Missing since February 28, 1991

Missing since February 28, 1991


Glad to see that this disapperance is finally getting some attention. I saw the video and poster. I also saw it had be added to the Doe Network site. I hope you finally find some answers.

Yeah finally after 19 years i was able to get her on the Missouri missing persons website and also got the local TV station to air this case again. There are just to many bricks (cops and investigators) in my way to get this case looked at. The local law enforcement say that they will not even review this case, that they will only work the leads that come in. Also I am finally putting officers on the line that have screwed up and am trying to make sure they pay for things they said and the ways they screwed this case up!

Yeah finally after 19 years i was able to get her on the Missouri missing persons website and also got the local TV station to air this case again. There are just to many bricks (cops and investigators) in my way to get this case looked at. The local law enforcement say that they will not even review this case, that they will only work the leads that come in. Also I am finally putting officers on the line that have screwed up and am trying to make sure they pay for things they said and the ways they screwed this case up!

Stick with it!!! I am sure your mom would be very proud of you.

Always wondered about this case. It was talked about for only 30 seconds on UM during the Angela Hammond case. I guess they felt it was linked somehow although as time has gone on I think that theory has been debunked has it not (?) because of the third case it was tied to Trudy Darby. I could be wrong.

But if I remember correctly Cheryl was leaving her place of business at night locking up when she was said to be abducted or gone missing. The picture they showed of her was on her wedding day. Just wondering whatever happened to her husband? Did he remarry? Did she have any kids (I doubt it since she was 20 or so right?) and does her family still have hope that she is alive a la Jaycee Dugaard?

Crazytatsink is Cheryl's son. I know he posted a link in another thread to a recent news story done on her disappearance. Crazytatsink, can you give us an update on what's been going on?

The truth is Cheryl was 30 not 20. I was ten at the time. Not much new news. Leads have came in and have been investigated. The only thing i can really say is that the Missouri Highway Patrol Missing Persons unit has been doing an excellent job at helping me with this case. Its amazing what one person can do if he puts his mind to it. It took now 19 years to get this case going somewhere and I have finally got her some recognition that she deserves. I have to say I would hate for anyone else to disappear from a small town like Nevada, Mo. because the cops there have a hard time trying to investigate things, or they say they just dont have the resources. But with a little push from someone above them they have started having to investigate some things for themselves.

I swear they should base an future episode of New Tricks or Cold Case on this case

There was a skull found a few miles from where she disappeared a few years ago. The sheriff's dept will not comment on whether it was checked for DNA or not. There was also an unconfirmed sighting of her, near New Madrid, Mo., a few months after she diappeared.
A friend of mine, says she had an abusive boyfriend, don't know if that is true or not. I moved back here in 1992, after leaving in 1972, so I did not know her.

The law enforcement here in Nevada, Mo. is very poor. 5 years ago a close friend of mine was murdered here. The police left the crime scene open all night. By the time they went back, all the evidence was in a dumpster and unusable. The detective admitted to us that they screwed up. His cause of death was left as "undetermined." So don't expect much help from them.

crazytatsink do you know anything about a skull being found?

This case is one of many in which piqued my fear of working the graveyard shift; especially in a secluded area. Of course someone has to work those hours, but still.

There was a skull that was found it sat in a evidence room for a while investigators were bouncing up and down saying it was her. After about 6 years the skull went into the hands of the Hwy. Ptrl. there it sat in an office after DNA was taken from my sister and my dad. Here is the point in the newspaper they stated that they took DNA from Cheryls kids and was waiting for results. Now refer to the underlined, DNA was never taken from me. The first time it came back inconclusive. I fought with them to do another DNA testing after a **** load of phone calls i was threaten by the lead investigator Miles Parks from the HWY. PTRL that they had spent enough on the dna testing and if i wanted another dna test done then he would send me the f@ck!ng bones in the mail and i could pay for it myself. Well it finally went back out about 3 yrs ago and came back that of a male. It was sent out again for wax reconstruction, now they arent sure if science was right now it could possibly be a young boy or a female by the way the reconstruction was done. This never hit local newspapers that it was proved to be a male. Real weird Huh?

There was a skull that was found it sat in a evidence room for a while investigators were bouncing up and down saying it was her. After about 6 years the skull went into the hands of the Hwy. Ptrl. there it sat in an office after DNA was taken from my sister and my dad. Here is the point in the newspaper they stated that they took DNA from Cheryls kids and was waiting for results. Now refer to the underlined, DNA was never taken from me. The first time it came back inconclusive. I fought with them to do another DNA testing after a **** load of phone calls i was threaten by the lead investigator Miles Parks from the HWY. PTRL that they had spent enough on the dna testing and if i wanted another dna test done then he would send me the f@ck!ng bones in the mail and i could pay for it myself. Well it finally went back out about 3 yrs ago and came back that of a male. It was sent out again for wax reconstruction, now they arent sure if science was right now it could possibly be a young boy or a female by the way the reconstruction was done. This never hit local newspapers that it was proved to be a male. Real weird Huh?

I'm speechless. Thank you for sharing this, I can't even imagine what you and your family went through.

I would like to know more about this case. I do remember her name being mentioned on the Angela Hammond segment. Has this case been featured on any other shows? Did she disappear in a way similar to that of Angela Hammond?

If you want to know more, go to myspace and type in "Cheryl Ann Kenney"

Well Missouri Highway Patrol strikes again. I have now been threatened by an officer that if I don't back off and quit making accusatiions that he will drop my mothers case like everyone else has done. They are just mad because I beleive that the bones found outside Nevada, Mo. are that of my mothers. Only problem is that science has proved them to be a male. I did an overlay transparency of the skulls rendition and a picture of my mother and was told that that can be done with anyones picture. The officer states that the DNA was pulled from a bone that was found in the same area as the skull. The DNA was not pulled from the skull I was informed that DNA cant be pulled from a skull but I find that hard to beleive also. Welcome to the great midwest!! Backwoods ass law enforcement that doesnt want to look at the hard facts, they have the facts and have been told many options that are worth investigating and still don't want to try something there. This is because if it is not proved that Jess Rush and Marvin Chaney were involved in my mothers kidnapping then they really have nothing to hold them against even though they are in for the murder of trudy darby. Which the truth has never actually came out about that. Go to the myspace account and you can view the images that I am talking about. As for these officers they have scrutinized my family enough and in the end I will make sure justice is brought in her name! I will as soon as able do a video taping explaining everything that I have been through with this case and release it to all Missouri news stations as possible. Keep watching for more updates! Keep the tips rolling in on them! Thanks!

Well Missouri Highway Patrol strikes again. I have now been threatened by an officer that if I don't back off and quit making accusatiions that he will drop my mothers case like everyone else has done. They are just mad because I beleive that the bones found outside Nevada, Mo. are that of my mothers. Only problem is that science has proved them to be a male. I did an overlay transparency of the skulls rendition and a picture of my mother and was told that that can be done with anyones picture. The officer states that the DNA was pulled from a bone that was found in the same area as the skull. The DNA was not pulled from the skull I was informed that DNA cant be pulled from a skull but I find that hard to beleive also. Welcome to the great midwest!! Backwoods ass law enforcement that doesnt want to look at the hard facts, they have the facts and have been told many options that are worth investigating and still don't want to try something there. This is because if it is not proved that Jess Rush and Marvin Chaney were involved in my mothers kidnapping then they really have nothing to hold them against even though they are in for the murder of trudy darby. Which the truth has never actually came out about that. Go to the myspace account and you can view the images that I am talking about. As for these officers they have scrutinized my family enough and in the end I will make sure justice is brought in her name! I will as soon as able do a video taping explaining everything that I have been through with this case and release it to all Missouri news stations as possible. Keep watching for more updates! Keep the tips rolling in on them! Thanks!
Hey good for you, stand up and fight those corrupt lazy so called cops no matter what. Most of the cases I see on UM are simply unsolved because of terrible police work and your moms case is no different.
You say the truth about Chaney and Rush in the Darby case has never really came out, can you elaborate on that?? The Clinton police seemed to have ruled them out in the kidnapping of Angela Hammond, Im curious as to if they have been ruled out in your moms case? Hang in there....

Rush and Chaney are considered as prime suspects in my moms case only by Highway Patrol but that is only because they want it to look like "we got them and they are behind bars", they also stated that they have evidence that proves chaney and rush but they wont say what it is or convict them. The main thing here is they wont tell me what the evidence is. I think in my mothers case it was done by someone she knew or was close to. There were no signs of foul play only her car left unlocked in the parking lot. They also stated that when she locked up and walked to her car that she never went out alone without "protection" but would not elaborate on what the "protection" was but we can only imagine. The other main factor in her case is that she always had a soda in a big cup but there was no broken cup or spills in the parking lot and the soda wasnt in the car. There was two people who heard her screaming that were at a business next door. They stated that it wasn't a scream like she was being hurt but more of an arguement. The Nevada Police Department didnt show up till the next day to even search for her. The cops couldn't even get the date on the missing person report correct. The report was dated 1990 not 1991 so when I asked why the date was wrong they used a marker and scratched out the date and put 1991 and faxed it back to me and said here is your revised copy. I have family that can even say, so they cant say I am scrutinizing that the ex sheriff was involved with my mother at the time of her disappearence he had stalked her pretty much for a couple years and was told many times to leave her alone. Anothr main factor was that police found a broken motorcycle helmet face shield in the passenger seat of the car and when her husband was asked about it he stated it was to let her know that he had been there. He also was allowed to take the car home from the crime scene because police didnt beleive they had a crime scene. He drove the car home when there was only one set of car keys which my mother had on her when she disappeared. Also her best friends house was broken into using a key two weeks after she disappeared and only took food. Then best friend was threatened that she was next but nothing ever came about. Lots of main and key evidence that was overlooked and still not being looked at or investigated.

Sorry, for my family's safety. I cannot contact you in person. Check into the death of the man who found the skull, Kevin Radspinner. He died in a disputed suicide. Even tho he was found dead upstairs, there was a pool of blood found downstairs and bloody paper towels. They were not mentioned in the official reports. He had always disputed the sheriff's account of how the skull was found. He said he found it next to a gate he went thru every morning to farm. One morning it was suddenly there. The SO called him a liar and said it had to be there for years. He had some kind of court case against the current sheriff, but he investigated the death anyway.

Well Missouri Highway Patrol strikes again. I have now been threatened by an officer that if I don't back off and quit making accusatiions that he will drop my mothers case like everyone else has done.

What accusations are you making? Are you intentionally antagonizing them? You state they’r ethe only ones actively investigating your mother’s disappearance.

They are just mad because I beleive that the bones found outside Nevada, Mo. are that of my mothers. Only problem is that science has proved them to be a male.

Well that seems to be pretty hard to refute. Picture overlays notwithstanding…

The DNA was not pulled from the skull I was informed that DNA cant be pulled from a skull but I find that hard to beleive also.

I’m pretty sure teeth are the favorite ways to get DNA from a skeleton as the enamel (the hardest bodily surface) can protect the DNA-ribosomey goodness inside for millennia.

Welcome to the great midwest!! Backwoods ass law enforcement that doesnt want to look at the hard facts, they have the facts

What facts are you referring to here? Later on you make the claim “…they also stated that they have evidence that proves chaney and rush but they wont say what it is or convict them” – are these the facts you’re referring to? Or are there “hard facts” you’re talking about that are common knowledge? Where did they make the claim about possessing evidence? That would have to be a backasswards sherrif indeed to publicly state they have evidence to prove a murderer is responsible yet aren’t doing anything about it.

This is because if it is not proved that Jess Rush and Marvin Chaney were involved in my mothers kidnapping then they really have nothing to hold them against even though they are in for the murder of trudy darby.

??? I don’t understand this.



Rush and Chaney are considered as prime suspects in my moms case only by Highway Patrol but that is only because they want it to look like "we got them and they are behind bars", they also stated that they have evidence that proves chaney and rush but they wont say what it is or convict them.

I take it from this you don’t think they’re responsible and you think the real murderer is out there?

The main thing here is they wont tell me what the evidence is

They don’t have to do that. They shouldn’t do that. Especially if they don’t trust giving you information because you’ve been “making accusations” against them.

The Nevada Police Department didnt show up till the next day to even search for her.

How much time elapsed between the report of your mom going missing and them coming out there? Does “the next day” mean over 24 hours later?

The cops couldn't even get the date on the missing person report correct. The report was dated 1990 not 1991 so when I asked why the date was wrong they used a marker and scratched out the date and put 1991 and faxed it back to me and said here is your revised copy.

What would you expect them to do? They made a clerical error on one part of a report and then fixed that part of the report. Do you contend that this was a factor in not investigating your mom’s disappearance properly or do you mean to say that this is an example of their incompetence?

He also was allowed to take the car home from the crime scene because police didnt beleive they had a crime scene.

That sounds like a major league ****-up.

Lots of main and key evidence that was overlooked and still not being looked at or investigated.

None of those odd occurrences you describe sound much like “main and key evidence” to me. The friends house being burgled and food taken? How does that relate to your mom’s disappearance? Who threatened the friend about being next? Did that person reveal any knowledge of your mom’s disappearance? Did they really do nothing about investigating your mom’s husband? That’s where they go immediately in missing person’s cases.

If you want to know how bad this PD is, go back and read post #10.

Lets start with Sam Floor. Thank you for all the support. Its been said many times that the person or persons who found the skull was or were rabbitt hunters. Officer Roger Renken stated to me that he was there the day that the skull and bones was located and that they went into custody of the Missouri Highway Patrol from the moment they were found. Roger states that the Vernon County Sheriffs and Highway Patrol worked side by side digging through the dirt by hand and sifting to find any fragment that they could find. He stated they used a tractor with a front end loader bucket to sift the dirt, he only stated this to me because I said that a bulldozer was used and he "corrected" me. He stated that when they finally finished sifting through the dirt, Vernon County Sheriff Mickey Mason drove the tractor and pushed backed debris to make sure they hadnt stumbled upon an old burial ground. The thing about the skull was that when I came back to Nevada, Mo. in 2001 Nevada Police Department stated that the skull was in their possession in their evidence room, but how could that be when Highway Patrol said it was in their possession?

Now my turn to bring light upon CORKY KNEIVEL..........

You ask what accusations I am making?
My accusations have always been the same...That if Nevada PD would have done their job in the first place that my mother could have possibly been found. But they decided to scrutinize her in the papers for months after stating they didnt even know if they had a kidnapping or a crime. Bringing up her past and publicizing in the local newspaper. Her past was her past and that is where it should have stayed. She was a good mother that took care of 4 kids and was not who she might have been in the past.

You ask if I am intentionally antagonizing them?
YES! that is my job as a victim. My job is to make sure this case is worked correctly. And not let go cold as it has in the past! If it wasn't for my persistence the case would not have been brought back into the open. It was a shut door that never got looked into for years and now because i am pushing, officers are making irrational statements about me. They are only doing this to make theirselves look good in front of fellow officers. Highway Patrol are the only ones so called working this case, except when they threaten to drop the case because I am pushing and saying that I beleive that science was wrong and the skull they have I believe belongs to my mother because the skull could have been mixed with other remains knowing that the skull had supposedly been there for years. My mother had a very distinctive jaw line and tooth structure and had an elongated face as seen in her pictures. It was said by everyone including law enforcement who saw the skull and pictures of the skull, that it was definately hers.It was even publicized in newspapers that it was believed to be hers. Here are my facts: If the skull and bones did not belong to my mother why would the Highway Patrol threaten to send me the bones in the mail and tell me to do my own DNA testing back in 2006. This came from a now retired Sgt. of the Highway Patrol.

You stated that teeth are the favorite way to get DNA.....
When I asked if DNA was pulled from the skull they told me that DNA cant be pulled from the skull. That it came from bones that were also found on the scene. The problem with dental is that her dentist that she had died, when he died the wife burned all records so we have no way to compare dental records. But the skull that was found had teeth that matched her distinctive tooth pattern. The police report is checked that dental records are available but I will tie that into another one of your questions.

You ask about the evidence......
The fact about the evidence that they say they have came straight from the investigators mouth. He stated that they have evidence that proves Rush and Chaney were involved but cant say what that evidence is. If they had evidence that proves these two were involved why are they not charged? I know everything I am saying is not bull**** or false because I talk with investigators from other jurisdictions that can't be involved and they agree with me whole heartedly and keep telling me to keep pushing because I am in the right direction.!!!

??? I dont understand....
They dont want to charge them again and give me closure with the evidence they have. If you only heard the aliby from Marvin Chaney you would understand...Marvin was threatened with the sentence to death by a jury or to just take the plea bargain....what would you do? Being as that they have these two behind bars they don't feel they have to work the case and pursue the case more forward. That is just my opinion......

....you think the real murderer is out there?
I beleive there is more evidence that I remember that happened that would turn this case into a whole new direction. I lived this day and live this day and years over in my head daily. Numerous times I have brought to the officers that I beleive someone else was involved. But they said they aren't going to open the case and relook at it, but yet its an actively worked case. Nevada Pd stated to me not to call them again and that when they find my mother they will call me and if i have any questions or come up with other evidence to take it to Highway Patrol!

How much time elapsed....
I dont remember exactly how much time elapsed but Highway Patrol has even stated to me that if they would have shown up when they were supposed to or considered there had been a crime things would have been a lot different. I am currently coming up with a timeline and nothing in the first five days or even HOURS match up to my stepfather's statements in the newspapers or the police report.

What would you expect them to do?.......
A clerical error on a federal document? Hmmm... To come back and after twenty years realize they had the wrong date and to fix it with a marker and say here is your revised copy?.....Isn't it a felony to tamper with a federal document?

That sounds like a major league ****-up....
THANK YOU!!!!!! yes he was allowed to take the car home...drive the car with a key which he stated came from another car.....and my mother had the only set of keys when she disappeared.

....odd occurences...main and key evidence.....
The friends house was her bestfriend who she had a key to her house that was burglarized using a KEY and the only other person that had a key to that house was my mother. The bestfriend was threatened on a phone call with us standing there telling her "Black beauty your NEXT"....they never revealed themselves nor did a trace from the phone company occur. The night that the house was burglarized my sister, the bestfriends two daughters, and I, were all sitting in our cars on the road at the end of the driveway while the house was being investigated....we all saw two men dragging a woman and running across the feild...by the time we could get someone down there they were gone. Days after the house was broken into there was a barn across from the property in the middle of the woods and smoke mysteriously came from the chimney stack, and then a white German shepard that didn't belong to anyone in that area appeared running around the area. The barn was finally looked at, supposedly, and no one was there. This comes from me and my sisters memories of that night. They investigated my mothers husband...he stated to me that he even failed a lie detector test but that was because of the stress he was under....he still to this day says the cops would not help him either with any info about the case. Funny how he was never followed up on or investigated about it.

Thank you Corky Kneivel for the questions because I was able to go into further detail to answer them. This will shed more light to everyone!

That sounds like a major league ****-up....
THANK YOU!!!!!! yes he was allowed to take the car home...drive the car with a key which he stated came from another car.....and my mother had the only set of keys when she disappeared.

I'm terribly sorry for your loss. I am new to your moms case but have been reading it over. I'm confused on one part. Are you saying that you believe her husband to be responsible or partly responsible or the sheriff that she was supposedly seeing at the time?

I'm terribly sorry for your loss. I am new to your moms case but have been reading it over. I'm confused on one part. Are you saying that you believe her husband to be responsible or partly responsible or the sheriff that she was supposedly seeing at the time?

I think investigations were not done the way it should have been. I do think with the evidence that her husband drove the car home from the crime scene is a big issue that should have been looked at. her husband stated he had to use a key from another car to drive it home, newspapers state he had to have another key made, this is BS, the car was a newer model at the time and in small towns nothing was open to be able to get keys made at that time. As for the sheriff, he was bothering her for quite awhile even before she worked at the convenience store. She worked for Radio Shack in Nevada, Mo. on the square and the sheriff would commonly visit her at work and was told many times by family and friends to stay away from her. The key to her case was that she always had a cup of soda when she left work and there were no spills in the parking lot and no cup on the ground and no cup in the car. This would show that there was no struggle so whoever she was taken by was someone who knew her. They also had a busted motorcycle faceshield in the passenger side of the car. Which her husband had supposedly left there to let her know that he had been there.

Another problem is that the newspapers stated that her husband stated that she called home before she left and said she was going to bring home milk, but later in the papers it states he stated she would have came home and checked in if she was going to go anywhere because we didnt have a phone. On the missing posters the call number went to her bestfriends house not our home phone. Newspapers are another way of investigations so they really need to look at this again.

This is the link to the video of the news a few months back....

http://fourstateshomepage.com/search-fulltext?&nxd_id=96731

I am working on having new news broadcasts hit on my mothers bday July 8 so I will keep everyone informed.

Thanks

Trudy Darby, Angela Hammond and Cheryl Ann Kenney all disappeared from convenience stores in Missouri withn a 3 month time period. Trudy Darby's body was found 3 days after she was abducted. Although it was thought that 3 men abducted her only 2 were ever charged.

Two men (half brothers) named Jess Rush and Marvin Chaney were convicted of Darby's rape and murder. During the trial of Jess Rush letters from him to who he thought was a jailhouse attorney were introduced into evidence. In these letters he openly talked about killing other women and even implicated several other people that took part in them besides him and his brother. It seems that the prosecutors in this case really dropped the ball in this one by not fully investigating these men in Hammond and Kenney's kidnappings. They also never went after the accomplices that Rush named in his letters.

In the case of Trudy Darby many people were mentioned but not even arrested in taking part. I talked to an officer and asked those same questions, needless to say no answer on why they weren't checked out. They have always told me that there was three people atleast involved and Jess and Marvin are in jail, but the last person is still out there. They have not ever said who it is but that there was three. My step father told me that he knew who Chaney was and that he still had family in Nevada, what a coincidence. He was all helpful until the day I called to get a couple questions answered for my moms social security supoena, when I told him what I was doing he got very quiet and said "you need to watch what you wish for", I said excuse me, he said "I don't want to see you get hurt also". I advised Highway Patrol of this but the only thing to come from it was an officer in a meeting with Vernon County, Nevada PD and Highway Patrol was an officer stood up and said "the only reason he is searching for his mom is to get her social security money", this was funny to me because they were the ones who had told me to do the supoena. This is great investigating making a mockery of the person who wants to find the truth. This is a direct violation of victimn rights and we will see who has the last word, beings my mother can't speak for herself, I WILL! I am in contact with a few organizations and plan a big celebration in her name. It will be a day to remember! We will bring her name the way it should have been and that is out in the open and we will celebrate her, not who the local law enforcement want to make it. We will bring it to the public and try to refresh some memories and we hope to see this case take a whole new turn! This includes officers working with the remaining family who are the VICTIMS of this case! Not stepping on their rights!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!

HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY MOM! WE ALL LOVE AND MISS YOU! LET YOUR SMILE LIGHT OUR DAY FROM HEAVEN! REST PEACEFULLY FOR I WILL FINISH WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON EARTH. WE WILL BASK IN THE HAPPINESS YOU SPREAD UPON US!

LOVE YOUR SON!!!

I'm quite interested in this case. I remember it from the time it took place having lived in Springfield at the time. I have been through Nevada a time or two but don't remember much about the town. I was reading all of the posts and one of them struck me as particularly interesting. Apparently some member of the LE community used to be visiting with Ms. Kenney frequently and was warned away. I'd like to hear more about that.

The LE person was MHP at the time. He was later a one-term Vernon county sheriff. Last I heard he was a deputy sheriff in Barton county. He still lives in Nevada. He is not a popular person to say the least. He was a real jerk as sheriff.

Just wanted to post an update...Well Highway Patrol has taken themselves off of this case and put it back in the hands of Nevada PD. They decided that the skull was not hers so they have removed theirselves from the case being that the skull and bones found five miles away from Nevada, Mo. ten years ago have been tested (not the skull) only the bones that were found in the area of the skull. And have been made very aware that they WILL NOT test the DNA again for this skull. Lets see what Nevada PD can do this time.... lets give them another chance! It is very unedgy to think that there are remains that have been found and not yet entered into any database including NaMus and the Highway Patrol even after ten years...so here is to the victims and families, lets see if we can get something done. This is scary to think from a victims point of view that your loved ones remains could be laying in an office or evidence locker and not be put into circulation of viewing. This makes me wonder how many there are around the US that just get misplaced or not told of to be checked against with DNA. I also find it very hard to understand how mitacondrial DNA tests can't pull DNA from a skull or as I have been told that it cant be done. Well I am going to keep my head up even higher and see what the next problem will be. Thanks to all the GOOD LE that is out there and hopefully some of their colleagues will teach them a trick or two hince VICTIMS RIGHTS. I know I am not an investigator nor do I hold a badge so that just makes what I bring to the table just accusations and false theories I have been told, even though I have lived this case now for 20 Years. Well to some it up I need to not bother with my moms case as I have been told, but as all who KNOWS me that will be a nice COLD DAY IN HELL! welcome to the next level bringing things to the table!!!

I'm not at all sure the ID was correctly done. I was looking at a case down near Branson where the victim was incorrectly identified as a female and in fact was male. In fact the article went on to say that the skull was definitely that of a female. "An examination of the skull showed that it was that of a woman."

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A9wfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WdkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3575,4350876&dq=missing+women+missouri&hl=en

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:P_B_xbig-wUJ:caselaw.findlaw.com/mo-court-of-appeals/1476836.html+merriam+woods+remains+found&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

The fact that the remains were found so close to Nevada is certainly odd to say the least. Doesn't that bear the earmarks of the Darby case? My personal take is that those two cases are very likely related. I do not regard the Hammond case as being connected to either of those cases.

Computer enhanced photograph of the reconstructed skull found in Vernon County in 2000.
[Click to enlarge]The Vernon County Sheriff's Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol are requesting public assistance in the identification of the remains of a man found in southeast Vernon County in January of 2000. The individual "appears to have died from a gunshot wound to the head," according to Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman.
A laboratory analysis has determined the skull to be that of a white male. It's estimated the individual was between 26 and 36 years of age at the time of his death, and may have died as early as 1985 or as recently as 1997, according to a press release from the MSHP.

In an effort to identify the remains, the skull was sent to the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge where a computer-enhanced image was produced.

Director of the FACES laboratory at LSU, Mary Manhein said her staff used a data base of information they created by using ultrasound technology to scan thousands of human faces and extrapolate the information gathered into average tissue depths. Her lab's available data includes information on men and women from all age classes and racial backgrounds and information from other similar data bases in the forensic anthropology field.

The process used with the Vernon county skull "generally
takes about two weeks," Manhein said. It begins with a technician placing "tissue depth markers at about 20 different locations on the skull." Modeling clay is then used to fill in and flesh out the features of the face. The shape and dimensions of the skull dictate everything from "eye placement in the socket to width of the nose and size of the nostril opening," she said.

Manhein's lab has been doing this for about 20 years and has had good luck with getting their subjects identified. She considers her lab and staff to be in the forefront of this technology. Their facial reconstructions have helped solve cases more than three decades old, and has been utilized by law enforcement agencies in Nevada, California, Oregon, Texas, Florida and many other states. Her technicians created the bust of the much publicized "Precious Doe" case in Kansas City, Mo. The child was eventually identified as a 3-year-old girl, and her killer was brought to justice, in part, because of the work in Manhein's lab.

As good as they are at what they do, the faces her staff reconstructs "are not to be used for a positive identification, but to get people's attention," she said. "What we do is a lot of science, but also some artistic license," Manhein said, "we have to admit that."

Manhein said there is some new computer technology on the horizon of her field, but she thinks "the 3-D modeling with clay is still the best technique." Her laboratory also uses the technique for historical figures and has even done a mummy. "It works," she said.

Soon after the facial reconstruction was completed and returned to Missouri, a Kansas City police officer thought he knew who the man was, but a DNA profile and dental records proved it to be someone else, according to Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman.

The accumulated forensic information taken from the skull has been entered into the National Crime Information Center system. "NCIC is a computerized index of criminal justice information (i.e., criminal record history information, fugitives, stolen properties, missing persons) ... It is available to federal, state, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and is operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year," according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Web site. The system includes cross referenced data bases of information of things like DNA profiles and dental records.

Right now, the reconstructed skull is in an evidence locker in Springfield, Mo. Along with a recent press release to numerous law enforcement agencies across the state. According to Cpl. Brad Bearden of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, there are "long term plans," to put the photo on a billboard "somewhere on U.S. 71 Highway in the Nevada area." We want to "try and reach as many people as we can," said Bearden.

Anyone with information that may lead to identification of the remains is encouraged to call Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman at (417) 448-5555 or Cpl. Brad Bearden with the Missouri State Highway Patrol at (417) 359-1502.

Latest rumor is that Cheryl Ann Kenney was seen alive a few months after her disappearance by someone from Nevada, who knew her.

Latest rumor is that Cheryl Ann Kenney was seen alive a few months after her disappearance by someone from Nevada, who knew her.

Sam, do you know if this rumor has any truth to it? I don't mean to be negative, especially since everyone wants Cheryl to be returned safely to her loved ones, but I'm always suspicious when someone claims to have seen a missing person.

However, since this sighting happened just a few months after she went missing and was witnessed by a person who knows Cheryl, maybe it's real. If so, the witness might be able to give some information about the circumstances surrounding the sighting, such as where she was, if she was seen with someone who could be a suspect, what kind of physical and mental condition she seemed to be in, etc.

Sam Floor do you care to go into more detail on this rumored sighting?
Cheryl's son posts here and if what your posting is true then I'm sure he's interested in any leads in finding out what happened to his mother.

Sam Floor do you care to go into more detail on this rumored sighting?
Cheryl's son posts here and if what your posting is true then I'm sure he's interested in any leads in finding out what happened to his mother.

I checked in with the person who supposedly saw my mother a few months after her disappearence....it came back that he supposedly knew nothing of her and of seeing her in New Madrid, Mo. Tips and hints will come in and i will look into anything that is brought to my attention....so please keep coming forward with your tips...

I feel that people need to look in their hearts and find down deep in their souls the meaning behind a rumor. I live this life with only me to fight to try to solve my mothers case and to have someone try to lead me into another direction is out of the ordinary. I ask if you have the guts to email me at least have the guts to reach down inside you and tell me who you actually are. You may be afraid of the fear for your family but come to me as a person not some character hiding behind closed doors. I fear for my family daily and if you have fear to come forward then that means you know more than you are letting out. I feel like I have to watch over my shoulder daily and would love not to have to do that, but that is life. Please if anyone knows anything bring it forward I will not use your name unless it is from you to me allowing me to use it. I thank you for your interest of helping but please help me by knowing who you are this will allow better communication between us! I thank everyone for the generosity they have given me but would like nothing more than to solve this case!

Take this for what it is worth but I was in contact with someone in the media within the past week and brought up this case. I specifically asked about this particular case and was told that there was a "98% chance that the skull was that of a male." (per LE) Supposedly that came from DNA testing.

I worked with DNA in the child support field for about a decade. DNA is quite specific so I have no idea how a "98%" finding was arrived at. In most of our cases the percentages went into the billions or even trillions so the identification of the father was absolute for all intents and purposes. But this, obviously, is not the same kind of case.

Having read about this case and looked at the photo it seems to me that the teeth would indicate much about the identity of the skull. Not knowing if any dental x-rays exist that might not be possible but on the other hand if the teeth were unique to an individual I would think someone; a close relative, would have the ability to make the call as to whether the skull was that of their relative.

So my question is this. Have the known relatives actually examined the skull up close and in detail; not photographs but looked at it? If not, why not?

Trudy Darby disappeared and was murdered on or about January 19, 1991 in Macks Creek, Missouri.

Cheryl Kenney disappeared February 27, 1991 in Lamar, Missouri.

Angela Hammond disappeared April 4, 1991 from Clinton Missouri.

The 3MW of Springfield disappeared June 7, 1992.

My personal opinion is that the 3MW case is unrelated to any of these other cases.

My personal opinion is that Angela Hammond is unrelated to the Cheryl Kenney or Trudy Darby cases.

However, my personal opinion is that Cheryl Kenney and Trudy Darby are very possibly connected. The perpetrators of Trudy Darby's murder have been convicted and locked away (hopefully forever). Have all of the relevant (and competent) police who investigated either or both of these cases ever said definitively that these two cases are unrelated?

AllI can tell you is that the person who's name I sent you told me personally that he saw Cheryl several months after her disappearance. Apparently, he lied to both of us. He told me that he saw her and told you that he didn't tell me that. I will not bother you again. I only passed on what he told me because I thought it might have been true.

That is just awful! Do you think he's lying or did he tell the truth about what he knew and then was scared into silence?

Not trying to offend anyone. Just saying my feelings because I am the one who has to decifer between truth and lies. I will deffinately look into everything. It is just hard for me to question someone that has told someone had seen her when I dont have a name to go by. When I told him I had received an email from someone saying that he said he saw her he stated, i don't know who would have said that, I would not know your mom if she walked up the driveway. Well this is my theory, people will hide behind a phone but when they are come to face to face then they are more likely to talk. So when I do make it back to Nevada, Mo very soon I would love for the people to join me for a cup of coffee or hell a beer and just talk about what they know.

I can tell you that V.S. lived here at that time and bought gas at that ststion. So saying he did not know your mother was a lie. I mentioned this disappearance to him and he told me to my face that he saw her in New Madrid, Mo. He also said he talked to her. This was probably a year ago. I haven't seen him since.

Thanks for letting me know this SAM. I will look further into this VS and see what he has to hide and why. Its just bothering to know that he told you this to your face and find out he lied to me. If he knows something then there are always other tactics to use to get him to talk. The people who hide behind closed doors don't realize that the windows are open, figuratively speaking, things will leak out when they least expect it. The only investigators we have in LE are new to the case and don't know what and where to start. I will help them if they like it or not and again questions will be answered this time. Old evidence will be relooked at!

I don't know what it's like there, but was your mom religious at all? It could be that clergy would have some information. I'm not sure what else to really say, other than I am very sorry for your loss, and I know that trying to uncover the truth in a small town is extremely frustrating and difficult, so please take care of yourself. (Not a threat in any way, just coming from someone who grew up in a small town and eventually had to leave for my own safety).

LULU thanks for the idea I have spoken with many people in different types of fields and would agree that the nedd to look into clergy. I think I know what happened but now my thought is just how to prove it after almost 20 years. I am working on trying to get a big media break on this case but just got to find the right one with enough guts to go against everything and not be afraid to take this on!

Good luck, but you are fighting decades of corruption and coverups.

this is to Cheryl's son:

would you mind giving us some details on your mother such as what kind of person she was? and also do you have any theory that you believe as to what happened to her?

Sam Floor I agree its going to be hard with all the corruption and cover ups but I am determined to bring all that into the open and bring the ones involved up on charges. The amount of BS that has went on throughout this case is going to make for a big show down. The media will love to tear open a small town of controversies and cover ups. It will take time but this will happen. LE will get what they deserve for the things that they have not made apparent, evidence is there among testimonies and newspaper archives. If you get the chance read over all the articles that have been in the Nevada Daily Mail since around February 28, 1991 and you will be surprised on what you find. Here is a link that will take you to the archives, also use the advanced search and use Cheryl Ann Kenney and it brings up most of the articles.....http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HtQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q54FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5831%2C5628594. On the aspect of the question about what type of person was Cheryl. Cheryl was a great mother and friend who enjoyed time with her children either at home or in the outdoors. She was a very strong person that had no fear in the world. She carried herself tall and was rational towards all aspects. She was not the type of person to go with anyone that she didn't know and if she had to she would have put up a fight. The thing about the crime scene was that there was no sign of struggle. The car was unlocked and the passenger door open the night she disappeared. Here is another fact that was coinicidental, the convenience store that she worked at put in surveillence cameras the day after her disappearence. Another coincidental fact was that the man who cleaned the floors for the convenience store that she worked at remembered seeing the guy that was in the store. When he was giving his description to law enforcement he looked over at her husband and said he looked like him just a little smaller. Another thing I found interesting was the fact that the owner of the station told the newspaper that his employees never left the store unprotected but would not go indepth of what he meant by "unprotected". Also the owner stated that he knew no one was in the store at closing but had seen someone that looked suspicious earlier that evening. It is weird that the owner was there after 8 pm that evening when now days you cant catch him in the store after noon!

I live in Joplin and saw a story on this case recently on the local news. They said they either have a new Chief of Police or Sheriff and it appeared they were posting missing posters again. I was doing something else when it came on and only caught a small part of the segment. Crazytatsink, do you think this will help?

Also, I think we're the same age and I cannot even imagine what it would be like to be in your shoes. My heart goes out to you. I'm positive your mother is proud of you though!

Yes I'm very sorry for Cheryl's son's loss. In a previous post he brought up something about a woman being seen dragged by two men into a barn. Isn't this the same thing that happened to Trudy Darby? Perhaps there is a connection to Rush and Chaney. But there were also no signs of a struggle, which would seem to suggest that she knew who she left with that night. Is it possible that a third party assisting Rush and Chaney who knew Cheryl was involved?

I've always been under the opinion that whoever abducted Angela Hammond was also involved in Cheryl's disappearance, and I've always wondered why there was never a separate segment on Cheryl or Trudy Darby.

Yes I'm very sorry for Cheryl's son's loss. In a previous post he brought up something about a woman being seen dragged by two men into a barn. Isn't this the same thing that happened to Trudy Darby? Perhaps there is a connection to Rush and Chaney. But there were also no signs of a struggle, which would seem to suggest that she knew who she left with that night. Is it possible that a third party assisting Rush and Chaney who knew Cheryl was involved?

I've always been under the opinion that whoever abducted Angela Hammond was also involved in Cheryl's disappearance, and I've always wondered why there was never a separate segment on Cheryl or Trudy Darby.

It's possible that the same guy who took Angela took Cheryl, but for whatever reason, there were a lot of creepy abductor/serial killer types wandering the Midwest in the late '80s-early '90s. Very bad vibes around that area of the country in the period.

This aired tonight on the local news.

http://www.koamtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=14053901

I find his answer to the question about if he was responsible for her death to be very odd. "Aggravating as hell?" What?

Just wanted to let everyone know that February 27th, 2011 will be declared Cheryl Ann Kenney Day in Nevada, Mo. We will be doing a tribute rally in memory of her 20 years missing. Please feel free to join us. The rally will be at 1624 E. Austin, Nevada Auto Credit, from 2:00pm - 3:00pm. You can also join the facebook page for Cheryl the link is http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=140259369339728 you can also RSVP from here.

Thank you everyone for keeping up with this feed.

Just wanted to let everyone know that February 27th, 2011 will be declared Cheryl Ann Kenney Day in Nevada, Mo. We will be doing a tribute rally in memory of her 20 years missing. Please feel free to join us. The rally will be at 1624 E. Austin, Nevada Auto Credit, from 2:00pm - 3:00pm. You can also join the facebook page for Cheryl the link is http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=140259369339728 you can also RSVP from here.

Thank you everyone for keeping up with this feed.

Just curious if anything new has happened with your moms case? This thread hasn't been touched in four years so I figured I'd ask.

Can't they air this case on disappeared or any other show going right now? Poor Cheryl. This case got so little attention.

If I have read correctly, you are Mrs. Kenney's son? If so I would love to get a name from you to add to my files. I am currently, (Not in association with any station, Just on my own time), looking into your mothers death, along with Mrs. Angela Hammond and Mrs. Trudy Darby. No, I am not an actual detective, But I have always been told I have a strange ability to solve cases like these. A man who was like a second father to me is a top detective of my state and I would constantly help him with troubling cases. (Under the table of course seeing as He technically was not supposed to let me see his files.) But, by doing this, I helped him solve cases and got to see him bring children home because of my assistance. Again, It would be much appreciated if I could get a name and any specific details you might find important that the press or police did not include.

Thank you for your time,
~Ms. Dorney

https://www.cherylannkenney.com/news-articles

This website has a few articles dedicated solely to Cheryl's disappearance. In one of them, they mention two coworkers hearing a female scream shortly after Cheryl set the alarm at 10:17 p.m. on the night of her disappearance. They described the scream as "angry", and wrote it off as someone drunkenly arguing. I find this interesting because if someone unknown to Cheryl was attempting to abduct her, you would think the screams would be of sheer panic, not "angry". To me this suggests someone she knew was responsible.

I believe that this (https://www.google.com/maps/place/2117+E+Austin+Blvd,+Nevada,+MO+64772/@37.8363818,-94.3361953,3a,75y,203.19h,76.57t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1swKJ10AdPbjX7eCnNeiOPZA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D13.42970912223619%26panoid%3DwKJ10AdPbjX7eCnNeiOPZA%26yaw%3D203.18722669486584!7i13312!8i6656!4m6!3m5!1s0x87c6543dea7b8757:0x7c907de881549c0f!8m2!3d37.8368245!4d-94.3297358!16s%2Fg%2F11c3q3m83k?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDEyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) is the store where Cheryl worked and was abducted from. She would have left the building through the side door, and in one of the articles about her case mentioned the shed that she normally parked in front of. According to her family (and the owner of the store), Cheryl would not have left that building if she sensed anything suspicious or if she was aware of a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot. There is also a tidbit mentioned in a few articles about a man who was there that night cleaning the floor of the store, who claims to have left at 9:55 p.m. that night and there was a man inside the store looking in an aisle as if he was looking for something specific. But there was a hotel next to the store, so he didn't think it was anything nefarious.