Sherry Everly (Pizza delivery girl)

[Thiussat]

This case was covered in a segment about psychic detectives. Everly was abducted in 1982 in Oregon while delivering a pizza to an address that didn't exist. She was ambushed, kidnapped, and murdered. Her body still has never been found.

Anyway, in the segment the psychic took the detective to a person they already had on their suspect list named Daryl J. Wilson. The psychic claims his visions clearly showed Wilson's house. The detective reinterview Wilson while the psychic is in the car. Later the same day Wilson kills himself, which seems to be a strong indication of guilt. After the suicide, the police feel they may never officially solve the case since Wilson is dead.

Now, I saw a comment on that website I cannot name that indicated the case is now solved since serial killer William Scott Smith confessed to her murder (Smith killed several other young women in the same area in the early 80's). However, I googled it and can find no verification of this claim except on the Unsolved Mysteries "Wiki" site. That is, I cannot find any official news paper articles that verify Smith confessed. Can anyone else verify this to be true? And if it is true, do police have anything corroborating Smith's confession? I mean, it is VERY strange that Wilson would kill himself when he was innocent (or perhaps it was just one helluva coincidence). It's especially weird he killed himself just a couple hours after detectives left.

I do know that in one of Smith's murders (not Everly but another) he had an accomplice. This leaves only two scenarios:

1) Smith is telling the truth and Wilson's suicide was one helluva coincidence

2) Smith and Wilson were working together at some point. Perhaps they were old friends or whatever.

[RobinW]

Since Sherry Eyerly's body has never been found, she's still listed on the Charley Project and they provide all the info about Smith confessing to the crimes. Damn, the guy's got one scary mugshot!
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/...ly_sherry.html

Since Smith is already serving two life sentences for other murders, he'll remain in prison even though LE haven't really found any hard evidence to charge him with Eyerly's murder. For all we know, it could just be a case of a serial killer taking credit for another murder since he's got nothing else to lose.

Smith did not implicate Darrell Wilson in the murder even though the Charley page lists a lot of circumstantial evidence that he could have been involved. Police seemed to rule him out as a suspect after awhile though I'm not sure if that was due to Smith's confession or because of something else. If Wilson was totally innocent and he committed suicide simply because he couldn't bear the thought of being the suspect in a murder, that adds an incredibly disturbing angle to the idea of the police using psychics to solve crimes.

[Thiussat]

Originally Posted by RobinW

Since Sherry Eyerly's body has never been found, she's still listed on the Charley Project and they provide all the info about Smith confessing to the crimes. Damn, the guy's got one scary mugshot!
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/...ly_sherry.html

Thanks for that. I just wanted confirmation. From reading that summary, I wonder what "circumstances" led police to eventually rule Wilson out as a suspect?

Since Smith is already serving two life sentences for other murders, he'll remain in prison even though LE haven't really found any hard evidence to charge him with Eyerly's murder. For all we know, it could just be a case of a serial killer taking credit for another murder since he's got nothing else to lose.

Yeah possibly. But as we all know, it's very difficult to get murderers to admit to other murders they have not been charged with, even if they are already in prison for life and the evidence seems strong. So I assume there probably is some truth to Smith being involved.

If Wilson was totally innocent and he committed suicide simply because he couldn't bear the thought of being the suspect in a murder, that adds an incredibly disturbing angle to the idea of the police using psychics to solve crimes.

Exactly the point I was going to make once I had it confirmed Smith had confessed. I wonder how that psychic feels now knowing that he may have caused the death of an innocent person?

But, again, I find it odd that an innocent man would kill himself right after detectives leave his residence. I cannot rule Wilson out completely (in my own mind), at least not until I hear what reasons the Police have for dismissing him as a suspect.

[Cori aka ChrisSCrush]

It's vaguely possible an innocent person could commit suicide if he'd had bad experiences with law enforcement or courts in the past, or was just having a bad time generally and this was the last straw. Strange that he mentioned willingness to speak to a psychic, though. Perhaps he was the real killer or assisted him.

[Apostapler]

Using psychics to solve crimes is disturbing in some aspects, agreed. However, if this person was innocent of the crime and killed himself because he was being accused by the police and their psychic, there were some other problems going on with the young man before he was accused. They didn't CAUSE his death.

[SageSlowdive]

This has to be one of the most fascinating cases ever profiled on UM.

Can you believe the phony psychic was wrong, and yet the man still killed himself right after that? Unbelievable.

[TheCars1986]

Originally Posted by SageSlowdive

This has to be one of the most fascinating cases ever profiled on UM.

Can you believe the phony psychic was wrong, and yet the man still killed himself right after that? Unbelievable.

I could be confusing this case with another case, but didn't LE determine that Wilson had some sort of mental disorder or something and that may have been the reason why he killed himself? That's one hell of a FAIL on the psychics part if Wilson had nothing to do with the crime.

[MegtheEgg86]

Originally Posted by Apostapler

Using psychics to solve crimes is disturbing in some aspects, agreed. However, if this person was innocent of the crime and killed himself because he was being accused by the police and their psychic, there were some other problems going on with the young man before he was accused. They didn't CAUSE his death.

^ This.

[Steve W.]

I'm not so sure that this Smith guy that confessed in 2007 is actually her murderer. Once he confessed, LE had him show them what he did to her and what he did with her body. He said he threw it in a river nearby the crime scene, but wouldn't her body have turned up long ago if that was the case? It seems like he could've just made that up and I've read about criminals who are already serving life sentences (and have accepted that fate) that confess to things they didn't do because if they make a confession to something that's unsolved, they get better/more privileges on a daily basis in prison. Smith was one of those people already serving life sentences prior to his "confession".

[Cori aka ChrisSCrush]

Originally Posted by TheCars1986

I could be confusing this case with another case, but didn't LE determine that Wilson had some sort of mental disorder or something and that may have been the reason why he killed himself? That's one hell of a FAIL on the psychics part if Wilson had nothing to do with the crime.

That's too bad, sounds like the Final Appeal case where the man was accused of murder simply because he had red hair and was mentally ill, when he was actually innocent. If this guy was mentally ill or odd in any way it may have targeted him as a suspect even if he was innocent.

[TheCars1986]

Originally Posted by Cori aka ChrisSCrush

That's too bad, sounds like the Final Appeal case where the man was accused of murder simply because he had red hair and was mentally ill, when he was actually innocent. If this guy was mentally ill or odd in any way it may have targeted him as a suspect even if he was innocent.

Well naturally Wilson would look like a prime suspect to law enforcement, mental health issues aside. He painted his truck a different color a month after Everly disappeared. He drove a truck similar in color and make to one witnesses placed on the road around the same time Everly disappeared. He also denied ever knowing Sherry, but then recanted and said she was only an acquaintance. I just find it ridiculous sometimes at how much law enforcement actually uses "psychics" to help aid them in cases. This is a clear example IMO of how stupid that can be.

[unslvd mr e]

yes, i also heard it was true that an innocent man killed himself after being questioned. at first i thought that guy was the killer since he killed himself in the end. the detectives claim that he killed himself cause of history of mental heath prolems and depression. it seems like they say that so the detectives and psychic are not the reason for his suicide! this is what i think: the psychic made a deadly mistake of claiming this innocent guy was the killer, the innocent man, who already had problems now had this to deal with and i bet he got even more depressed and suicidal. that is just wrong that the pychic said he saw this mans house. psychics should not be used in my opinion in cases.

Originally Posted by Thiussat

This case was covered in a segment about psychic detectives. Everly was abducted in 1982 in Oregon while delivering a pizza to an address that didn't exist. She was ambushed, kidnapped, and murdered. Her body still has never been found.

Anyway, in the segment the psychic took the detective to a person they already had on their suspect list named Daryl J. Wilson. The psychic claims his visions clearly showed Wilson's house. The detective reinterview Wilson while the psychic is in the car. Later the same day Wilson kills himself, which seems to be a strong indication of guilt. After the suicide, the police feel they may never officially solve the case since Wilson is dead.

Now, I saw a comment on that website I cannot name that indicated the case is now solved since serial killer William Scott Smith confessed to her murder (Smith killed several other young women in the same area in the early 80's). However, I googled it and can find no verification of this claim except on the Unsolved Mysteries "Wiki" site. That is, I cannot find any official news paper articles that verify Smith confessed. Can anyone else verify this to be true? And if it is true, do police have anything corroborating Smith's confession? I mean, it is VERY strange that Wilson would kill himself when he was innocent (or perhaps it was just one helluva coincidence). It's especially weird he killed himself just a couple hours after detectives left.

I do know that in one of Smith's murders (not Everly but another) he had an accomplice. This leaves only two scenarios:

1) Smith is telling the truth and Wilson's suicide was one helluva coincidence

2) Smith and Wilson were working together at some point. Perhaps they were old friends or whatever.

[egswanso]

Yet another case that shows not only the utter worthlessness, but downright harm, so-called "psychics" have.

[Drakken]

Originally Posted by Steve W.

I'm not so sure that this Smith guy that confessed in 2007 is actually her murderer. Once he confessed, LE had him show them what he did to her and what he did with her body. He said he threw it in a river nearby the crime scene, but wouldn't her body have turned up long ago if that was the case? Smith was one of those people already serving life sentences prior to his "confession".

Numerous cases can be found on Doe Network or Charley Project in which a criminal confesses to a murder and even attempts to locate where he had dumped the victim, but the victim couldn't be found nonetheless. The point is that no body needs to be found, but corpus delicti has to be established. We know that a crime has been committed, and physical evidence was probably found inside Eyerly's truck which could be used against Smith, and so he was brought before the court and he pleaded guilty. Given that there are no probable nor acceptable alternative theory on Eyerly's death aside's Smith's, his confession and guilty plea was accepted.

One, the body could have sunk and/or moved forward dozens of miles in the stream. CP mentions that the Pudding River flooded numerous times, so the body could have traveled even wider a search area. Scavenging animals could have consumed part if not all of the body, or it could have become derelict because of exposure to elements and so become virtually untraceable. Finally, it could have been found already in another county, hell even another State, but was classified as a Jane Doe.

In December 2007, authorities announced William Scott Smith had pleaded guilty to murder in Eyerly's case. A photograph of Smith is posted below this case summary. He is already serving two life terms in prison for the abduction, rape and strangulation murders of two Salem women; his guilty plea in Eyerly's presumed death means another life sentence will be added. He said he and an accomplice, Roger Noseff, had planned to abduct another female Domino's Pizza worker and hold her for ransom, but the woman was not working that night and they kidnapped Eyerly instead. He stated he strangled her to death afterwards. Smith said it was Noseff who made the ransom call to Domino's. Noseff died of cancer in 2003 and was never charged in Eyerly's case.

Smith said he dumped Eyerly's body the Pudding River, which is also where he placed the remains of his other two victims. Searches of the area turned up nothing, but the Pudding River has flooded many times since 1982 and any evidence may have been lost. Eyerly's body has never been located, but foul play is suspected in her case due to the circumstances involved.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/...ly_sherry.html

[Cori aka ChrisSCrush]

Yeah, if there was a cadaver dog--not like the fake one featured on UM, but some real ones are said to be able to tell human from animal bones--and it knew where to look and could find enough traces to corroborate the man's story, it would at least prove he was guilty if not prove the supposed suspect was innocent.

This and one other case on UM really bothered me. The other case was some woman in Florida who dreamed for years about a house before moving into it. It seems a man was murdered there by someone who set his car on fire and ambushed him. It always bothered me that this spirit somehow knew who was going to move into his house years later, yet seemed clueless (at least as far as UM presented) as to who killed him and why--which you'd think would be the first two things he'd wonder on reaching spirit form. Perhaps in that case they had ideas who did it but not proof enough to say. This pizza delivery girl case bothered me, too, that the psychic supposedly knew exactly what was done, who, where and everything, yet his information suddenly cuts off when it comes to where the body was hidden. Maybe all this "I'm gettin' something" comes in flashes, but you'd think the deceased would know where their own remains were and above all things would want to be found. There are other cases where this has supposedly happened, like the nurse in California and a case I thought was this kid http://www.christophersclubhouse.org/history.html but this doesn't mention a psychic, just police searching near where he was last seen. Perhaps I am thinking of a boy around the same age killed under similar circumstances. In that case, a psychic found the body under an old piece of plywood after supposedly receiving messages from the boy saying, "Take me home."