KY - Sheena Baxter, 32, mother of 3, Scott County, 14 Feb 2020*MEDIA,MAPS,TIMELINE* NO DISCUSSION

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Mother of 3 missing in Scott County

Sheena's sister, CC, says her sister was last seen outside the mobile home where CC lives. Sheena told her sister she was going to step outside and she never came back in.

"It was 7:30 Friday night. It was still kind of light out at that time. It wasn't completely dark," CC said. "Someone had to see something. I want more help. I know we need more help because we don't even have no clues."

CC says her sister was waiting on her boyfriend to pick her up that night, so when she didn't come back inside she wasn't surprised.

"When she went out we just assumed that maybe she did just leave with him right then and there," CC said. "He might have just came on by. And then you know, when he called and let us know he didn't and he wanted to know where she was we went outside and her bag and everything is still there."

CC filed a missing person report with the Scott County Sheriff's Department on Sunday.
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Missing Persons Cases Network

 

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Scott Co. Ky. Sheriff's Office
The Scott County Sheriff's Office is actively working leads in the missing persons case of Sheena Baxter. Since this is an active investigation, we are restricted in releasing many details at this time.

We encourage anyone with the public who has information about this matter to contact 502.863.7855.

 

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Police looking for missing mother of 3
Crumley said she found Baxter's bag on the ground outside. When she tried to call her, no one answered.

 

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This StreetView image shows the porch of her sister's trailer. Set back a bit (at least out of sight) from the road.
Google Maps

 

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“Crumley says her sister was waiting on her boyfriend to pick her up that night, so when she didn't come back inside she wasn't surprised.

"When she went out we just assumed that maybe she did just leave with him right then and there," Crumley said. "He might have just came on by. And then you know, when he called and let us know he didn't and he wanted to know where she was we went outside and her bag and everything is still there."

Mother of 3 missing in Scott County
She and the family tried reaching out to Baxter, but never got a reply.

Crumley filed a missing person report with the Scott County Sheriff's Department on Sunday.

 

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https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2460994187563471

 

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The Scott County Sheriff's Office is actively working leads in the missing persons case of Sheena Baxter. Since this is an active investigation, we are restricted in releasing many details at this time.

We encourage anyone with the public who has information about this matter to contact 502.863.7855.

Citizens can remain anonymous and contact our
TEXT-A-TIP Line at 859.509.0510.

Lt. Mike Caudill of the Criminal Investigations Unit is the primary contact.

Sergeant Eddie Hart
Community Affairs and Public Information Officer
Scott County Sheriff's Office
Scott Co. Ky. Sheriff's Office

 

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Mother of 3 missing since Friday
courtesy of @alexwood
"Sheena put an overnight bag in her car on Friday evening. She was supposed to be right back, but when she didn't return, her sister assumed that Sheena's boyfriend had picked her up. That is, until Saturday morning, when the boyfriend called to say that he, too, was looking for her.

Sheena's oldest daughter saw her mother [Sheena] gesture to someone on Friday night, when she went outside, but because Sheena said that she'd be right back, she didn't think anything of it."

 

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FEB 20, 2020
Volunteer group searches for missing mother of 3 in Scott County
Crews are actively searching for a Scott County mother who has been missing for almost a week.

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According to the sheriff's office, a volunteer group, that handles bloodhound tracking dogs, searched Wednesday night in the area where Sheena was last seen.

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Mother of three missing
The Scott County Sheriff’s Office is investigating, but the family is reaching out to the media to help with the search.

 

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FEB 20, 2020 - Update
Scott Co. Ky. Sheriff's Office
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Last night, a volunteer group who handles bloodhound tracking dogs, attempted to locate Sheena Baxter from her last known location.

Clothing items belonging to Ms. Baxter were provided to the organization to provide the scent to track for. This group is independent to our investigation and volunteered to help.

Again, all sheriff office resources are currently following several leads to locate her as well as create a timeline of her actions before and up to the point she went missing. Multiple agencies are working with us on this investigation.

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Arrested man is missing Scott County mother's ex-boyfriend, family says

 

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Scott Co. Ky. Sheriff's Office

UPDATE
Thursday 2/20/2020 @ 1200

The Scott County Sheriff’s Office continues to follow leads in the missing person investigation for Sheena Baxter.

Last night, a volunteer group who handles bloodhound tracking dogs, attempted to locate Sheena Baxter from her last known location.

Clothing items belonging to Ms. Baxter were provided to the organization to provide the scent to track for. This group is independent to our investigation and volunteered to help.

Again, all sheriff office resources are currently following several leads to locate her as well as create a timeline of her actions before and up to the point she went missing. Multiple agencies are working with us on this investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Scott County Sheriff’s Office at 502.863.7855 or TEXT-A-TIP anonymously to 859.509.0510

Sgt. Eddie Hart
Community Affairs and Public Information Officer
Scott County Sheriff's Office
120 North Hamilton Street
Georgetown, Kentucky 40324
(502)863-7855

 

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Arrested man is missing Scott County mother's ex-boyfriend, family says

Joseph Hicks, 53. (Scott Co. Detention Center)

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Joseph Hicks was booked into the Scott County Detention Center Friday morning. He's charged with falsely reporting an incident, tampering with physical evidence, and criminal mischief.

Georgetown police say Hicks made up a story about being shot during an attempted robbery at the Georgetown Walmart on the night of Baxter's disappearance.

Investigators said they were able to determine Hicks was inside a semi-truck at Phoenix Trucking before the alleged shooting.

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On Sunday, investigators said Hicks was seen on camera going back to Phoenix Trucking with cleaning supplies, "attempting to clean the potential evidence from the truck that the shooting occurred," according to his arrest citation.

Baxter's sister, Christa Crumley, told WKYT Hicks is Baxter's ex-boyfriend. Hicks has not been charged in connection with Baxter's disappearance.

 

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FEB 21, 2020
Ex-boyfriend of missing Scott County mother arrested on unrelated charges
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A tip in the Baxter case led police to Phoenix Trucking Thursday evening.

According to his arrest citation, Hicks' truck was seen leaving Phoenix Trucking roughly eight minutes before he arrived at Speedway where he called police to report being robbed and shot at Walmart.

Investigators said Hicks did have an apparent gunshot wound to his right wrist.

Police found a bullet hole in a truck. The bullet went through the driver's seat and the windshield.

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According to court records, protection orders were filed for Baxter against Hicks on two separate occasions in 2018.

The first was an emergency protection order that went into effect on June 7 and was later canceled by Baxter on June 20. The second was a temporary protection order signed by a judge on August 21. The judge also ordered Hicks to surrender his firearm at that time.

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FEB 21, 2020
Search warrant obtained reveals why police are focused on Ex-boyfriend of missing mom

1. The charges against Hicks stem from the same date she went missing.
2. A police report indicates that Hicks was found with a gunshot wound to the wrist and allegedly claimed he had been shot by a "large black male" during a robbery attempt at Walmart.
   
3. LE reviewed surveillance video, talked with people at the store, and concluded that his vehicle wasn't seen in the area and no one reported hearing gunshots.
   
4. LE later determined that Hicks was in a semi-truck at Phoenix Transportation in Georgetown prior to the shooting.
5. They found damage from a bullet inside that truck and also observed Hicks on surveillance video two days later with cleaning supplies in alleged effort to cover up evidence.
6. Sheriff Tony Hampton would not confirm if there was a definite connection to SB's disappearance, only that it was a tangible lead.
7. The search warrant shows that SB’s cell phone ‘pinged’ to a location that was on Bourbon and Chambers Streets in Georgetown near the police station. It was inside Hicks’ car, which is being stored there.
8. CC said today that her sister, SB, and Hicks had dated for about one year, but had broken it off about one year ago.
9. According to court documents, Hicks was once charged with first degree strong-armed rape in 1998, a charge later amended to first-degree sex abuse in Hardin Co. Documents show a judge probated him for five years.
10. In 2018, SB filed two separate protection orders against him claiming, "abuse, stalking and sexual abuse."
11. In one of the orders from June, 7 2018, SB told the courts the two had dated for six and a half months. She reported, "he has always been over controlling he has struck me a couple of time."
12. In the order she said, "I have to stay out of Scott County just to stay away from him, to keep him from trying anything."
13. SB later requested both protection orders be dismissed, despite saying "I just don't know what to do anymore we have many calls and reports it's just getting worse and worse."
14. Hicks criminal history includes previous convictions in multiple counties for offenses such as failing to comply as a registered sex offender, harassing communications and violation of Kentucky EPO/DVO.

 

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FEB 21, 2020
Ex-boyfriend of missing woman has criminal history

Beginning at :51 in the video:

"In their arrest report, police claim Hicks was caught on camera cleaning the truck from possible evidence left behind after bullet holes were found throughout the vehicle. Those images were captured on February 16. That's two days after the Georgetown mother of three disappeared."

 

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FEB 24, 2020
Sheena Baxter's sister trying to stay optimistic
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Baxter's ex-boyfriend, Joseph Hicks, is expected to be arraigned on unrelated charges Tuesday in Scott County District Court. He faces tampering with physical evidence, criminal mischief and falsely reporting an incident.

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The report said investigators later determined that Hicks was in a semi truck at Phoenix Transportation in Georgetown prior to the shooting. Police said they found damage from a bullet inside that truck and also observed Hicks on surveillance video two days later with cleaning supplies in alleged effort to cover up evidence.

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Hicks remains in the Scott County Detention Center. He has declined requests for interviews.

 

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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) — The jailed ex-boyfriend of a missing Scott County woman has been indicted for murder.
Ex-boyfriend of a missing Scott County woman indicted for murder

 

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.courier-journal.com/amp/488994400

Police: Missing Kentucky woman's ex-boyfriend indicted, remains a...
Body found at storage unit is missing Kentucky woman, police confirm

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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — A body found at a Kentucky storage facility was that of a missing woman whose boyfriend was charged with her murder, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

An autopsy at the Frankfort Medical Examiners office confirmed 32-year-old Sheena Baxter’s remains were found at a storage unit in Richmond Tuesday, news outlets reported. A cause of death wasn’t immediately released.

A Scott County grand jury indicted Baxter’s ex-boyfriend Joseph Hicks on robbery and murder charges in her death Tuesday.

Baxter was last seen on Valentine’s Day at her sister’s home