Missing Person Commentary

Posted by: Shane Lambert The following newspaper articles have to do with the disappearance of Beverly Sharpman in 1947. The two articles below are from the same source and date. The first is part one of the article while the second is part two. They appeared in 1954 in the credited newspaper.  The major points of the article: The mother of Beverly Sharpman received a letter pertaining to the disappearance of her daughter;  The police believed this letter may have been written by Beverly Sharpman herself;  However, the letter was signed by one "Lee Davis," a mystery person. The third article below is a hit to the name "Lee Davis" from the area.  If you would like to read my viewpoint on this case then visit the following link: Beverly Sharpman, married and ran off? It includes a full-sized body shot of Sharpman with modern technology used to change the contrasts in the photo. In my opinion, Sharpman is wearing a ring in the photo despite her NamUS file saying she w...

NamUs UP # 17460 bones/sewer F · Fri, Sep 21, 1979 – Page 32 · The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com

By: Shane Lambert Rebecca Ann Triska : missing since the late evening of September 19th, 1958. Details according to DoeNetwork  "was last seen around 23:45 in a car with an unidentified older male at the Route 88 Drive-In Restaurant in Harmony Township, just north of Ambridge, Pennsylvania on September 19, 1958" "She had gone to a teen dance in Ambridge with friends. Becky left the dance at about 23:30." "Police arrested an Ambridge man when they learned that the car Becky was last seen in closely resembled his car." The man's alibi "told police that they had attended a football game in Aliquippa and had parted company between 23:30 and 23:45 that night. With no body and not enough evidence, he was released. He was never charged for Becky's murder." changed Alliquippa to Aliquippa "In 1962, this same man was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1961 beating death of 13-year old Jane Benfield of Centralia, Columbia C...

By: Shane Lambert Tonight I looked at the mysterious case of Beverly Sharpman, an individual who was last seen on September 11th, 1947 in Philadelphia. NamUs has her listed as 16 years old at the time of her disappearance. However, all the newspaper articles I looked at indicated that she was 17 years old at the time. The case stands out to me because of the huge effort that individuals in Beverly's family made, especially her mother Nettie, in attempting to find her. Furthermore, I'm not convinced that Beverly Sharpman died at a time close to her disappearance. Lastly, I'm not convinced that the love that Beverly's family felt for her was entirely reciprocal. My opinion in this cloudy case is that Beverly disappeared voluntarily. Have a look at the photograph below. The face from this photograph is commonly used as the missing-person's photograph of Beverly. I think there might be a clue in the entire photo, a matter that I will return to. "Got m...

Author : Shane Lambert I read about the missing-person case of Ricky Jean Bryant tonight and did some research on it using online newspaper databases. I thought, for a short time, maybe she was kidnapped and alive somewhere. However, after researching this case, I think Ricky Jean Bryant simply died in a house fire that occurred the day she went missing. Furthermore, I think it's futile for websleuths or amateur investigators to work on this case any further. Ricky Jean Bryant , the missing person, disappeared at the age of four in December of 1949 in Wisconsin as the house on her family's farm burned down. As described at Doenetwork.com, the case sounds as though a "tall blonde lady in a new car" kidnapped 'Jeannie' as flames leveled the house. Jeannie and two of her siblings were home with their grandparents, who also lived on the farm. Ricky's brother, who was 5 years old at the time, remembers leaving Jeannie and their younger sister outside...

Here's an article from the Arizona Republic (page 8, February 11th, 1988). NamUs UP #2071 NamUs #2071 · Thu, Feb 11, 1988 – Page 8 · Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona) · Newspapers.com

By: Shane Lambert The Springhill Jane Doe is UP #16509 on NamUS, an individual that died without any identification on her on May 2nd, 1986. The case is interesting in the sense that it seems like it should produce a match. That is, it should produce a match if anyone that knew the decadent in life now knows that he/she should be looking for her in the UP files. But those that have followed UP cases over the years know that people don't always know to look in UP files for those that they've lost contact with. In fact, the case of the Springhill Jane Doe reminds me of the case of The Grateful Doe, a case that was solved in recent years. The Grateful Doe, a doe now known as Jason Callahan, was a hitchhiker who perished as a passenger in a vehicle that he hitched a ride in. In this way, his case has a similarity to the Springhill Jane Doe. In a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article from June 13th, 1986 writer Vince Leonard headlines "Dead Hitchiker's name still a mystery...

By: Shane Lambert Robin Graham disappeared in the early hours of the morning on November 14th, 1970. She was driving home from her place of employment, Pier 1 at 5711 Hollywood Boulevard, when something went wrong with her vehicle (employment address as per a landing page for her at Ancestry.com). For those interested in tracing her route, I think she was traveling to 2227 Lemoyne Street in Los Angeles. Her disappearance is noteworthy for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it caused the LAPD to enact a change in policy. A police officer saw her in the minutes before she disappeared but he left her alone. After her disappearance, police officers were required to stay with stranded female motorists. Secondly, her disappearance and probable murder can be compared to other disappearances of women where some kind of vehicle mishap is part of the chain of events surrounding the disappearance. Robin Graham Robin Ann Graham's details: Last seen : About 2:30am on November 14th, 197...

Author : Shane Lambert Marcella Krulce has been missing since November 19th, 1959. At the time of her disappearance, she was believed to be about 30 years old (b. 1929). She is missing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and NamUS offers the following circumstances: Marcella Krulce "Last seen on 11/19/1959 dining at the restaurant at the Martinique Apartments. She was a secretary at the United Fund of Allegheny County, living at the Martinique during the week and spending weekends at the family home in Strabane Twp. Failed to show up at work on Friday, 11/20/1959. Her clothes, jewelry, insulin and needles were found in their place at her apartment." Marcella Krulce disappearance 1959 Thu, Nov 26, 1959 – Page 18 · The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com The Martinique Apartments were at 4740 Baum Boulevard. It was a building that made the news for the wrong reasons in the 1950s and 1960s.  Firstly, I did find evidence of a mass murderer living a...