She has never been seen again. Missing: Helen Tucker. Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee. [25], Other similarities exist between this case and that of Tina Farmer's and survivor Linda Schacke's. Donna Sue Nelton, formerly known as Benton County Jane Doe, was a woman who was found murdered on May 7, 1990 in Rogers, Arkansas. She was believed to have been dead between one and four years. Filter by: Filter by. Your support ID is: 18110581828989113994. Anyone, 6 months of age and older, is eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. She was approximately five feet four inches to fivefeet sixinches (168cm) tall, with a weight of 130 to 140 pounds (59 to 64kg). She was 2.5 to 5 months pregnant when murdered. Helen Tucker went missing in 1994. The tests showed she was likely born in Florida or central Texas and had later lived in the Midwest, Rocky Mountain states, the Southwest, or the Pacific Coast. After the arrest ofBruce Mendenhall, the agencyannounced the formation of the Highway Serial Killings Initiative. Richards was subsequently murdered in prison and was never charged in Martha's case, but he is still considered the primary suspect in her disappearance. Agency Contact Person: N/A [16] Her eyes were green. She could have been as old as 45 and there was evidence shed had a Caesarean section. The body was located off of the westbound lanes of Interstate 24. She was reported missing by her family at the time, yet authorities in Indiana did not enter her into national databases. Height: 5'8" The victim was located eight miles west of Decatur, Arkansas off of Highway 102 in Rogers, Arkansas on May 7, 1990. Her family had reported her missing the day after Thanksgiving 1985. When discovered, she was only wearing a pair of socks and two gold chains, one with a gold eagle and one with a gold heart. She was believed to have died between three and five months previously from an unknown cause. [54] She had been staying at a group home in Manchester, New Hampshire and never returned to her family after gaining furlough. Homicide", "After 34 years, Stacy Lyn Chahorski's Murderer is Identified", "Tennessee special agents identify suspect in Indiana woman's 1985 murder", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Redhead_murders&oldid=1138068964, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 21:42. Filter. Sort by: Results: 114 Items. A woman was found on Jan. 1, 1985, near Jellico, Tennessee on Interstate 75. An autopsy revealed she had only been dead a few days but it failed to positively determine her cause of death leading investigators to believe she was strangled. The knot in the cloth found in a piece of material found tied around the neck of the Campbell County victim was very similar to the knot in a piece of material found tied around Linda Schacke's neck two months following the Campbell County victim. She had been approximately six to eight weeks pregnant shortly before she died, but had miscarried before death.[46]. Authorities are unsure how many people were responsible for these murders, if they were all performed by the same perpetrator(s), and how many victims there have been. A partial skeleton, 32 bones in all, was discovered in April 1985. The range of victims is wide because the causes of death and victim details are varied. [31], After the case was publicised in January 2013, the police received some tips, but it is unknown if they became solid leads. The clearinghouse was established in 1993 to provide a central location for resources to identify and assist local, state, and national efforts to locate Tennessee's missing persons. She was estimated to be between 35 and 50 years old and five feet or five feet eight inches in height. When her kids got home, her husband said Judith had taken off with another man. Her cause of death was undetermined. Authorities believe she was killed within 24 hours of when she was last seen 'working' the truck stop," according to a June 26, 1985, article in The Tennessean. Nichols may have been murdered after leaving a truck stop along the highway and may have attempted to hitchhike. Date of Birth: 03/13/1986: Siskiyou County Sheriffs Department (530) 841-2900 Case Number: 1140252 , Tanner Sharp Sex: Male Race: White Date of Birth: 12/26/1985: . She had a hysterectomy and a tracheotomy. In the morning, she was picked up by her husband from her overnight job at a nursing home. In the morning, she was picked up by her husband from her overnight job at a nursing home. To some, the deaths seemed like they could be a coincidence, but to investigators, some clues tied the deaths together. Her case was originally assigned to the . Classification: Endangered Missing Vital Statistics Date Of Birth: June 29, 1946 Age at Time of Disappearance: 39 years old Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'8"; 180 lbs. It was suspected that the victim may have been a hitchhiker, prior to identification. She was found to have been a resident of West Virginia. Agency Phone Number: 615-792-4341 In 2005, he was stripped of his medical license due to incompetence. All were either hitchhikers or sex workers and were discovered close to major roadways. He was previously convicted in 1987 of aggravated kidnapping, assault, and other crimes in the attack on a woman, Linda Schacke, that he had picked up in Knox County, Tennessee, two months after Farmer's disappearance and death. Dill's guardiantold Juvenile Court officers that she had run away from home and was last seen on Dec. 29, 2016, and said she was likely staying in the Bellevue area. "We have runaways on a daily basis," Morgano said. There was not enough remains to provide for a reconstruction. A pair of high-top hiking shoes and some jewelry were found near the body. If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case. Nichols was from West Virginia but police werent able to find her familya couple shed stayed with in Florida identified her in June 1985. [41], With an estimated age between 35 and 45, this victim appeared to have been older than the median for the other women grouped as victims of the serial killer. Additional Personal Items: Unknown. He died in prison in 2008. For 11 years, no one knew what had happened to her. She is estimated to be between 25 and 35 years of age and five feet five inches in height. 615-952-4989. Missing Since September 27, 1986 Bernadette M. Caruso has been missing for just over 30 years and police are looking to the public for assistance in finding out what happened to her. The killing and disposal of women along roadways brought representatives from law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee together in April 1985. [17] Investigators were seen processing the car for evidence. [49][50][51], She was not identified until November 2018, when officials announced that the victim was New Hampshire native Elizabeth Lamotte. A young, white redheaded woman was found nearly nude in an old refrigerator at a landfill April 1, 1985, in Gray, Ky., about 4 miles east of Corbin, Ky. Two men searching for scrap metal stumbled upon a refrigerator. "We're waiting for FBI and the DNA analysis," Matthews said. Cheatham County was created by an Act of the Tennessee General Assembly in 1856, from lands formerly of Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, and Robertson counties. Sex workers or transient women, just looking for a way to get by, a safe place to land. Investigators believe the victim or the bones may have been run over with a vehicle to make identification difficult or impossible. The state did not have a law, common to many other states, requiring law enforcement to enter unidentified victims into this database. She had curly, red, shoulder-length hair. In 1997 he was sentenced to life without parole in prison, and no ones ever linked him to other redhead murders. Wall White 18 yrs Sep. 7, 1985 5191DMAL D. Kucera White 23 yrs Oct. 29, 1986 5192DMAL V. Barbour White 20 yrs Jan. 6, 1988 4790DMAL A. Wheeler Black 51 yrs Jan. 1, 1990 295DMAL J. Burrows White 24 yrs Aug. 23, 1990 391DMAL J. McFry White 23 yrs Sep. 5, 1990 4791DMAL T. Phillips White 20 yrs Mar. Richard B McEntyre. Judith Ehmke was last seen November 26, 1986. Until Thursday, all but one victim were Jane Does. Blevins' sister, however, commented that the circumstances of the decedent's discovery appeared to be involuntary. The announcement of Dill's disappearance was posted on the Sheriff's Department Facebook page late Tuesdaynight, where it has been shared hundreds of times. Artist rendering of Knox County, KY Jane Doe. The decedent had brownish, strawberry blond, auburn or red, shoulder-length hair with frosted ends. Authorities were not able to identify and contact her family members for some time, indicating that Nichols was estranged from them. Download the News 2 app to stay updated on the go. [11][19] Farmer had one daughter prior to disappearing in 1984. According to the 200O census, 35,912 people live in Cheatham County. She may have been as young as 14and shed had a recent miscarriage. All rights reserved. Priscilla Ann Blevins (March 29, 1948 - c. July 8, 1975) was a 27 year old woman whose skeletal remains were found along Interstate 40 in Waynesville, North Carolina on March 29, 1985. Agency Name: Cheatham County Sheriff's Department [5], The refrigerator had a decal of the words "Super Woman" on the front. Fingerprints: Unknown AZ - Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, allegedly shot and killed with an AK-47 by rancher George Alan Kelly, 75, Kino Springs, Jan 2023, 4 Univ of Idaho Students Murdered - Bryan Kohberger Arrested - Moscow # 73, http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/695dftn.html, https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/10549/, https://www.websleuths.com/forums/sCo-Adult-skeletal-remains-in-cistern-May-2018, https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bla20ffdf930c!2m2!1d-87.0641699!2d36.2742207!3e0, Judith Ehmke: The Choice Is Yours | Free Podcasts | Podomatic". (TBI) He reportedly kidnapped her in Indiana or Illinois. This was unusual, since Judith was always home by that time. [67] Johns was a trucker who resided in Cleveland, Tennessee before his arrest. Just a few weeks later another young woman with light-colored hair and red highlights was found in Greene County, Tennessee. If the person is within San Francisco, you may call the SFPD non-emergency line at 1-415-553-0123 to have an officer come to you. The Charley Project is NOT a registered non-profit organization and any donations will NOT be tax-deductible. A skeletonized red-haired female was found March 31, 1985, in Pleasant View, Tennessee. Gracie Dill, the 17-year-old Cheatham County girl who was reported missing by her legal guardian yesterday, was found at around 4:30 this morning, along with two other children who had been. He was incarcerated in Florida on rape charges after she went missing. Judith was described as being between 5' 5" and 5' 9" tall and weighing an estimated 170 to 190 pounds with brown hair (some gray) and brown eyes. She was approximately five feet two inches to five feet four inches tall, with a weight of 105 to 130 pounds (59 to 64kg). Many of Judith's relatives and friends insisted that it was very uncharacteristic of her to leave her children and simply disappear of her own accord. Several missing persons have been eliminated as possible matches for the victim. According to the 85 report in the Sun, there were enough matching elements in these murdersin addition to natural or dyed red hairto make any investigator take notice. The second was found a short time later near Interstate 40 in Memphis. Isotope testing later showed that the decedent had not lived in Missouri for more than a few years, and most likely spent most of her life in the southeastern region of the United States. Her weight could not be determined. Artist rendering of the Jane Doe found in Westel County, WV. [47] Police were able to obtain her fingerprints, as well as DNA and dental information. Tina Farmer was identified on Sept. 6, 2018. Dentals: Complete dentures Darrell arrived shortly thereafter with groceries and opened the residence. Case Info: A white Toyota Camry belonging to Jonghyon Won of Los Angeles, CA was found at Moran Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon . Copyright 2023 InsideHook. She worked as a nurse's aide at a nursing home, was married and had three children. A forensic autopsy performed by Dr. William Bass determined she was between 31 and 40 years old and stood around 5 feet tall, had been dead between two to five months; and her teeth were intact and could be used for identification. 1852disappeared October 30, 1926) was an American man who disappeared under mysterious circumstances while on a route to visit his daughter in Portland, Oregon during the Halloween weekend, 1926. "The pimp, who is in a Florida jail, told (police) he last saw Jarvis getting into a tractor-trailer on Sept. 12, 1984, at a truck stop outside Shearerville. She has a scar on the right knee, a scar on the right finger and a scar on the left knee. In March of 1985 the severely decomposed body of a redheaded woman was found in Cheatham County, Tennessee, west of Nashville. The only thing they have in common is the color of their hair. And awesome. Shed just learned she was pregnant. Johns died in prison in 2015. [28][3][29], Unlike some of the other victims, she was wearing clothing: a shirt, sweater, pants and underwear. This was about half a mile from the Holiday Inn. He failed to report her as a missing person until two weeks after she was last seen, after one of their daughters told a school counselor her mother was missing. Find your nearest vaccination location at vaccines.gov. Anyone having information, contact the Cobb County Police Crimes Against Persons Office at (770) 499-3945. They occurred over a discrete periodapproximately 12 yearsin the same general geographic region. He was also convicted of rape in 1993, but the conviction was later overturned. After the victim had been shot, she was set on fire. PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (WKRN) Authorities have determined the identity of the man found in a Cheatham County cave over the weekend. She had reddish-blonde hair. Investigators aren't even sure they are all connected. Foul play is presumed in Judith's disappearance. The last significant report to mention the Redhead Murders may have undercut the theory of its existence. All outside area posts will be deleted. On June 30, 1992 the AP reported a nun named Vickie Sue Metzger had been found close to a rest stop on I-24. In her self-published ebook The Redhead Murders, author Jane Carlisle notes the killerif indeed there was just onewanted to find girls and women who werent going to have anybody come looking for them. Nancy Lynn Blankenship was one of the few with a name and an apparently normal home lifeif she was a victim of the killer at all. Judith Ehmke was last seen November 26, 1986. The travelers from Indiana stumbled upon the grim scene when their car had overheated and they ventured into the wood line looking for water for their radiator. She planned to leave her husband and take their children. The Doe Network is a 100% volunteer organization devoted to assisting investigating agencies in bringing closure to national . Blevins was identified via DNA and dental records in 2012. The Redhead Murders as well as a Wiki on the case list several more possible victims, mostly Jane Does, and at least three suspects. Elkins, a long-hauler trucker, was arrested in Dyer County about 80 miles north of Memphis after a 20-year-old red-haired woman told police she escaped his truck. Her testimony assisted in putting Johns behind bars. First Name: Judith Ann Middle Name: Ann Last Name: Ehmke Details Age When Last Known Alive: 40 Race: White Sex: Female Height: 66.0 to Weight: 170.0 to Location City: Ashland State: Tennessee Zip: 37015 County: Cheatham [8] It is believed that there may have been a total of five to fourteen victims. If you have any information on these cases you can call the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) at 1-800-TBI-FIND. He was incarcerated in Florida on rape charges after she went missing. All missing persons need to be reported to the primary law enforcement agency where the person was last seen FIRST before any assistance from the MUPU can begin. Some were likely hitchhikers; others likely sex workers. Chahorski had informed her mother, via telephone, that she was planning to hitch rides from her current location in North Carolina to her home state of Michigan, to the cities of Flint and Muskegon. 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