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Sherri Ann Jarvis:1980, Huntsville, Texas

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    Sherri Ann Jarvis was born on March 9th, 1966 in Stillwater, Minnesota.   Her friends and family called her Tati. I wasn't able to find out a lot about her early life and family. But we do know that t hings had not been going well in her pre-teen years. Apparently, she had not been making it to school with enough regularity. We don’t know why she was considered a truant. Was there no stability in her home life? Was she physically ill or even depressed? Did she have a learning difficulty that made school miserable? Was she bullied at school? Sometimes it’s a combination of factors.    Sherri was removed from her home at the age of 13. She was sent to a temporary shelter in Stillwater, Minnesota to await a court appearance for truancy. (Stillwater is near St. Paul, Minnesota.) But, she ran away.    Her family searched for her. She wrote them a letter saying she would return. But, she never made it back. Her family had no ide...
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Sheila Collins:1968, Story County, Iowa

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    Sheila Jean Collins was from Evanston, Illinois. She was born on August 2nd, 1949. Her father, James Collins, was a commercial artist. She was a freshman studying English at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa in 1968.    On Friday, January 26th, 1968, Sheila Jean Collins had posted a notice on the bulletin board in the student union building. She was hoping to get a ride back to Evanston, Illinois.    That evening she got a call after 8 p.m. answering her advertisement about needing a ride. The caller asked if she could be ready in 15 minutes. She said she needed 20. He agreed and they arranged a spot to meet.    She let her roommate know that she had gotten a ride. She called her parents to let them know. She did not have the name of the man who was taking her. She packed her bag and left the dorm. The man who offered her a ride asked her to meet him in 15 minutes at the corner of Lincoln Way and Beach Avenue. Quite...
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Cheryl Ann Kenney:1991, Nevada, Missouri

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       Cheryl Kenney worked at the Quality Convenience Store on Business Hwy 71 in 1991 in Nevada, Missouri. The evening hours worked for her schedule as a student at Central Missouri State University. She was also a wife and mother. She had two children and was the stepmother to two more. Her life was very full.    Cheryl had probably heard about the recent abduction and murder of Trudy Darby in January, 1991. Trudy was working in the evening at a convenience store when someone abducted her on January 19th, 1991 and she was found in a creek a few days later. She had been sexually assaulted and was shot and thrown off a bridge not far from the Branch, Missouri store she worked at. That was only about 80 miles away.    Even if she hadn’t yet heard of that tragedy, Cheryl was probably very wary and careful. In the 1980’s and 1990’s mini-marts, convenience stores and other similar businesses began popping up everywhere. In the 1970’s if...
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