Corinne Leanne Erstad Missing Since 1992 -- Suspect acquitted but girl still missing
Author: Shane Lambert
Original Time of Writing: December 27th, 2020
All articles subject to change after the original posting.
Fri, Jun 5, 1992 – Page 2 · Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) · Newspapers.com
Original Time of Writing: December 27th, 2020
All articles subject to change after the original posting.
Missing person: Corinne Leanne Erstad
Last seen: June 1st, 1992 (Monday) at about 730pm.
Where last seen: Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota at what, I think, would have been a Craig Court address. She went to a park (Skyview Park) that looks like it would have been just behind the house she lived in and maybe within the viewpoint of the home, however, Google Maps only goes back to 2013 for street-level views at this location. With summertime looming, there would be plenty of sunlight left for this northern-USA location.
Corinne Leanne Erstad is considered dead. She went to a park at about 730pm on June 1st, 1992, a park that was known as Skyview Park. By modern Google Maps, that's here: 44.85060084928631, -93.0263187313249.
She has not been seen since and the main suspect in her disappearance was acquitted. However, the mystery of finding her remains is still unresolved.
A friend of the family was arrested in this case, the man who was acquitted. According to news coverage several days after her disappearance, Corrine left her house at about 730pm while Robert Joseph Guevara visited the home. He, reportedly, left immediately after she went to the park and had been drinking. A half an hour later, Corrine's brothers reportedly looked for her and the police were called to assist at 930pm. Reportedly, the police eventually found Corrine's blood-stained clothing in a storage locker that Guevara rented. He was arrested along with his girlfriend, Christine Holzmer.
Sat, Jun 6, 1992 – Page 11 · Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) · Newspapers.com
Opinion: The balance of everything I read is that her remains are likely within a 45-minute drive of her last-known location -- perhaps a speedy drive. I would focus on a generous 70 mile radius from where she was last seen.
At this advanced time, if she is dead then she would be decomposed. However, any small-statured Jane Doe is a candidate for a rule out, even across state lines in Wisconsin, provided the date-of-death is estimated to be reasonably close to Corrine's last-seen date.
Websleuths should note that she was missing the tip of her left ring finger. This distinctive characteristic might be detectable in skeletal remains even if other characteristics are lost to decomposition. Furthermore, I found a six-inch discrepancy in her profiled height with most online sources versus the reporting of her height from the time of her disappearance. It's not clear what to go with but I recommend using a broad height range if you are plugging this value into any Jane Doe databases.
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 5 years old
Hair: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Height and weight at the time of disappearance: 3'2" (NamUs) and 40 pounds; 3'8" by a newspaper source
Age at time of disappearance: 5 years old
Hair: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Height and weight at the time of disappearance: 3'2" (NamUs) and 40 pounds; 3'8" by a newspaper source
Other: Scars -- on forehead, on right side of face, on lip, and on left hand; mole -- on the left side of her lower back; pierced ears; she was missing the tip of her left ring finger
Clothing: White sundress, watermelon slice printed (pastel pink & green), and pink spaghetti straps; no shoes
Clothing: White sundress, watermelon slice printed (pastel pink & green), and pink spaghetti straps; no shoes
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