In 2019, the TBI announced DNA evidence conclusively connected Johns to the death of Tina Farmer. Updated: November 4, 2011 Biography ID: 60357209 Missing: Jennifer Enyart. The first victim in the Redhead Murders was found along Route 250 near Littleton, West Virginia, in February of 1983. Investigators believe the victim or the bones may have been run over with a vehicle to make identification difficult or impossible. Many, if not most should be considered armed and dangerous. Federal authorities suspect her boyfriend at the time, George Alvin Bruton, for her murder. The Doe Network is a 100% volunteer organization devoted to assisting investigating agencies in bringing closure to national . ** Listed information is from the time of disappearance. Her only distinguishing feature was several silver dental fillings. Tracy was last seen at Tippecanoe Mall with a friend sometime in 1978. They believe she may have been a sex worker in Pittsburg or a member of a Hare Krishna commune, known as New Vrindaban, in Marshall County, W.Va. She was described as being between 35 and 45 years old, standing around 5'6" and weighing about 135 pounds. Inside a white refrigerator with a Super Woman decal on the door was the nude body of a petite woman 24 to 35 years of age, clad only in mismatched socks and wearing a pair of necklaces. Make sure a picture, contact info, location and date missing or found. The list of definite victims spanned eight months and five states starting with victims found Sept. 16., 1984, in Shearerville, Ark. Location Last Seen: Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee. When the items were analyzed, semen was detected and its DNA profile was then entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), resulting in a match. 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. According to the 200O census, 35,912 people live in Cheatham County. She had been approximately six to eight weeks pregnant shortly before she died, but had miscarried before death.[46]. Police made a particularly grim and strange discovery the next day in Knox County, Kentucky. Tina Farmer was identified on Sept. 6, 2018. [43][44], On April 14, 1985, the body of a young white female was found in Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee. In September 1989, he and an associate were seen disposing trash bags containing Donna's personal items into a dumpster in North Kansas City. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Her fingernails were painted pink. He discovered she had vanished upon his return about ten to fifteen minutes later. Wise was also a stunt driver. The youngest victim connected to this series of murders, she was between 9 to 15 years old at the time of her death. She was 2.5 to 5 months pregnant when murdered. He took investigators to several places where he claimed he had buried Martha's body, but searches of those locations turned up no evidence. Artist rendering of Greene County Jane Doe. Another suspect was a 32-year-old trucker in Pennsylvania, who was questioned after kidnapping and raping a young woman in Indiana. She was not identified until June 1985, nine months after she was murdered. 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. Hair Color: Unknown Eye Color: Unknown Nickname/Alias: Unknown Nancy Lynn Blankenship was a redheaded 20-year-old when she vanished in 1983 from her home in rural Lavinia, Tennessee. Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. The autopsy showed she had likely died of suffocation but had only been dead a few hours when she was discovered. Please enable JavaScript to view the page content.<br/>Your support ID is . No cause or manner of death was determined, and authorities have not specified the type of investigation is taking place surrounding her case. Two weeks ago, a body. She was estimated to be 14 to 20 years old (possibly as old as 25). Several bones were recovered along with what appeared to be shotgun wadding. The second was found a short time later near Interstate 40 in Memphis. An examination of her teeth showed that the victim had some evidence of crowding and overlapping in her mouth. Donations - The DoeNetwork is now welcoming donations. [4][5][6] The victims, many remaining unidentified for years, were usually women with reddish hair, whose bodies were abandoned along major highways in the United States. She was estimated to be 20 to 40 years old. Michelle Willard. Missing Child - Faniya Boatman Missing from: Toledo, Ohio Missing since: 2/22/2023 Missing age: 16 Current age: 16 Contact Toledo Police Department at (419) 245-3340.: Missing Child - Daqucarreis Conley Missing from: Columbus, Ohio Missing since: 2/22/2023 Missing age: 15 Current age: 15 Contact Columbus Police Department at (614) 645-4545.: Missing Child - Hanna Flaten It is believed she had been placed at the location around the time she went missing a decade earlier, in 1975. It is believed that she was between five feet one and fivefeet fourinches (163cm) when she died and was approximately 110 to 115 pounds (50 to 52kg). They frayed between jurisdictions, got lost in differences in the depths of investigations. [5][33], On October 1, 2018, the Knox County Sheriff's Office announced this woman had been positively identified as Espy Regina (Black) Pilgrim, of western North Carolina. She was last seen alive around 2 a.m. April 1 at a truck stop in Corbin on I-75, according to the (Louisville) Courier-Journal. And Charles Harlan, the medical examiner who proposed the link? The Missing Person John Adam Brewer Jr. is described as having short, graying hair, brown eyes, and scars on his head. She worked as a nurse's aide at a nursing home, was married and had three children. She was clothed and possibly as old as 40 when she died. 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. July 29, 1985 5690DMAL J. In 2005, he was stripped of his medical license due to incompetence. "It's important to keep looking because somebody out there is waiting for answers.". At the April 1985 meeting, they included as many as 11 victims in the probe. Linda Schacke, who had red hair, was found on the side of I-40 outside of Knoxville. Last updated May 28, 2011; clothing/jewelry description added. Earnest Cheatham of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama was born on July 11, 1912, and died at age 73 years old in May 1986. Investigators believe she had been killed from one to four years before the discovery. The state did not have a law, common to many other states, requiring law enforcement to enter unidentified victims into this database. [20], In 2019, DNA evidence identified convicted kidnapper Jerry Leon Johns as the man that killed Tina Marie McKenney Farmer in December 1984. It also found that she was around 10-12 weeks pregnant and had recently given birth. 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: . Name: Jonghyon Won Missing from: Grand Canyon National Park Date Missing: September 17, 2017 Description: Won was 45 years old at the time he went missing.Asian male, 5'07" tall, 121 pounds, brown eyes, black hair. She had no outward signs of assault. The last definitive victim was found by a fisherman April 14, 1985, near an exit ramp on Interstate 81 about 15 miles east of Greenville, Tenn. Foul play is suspected. [52][53] She was identified through a DNA match after a DNA profile was obtained from Lamotte's family by New Hampshire police in 2017. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Cheatham County Sheriff's Office at 615-792-4341 and 1-800-TBI-FIND. Shed just learned she was pregnant. This is the second time this week Sheriff Mike Breedlove has enlisted the help of "Team Cheatham" to bring a missing person home. Crazy about gin? She had a partial upper denture holding two false teeth. Nichols was 28-years-old and discovered on September 16, 1984, along Interstate 40 near West Memphis, Arkansas. Select the images to display more information. Kidnappings & Missing Persons. PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Cheatham County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 17-year-old who has been missing for nearly one week. Donald and Jennifer Cheatham have been charged in Butte County Superior Court on felony counts of cultivating marijuana and possessing it for sale. She had a mole on the left side of her back and she also had breast implants. She was no older than 25 and clothed. Because of the state of the remains, the cause of death was not determined, neither was her height, weight, hair or eye color. Case #15-008833. A partial skeleton, 32 bones in all, was discovered in April 1985. Nancys pregnancy might point to a domestic cause for her death. [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. This victim was well-groomed, likely not homeless. 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. These donations will be used to support a long-overdue update and upgrade of our IT and supporting systems, exhumations, and reconstructions of unidentified persons. On April 14, 1985, a young female was found near Greeneville, Tennessee. He died in prison in 2010 after being convicted of killing his girlfriend. She was a white woman between 14-20 years old, standing 5'4"-5'6", weighing around 130 pounds. [32] Distinguishing features of the body included a number of moles (on the right side of her neck, near one ankle, and below each breast), a yellow-stained upper incisor, and a scar and other marks on her abdomen, indicating that she had borne a child. After the autopsy, this victim was determined to be between 24 and 35 years old, and approximately four feet nine to four feet eleven inches tall. 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. Police questioned Johns in relation to the other unsolved murders, to which "he showed a keen interest in serial killers" but ruled him out because of solid alibis, like being in jail. Fingerprints identified the victim as Tina Marie McKinney Farmer. Investigators believe she had been dead for two to three days when she was discovered. Her weight could not be determined. According to the FBI, serial-killing truckers have killed more than 500 women. The last significant report to mention the Redhead Murders may have undercut the theory of its existence. Bernadette M. Caruso worked at the Shaw's Jewelers in Eastpoint Mall. Donald Cheatham, 36, has also been charged. With a lack of clues, investigators quickly exhausted leads and no one came forward to identify the body. "We're just now getting to where we can use all of these resources to make sure these kids are safe.". Judith Ehmke was last seen November 26, 1986. Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee. After the arrest ofBruce Mendenhall, the agencyannounced the formation of the Highway Serial Killings Initiative. Her eyes were light brown and her hair was red and nearly a foot long, which fit the pattern of the Redhead murders. "While I am extremely disappointed that this case has not ended in the prosecution of Jerry Johns, I am pleased that this investigation has answered questions for Ms. Farmers family that heretofore had gone unanswered for over34 years," said District Attorney General Jared Effler. Updated 8 times since October 12, 2004. Some had engaged in sexual activity before their deaths. Investigators have been unsuccessful in identifying the victim. Her skull was complete enough to permit a facial reconstruction attempt. Missing Last seen alive: November 26, 1986 Circumstances: Last seen when husband picked up from work on morning of 11/26/1986. As for why ginger women were targeted? Police were notified about Judy Ehmke's disappearance when her daughter told a school counselor her mom was missing. They were driving back to their family's residence in White Bluff, Tennessee in a Monte Carlo with tinted windows that Lawson had borrowed, when the vehicle ran out of gas on Highway 46 near Fabric Road in Dickson County, Tennessee at approximately 9:00 p.m. Nashville police were familiar with Jarvis, who had "the second longest prostitute record in Nashville and Davidson County," a Metro Nashville Vice squad sergeant told The Tennessean in 1984. She could have been as old as 45 and there was evidence shed had a Caesarean section. Copyright 2023 InsideHook. The body of 41-year-old Demetrice Carter was found by deputies in a. Theyre frequently picked up at truck stops or service stations then sexually assaulted, murdered and their bodies dumped along the roadside. 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". Only, Lisa Jarvis (a.k.a., Lisa Nichols) one has been identified. Weight: 180 lbs. We know who their family is. Another possible victim was found just a few months later by a passerby off Big Wheel Gap Road near Jellico. The case was a local sensation in Gray, as the town was a "quiet" and "sleepy" place where little out of the ordinary usually happened. 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. In a 2008 interview with the Greenville Sun, Capt. She was 17 at the time of her death. However, her case is possibly linked to the redhead murders because her remains were found at the side of Interstate 24 between mile markers 29 and 30. Authorities had a suspect in Martha's disappearance, Robert McKinley Richards. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. [5][31] There were reports that the victim may have been soliciting a ride to North Carolina over CB radio. A possible suspect emerged circa 1985, when a 37-year-old trucker, Jerry Leon Johns, attacked and attempted to strangle a woman with reddish hair. Matthews says there is a tentative identification of a victim in Knox County, Kentucky. Could the deaths be coincidences or was someone killing women with red hair across the Eastern U.S. in the 1980s? She was white, between five feet and fivefeet twoinches (157cm) tall. Her age range is below the median for the other victims, but the circumstances of her death may connect her to them. Police ultimately concluded none of the men were connected to the crimes. Darrell threw the letter away, but one of their children read it before it was destroyed. He took investigators to several places where he claimed he had buried Martha's body, but searches of those locations turned up no evidence. The possibility some killer targeted red-haired women across the south from the late 1970s through the early 90s is a nearly-forgotten mystery today. She had strawberry blonde hair with blonde roots. Sign up for InsideHook to get our best content delivered to your inbox every weekday. Law enforcement officials like Indiana State Police official Robert Abbitt werent buying it. RELATED:Family of missing Cheatham 9-year-old Jordan Allen Gorman is no stranger to tragedy When he left home, he was barefoot, wearing a short-sleeved gray t-shirt with red stripes on the arms . Authorities determined that the body had been burned and suspect that was done deliberately to hinder identification efforts. Clark's case has the distinction of being the oldest active missing person case in the United States.. On October 30, 1926, Clark departed his home in Tigard, Oregon to meet . Dr. Charles Harlan, the Tennessee state medical examiner at the time, said her death bore similarities to the Redhead Murders. She was found to have been a resident of West Virginia. She had black hair but has nonetheless been tentatively linked to the other cases in the murder series based on similarities in Modus Operandi. The entire letter was typewritten, including Judith's signature, which is uncharacteristic of her; she usually hand-wrote all her notes. Name: Marcy Jo Andrews Case Classification: Endangered Missing Missing Since: February 14, 1984 Location Last Seen: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Physical Description Date of Birth: January 1, 1960 Age: 24 years old Race: White Gender: Female Height: 5'1" Weight: 120 lbs. Over the years the TBI has followed more than 300 leads, but more than 30 years later, shewas finally identified as 17-year-old Elizabeth Lamotte. In March of 1985 the severely decomposed body of a redheaded woman was found in Cheatham County, Tennessee, west of Nashville. Agency E-Mail: N/A [14], She was identified by a couple from Florida, who had allowed her to stay with them for a period of time. In 1997 he was sentenced to life without parole in prison, and no ones ever linked him to other redhead murders. 2. She had blondish-red hair and she had previously fractured her left femur. Tobacco and beef cattle produce the county's largest farm incomes. This suspect was also dismissed from this investigation, after being questioned by Tennessee police. There was no sign of a struggle at the scene. Name: Judith Ann Ehmke In 1985, not long after the Greene County victim was found, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi requested the Federal Bureau of Investigation for assistance with the cases. The addresses and contact information of the Circuit, Chancery, Juvenile, Municipal, and General Sessions Courts in Cheatham county include: Cheatham County Circuit Court. [47] Police were able to obtain her fingerprints, as well as DNA and dental information. [3] Despite his exclusion from the case, it was announced that DNA from Johns was matched to Tina Farmer via CODIS in 2016. She, too, had once had a Caesarian, and she was pregnant when she was killed. These items may or may not belong to her. Please keep posts local in Cheatham county only. [16] It has not been specified whether he is considered a suspect in other victims of the Redhead murders. The perpetrators are mobile by nature and often dispose of their victims miles away from the abduction in a different jurisdictionor even a different state, leaving few witnesses and little evidence behind. And awesome. Judith Ehmke was last seen November 26, 1986. She was found by a passerby. She is believed to have been murdered. So every time I see Barney, that's what I think of." Wednesday marks the 25th anniversary of the last time anyone's seen his sister, Celina Mays. Filter. The woman's brother identified the necklace the victim was wearing. at. [59][60], Stacy Lyn Chahorski (1969 - c. September 16, 1988) was a woman who was found strangled to death in Rising Fawn, Georgia in late 1988. 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Your support ID is: 18110581828989113994. Schacke survived the attack, after she was bound, strangled, and dumped along I-40. The victim who has not been identified was described as between 25 and 30 years old, around 5' tall, weighing about 120 pounds. They gathered in Nashville to discuss the deaths of between six and 11 women at the hands of a serial killer called the "Redhead Murderer.". May 07, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Read Article Woody Harrelson Is the Latest "SNL" Host to Deliver a Controversial Monologue, Some Doctors Are Now Making More Dubious Claims About Ivermectin. Her age was estimated to be between 17 and 25, but possibly as old as 30. She was approximately five feet two inches to five feet four inches tall, with a weight of 105 to 130 pounds (59 to 64kg). She was believed to have been dead between one and four years. Lisa Nichols may have been victim no. Tina Marie McKinney Farmer: Campbell County. Missing: Helen Tucker. The victims live high-risk, transient lifestyles, often involving substance abuse and sex work. A necklace and bracelet made of plastic buttons were found nearby, as well as a pair of size 5 boots and a few scraps of clothing. A tip from a passing motorist led police to I-24 West between mile markers 29 and 30 where they found a "severed head, its facial features obliterated by exposure to elements and animals," according to a news report from the time. Darrell arrived shortly thereafter with groceries and opened the residence. She was tentatively identified by the DNA Doe Project in December 2019 as Karen Kaye Knippers (December 5, 1948 - May 24, 1981) who was 33 years old when she was murdered, with legal confirmation taking place on May 25, 2021. She has never been seen again. Investigators believe she was attempting to hitchhike when she was murdered. Her case remains unsolved. They also excluded four redheaded women killed in the Fort Worth, Texas, area and another one from Ohio. 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