts are essential to the Cold Case forum.
 
I think it is helpful to have a thread with just similar victims or similar circumstances listed, as that is what I believe is the intention of this thread.
It is easier to find information about just the victims, and compare victims and circumstances when we have a comparison thread. The alternative is weighing through pages of who knows what just to find a piece of information about a victim. It is also easier than forum hopping. I'd think if any lengthy discussion followed about a particular case than we'd move it to the proper thread in the cold case forum.
Only my 2 cents here :)
 
I think it is helpful to have a thread with just similar victims or similar circumstances listed, as that is what I believe is the intention of this thread.
It is easier to find information about just the victims, and compare victims and circumstances when we have a comparison thread. The alternative is weighing through pages of who knows what just to find a piece of information about a victim. It is also easier than forum hopping. I'd think if any lengthy discussion followed about a particular case than we'd move it to the proper thread in the cold case forum.
Only my 2 cents here :)

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This one looks interesting becaue this girl vanished from a shopping center, the same time of day the Lyon sisters vanished. Note the time she left home, and the time she was last seen. AND there was rain after the abduction. I know counting on the rain is like counting on gold to fall out of the sky, but I wonder if this abductor counts on rain because it will hinder the search??

http://bakerst221b.blogspot.com/2006/06/remembering-sherri-lee-truesdale.html

Sherri’s parents reported her missing June 14, the day after she went missing. When she did not come home they spent the night searching for her. After not being able to find her, they thought she might have drowned in one of the creeks at Happy Hill Park. It had rained heavily that night and there was flooding.

No trace of Sherri has ever been found.


That's a good point about the rain.I'm wondering if she got on the bus home or not? That would tell us if she was taken from the mall or the bus stop near her home. Also I noticed that the shopping center she went to had a Raylass Department Store,didn't Wheaton Plaza have one too? You're also right about the time of day. North Carolina isn't that far away.
 

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