For additional information: This isnt an across the track thing. [2], In June 1991, Kelly left McAlphin and moved in with a friend named Andrea Cooksey. The incident also weighed heavy on Mayor Veronica Smith-Creers heart and mind. No other injuries were reported, and Harwell declined to identify the other people who were present, citing the ongoing investigation. Medics transported Thrower to be treated, but he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead. ", Print Headline: Police investigating murder of 57 year-old El Dorado woman. Xavier Q. Thrower was fatally wounded after at least one intruder broke into his residence at 2308 Helena St., fired shots and stole a purse. The PRESS RELEASE Solved Using Genetic GenealogyTwo Separate Decades-Old Murder Cases Solved Using Genetic Genealogy Twenty-seven year old Brynn Rainey was killed in 1977. "He shot the phone, and he grabbed her purse and ran out.". 19) Amanda Gail Slaughter, who went missing from Orangefield, Texas on April 28, 1991. Steven Wade Miller decided recently to skip a resentencing hearing before a . 72201. He stumbled onto the porch of neighbor Will Gafford and was later transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. DNA was collected from the child of one of the brothers. She posted a video to Facebook addressing the recent murder and violence in general that has transpired over time. Missing. He was laying on the floor., She then called police and she said another gun shot came through the carport window. Investigators believe she may have not gone by her true name because she was possibly a run away from Florida or Oklahoma, with some speculating she could have run away from home when she was 11 years old. If you have any information regarding this case, please contact the El Dorado County Cold Case Jennie Sperinde was a long time resident of Cool, California. On June 9, 1995, Morgan Nick and her mother, Colleen Nick, went to a Little League baseball game in their town of Alma, Arkansas. She was born in Beaufort, South Carolina and grew up in Greenville. From next door, Menon heard the two arguing back and forth before a gunshot ended the dispute. 25) Elaine Allenbach, who went missing from Vancouver, British Columbia on March 15, 1986. Kelly (1968 July 10, 1991)[1] was the first name of a 23-year-old American woman and identity thief who was murdered on July 10, 1991 in El Dorado, Arkansas, in Room 121 of the now-demolished Whitehall Motel. Kelly had to return the merchandise in order for her mother to avoid jail. Her body was found a month later in a shallow grave in South Lake Tahoe, according to the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office. Rate and review titles you borrow and share your opinions on them. PRESS RELEASE Known only as Jane Doe for four decades, Rebecca Dinkel is finally returned to her familyIn 1974, thirty-seven-year-old Nancy Webster was at a cafe with her nineteen-year-old daughter, Rebecca Dinkel, in the Garden Valley area of El Dorado County. On July 10, 1991. She and her mother were forced to move three or four times after the summer of 1983 for non-payment of rent. After leaving Dallas, she traveled to Shreveport, Louisiana, before going to El Dorado in early 1991. University of Arkansas at Little Rock. After completing rehab Kelly moved back in with the same aunt, this time in Texas, as the aunt's husband was in the military and stationed there. 49) Darci Renae Warde, who went missing from Seattle, Washington on April 24, 1990. I was home. Thats why he believes change on the streets starts with the education youth receive in and outside of the classroom. She also had two ponytail holders in her hair. After we had let Walker and James out of my car, Alan and I were riding around. Gasps came from the courtroom. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. My son is still laying on the floor, she said. Lt. Andrew Russell, public information officer for the Police Department, said previously that robbery was a possible motive, noting that the intruder stole a purse that belonged to a woman who was inside the residence at the time. When they arrived, they found a man in the front yard of a home with three gunshot wounds. When officers turned Thrower over, they found what appeared to be a single gunshot wound to his stomach. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of El Dorado News-Times. The next day, 13 miles south of where Ed Heitkamp had the strange interaction with a woman in a brown Ford Pinto, Dewayne McCorkendale was murdered. It was there that her and McAlphin began their relationship, and its said shed frequently visit the emergency room due to the beatings McAlphin would give her. The first time you log in to our catalog you will need to create an account. I have to go to a cemetery to visit my son, Ka-ia Billings said. Im speaking for all of them, Billings said. Her anterior abdominal wall was flat with a remote scar. This is something shed come forward with after an arrest. Police tell us the victim appears to be in their early 30s. Numerous other items were found in Jane Does possession, including random snapshots; a flyer from Boyd Sound Studio in Wylie, Texas and menus from the following restaurants and venues: Phillips Waterside, The Raven, Worrell Brothers and one from Norfolk, Virginia. The suspect killer was arrested Friday night. Its been so difficult that she hasnt been to work since his death and has had to seek counseling. Im going to be honest with you, if it wasnt for prayer and that daughter of mine, I would have lost it a long time ago, she said. His family owned a large ranch Debney Lynn Lobanoff was last seen by her husband in December of 1981 at their residence in On July 24, 1977, 27 year old Brynn Rainey stopped by a bar near the Nevada casino where she David Robert Hursell was last seen alive on Monday, January 19, 1987 near Greenwood, California. Major support provided through a partnership with the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. The 2020 El Dorado crime rate fell by 2% compared to 2019. We headed up North College and saw a lot of police cars. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. If you have any information about any of the active cases, Octavius Critton Jr., Rodney Hart, Ashley Bell, James Bowens, Iesha Jackson and Jactavius Rashaad Williams, call 870-863-4636. DNA and fingerprint tests turned up no matches. Harwell said he hopes evidence analyses from the Crime Lab will provide more answers soon. We're looking at several people but none of the names we've gotten so far, we can eliminate at this point," Harwell continued. They found a social security card and an identification card with her photo that identified her as Cheryl Ann Wick.[2]. 38 Last Seen. You wont be doing things against the law. It was also noted that she had a broken neck. Her battered body was found on the side of a South Lake Tahoe road, prosecutors said. She is said to have had a distinctively large nose and naturally arched eyebrows. The El Dorado Police Department is still investigating this case in addition to others. Its a night that plays back in my head every time I close my eyes, she said. The police can only do so much if were not helping. He denied killing Kelly, claiming she had shot herself in a suicide attempt, and that he had only hit her. Davis' then-girlfriend Connie Dahl and Hylton's 13-year-old daughter also lived in the home. Officers were called to the 2300 block of Helena Street regarding gunshots heard inside a home. When found, her hair was shoulder-length at 9 long and appeared to naturally be light brown and grown out. She had blue eyes. While there, she said her daughter was taken by Child Protective Services and that she was unable to get her back because she was living under a false identity. The sister left just a few months later after a humiliating stay during which their mother entered her into a bikini contest for money. 9) Wendy Lynn Huggy, who went missing from Clearwater, Florida on April 7, 1982. Inshiqaq Qalam Qiyamma II, 19, was taken into custody around 7 p.m. on Friday. On April 15, 1973, a day after his twenty-third birthday, Hershel Alan Smith died in his jail cell; he had numerous arrests stemming from drugs and alcohol. Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. [2], A neighbor, Roy Charles Menon, witnessed part of the interaction between Kelly and McAlphin that night when he stopped by to ask for the return of some cassette tapes he had lent out. Police investigating her identity could not discover any bank robberies to which she could be definitively tied, nor any connection to a witness protection program or the mafia. Kelly and the sister remained with this aunt for about a year and a half until Brenda asked Kelly to move in with her. 51) Joanne Williams, who went missing from Scranton, Pennsylvania on December 7, 1978. Examining the world of solved and unsolved cases. Harwell said Thursday that Thrower and two other people were in the house when the shooting occurred. According to McAlphin, by the time she was an adult, she began prostituting of her own will. Additional support provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council. Police investigating murder of 57 year-old El Dorado woman by Tia Lyons | December 11, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. El Dorado police said they have turned few leads in their probe into the murder. All rights reserved. By David Lohr Jan 23, 2019, 04:47 PM EST Stay up to date with the latest news by downloading the KTVE/KARD News App from the, Get the Android Weather app from Google Play, Edwards gives final speech in front of Press Club, Camden Police searching for emergency dispatchers, State Police investigate deadly Louisiana motorcycle, AR hunter facing fines for killing Alaska caribou, La. While officers were en route, 911 operators received a second call about a female knocking on a neighbors door for help. 1A, 2A. Brynn Rainey, 27, vanished in July 1977. Its not just me. Some of the biggest unsolved murders in Arkansas include the 1994 murder of Melissa "Missy" Witt, the 1995 murder of Marlo Taylor, and the 1987 double murder of Don Henry and Kevin Ives, among countless others which receive much less media attention. By the time she was an adult, McAlphin claims she was willingly participating in the trade. The CALS Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization. When a tribute gift is given the honoree will receive a letter acknowledging your generosity and a bookplate will be placed in a book. Its a lot of stuff going on in El Dorado that this town is too small for. Holt, who was born in 1947, grew up in San Jose and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, prosecutors said. Police believe the incident was an attempted robbery as the suspect took the purse of a woman who was also inside the home. El Dorado police said they have turned few leads in their probe into the murder of a woman who was found earlier this week inside her residence at a local apartment complex. Although national attention was lacking, newspapers such as the Northwest Arkansas Times of Fayetteville (Washington County), the Times (Shreveport, Louisiana), and the Monroe News Star (Monroe, Louisiana) reported on the murder. 45) Tammy Rose Surdam, who went missing from St. Charles, Missouri on August 1, 1979. Mama, what we eating today. Thrower was transported by ambulance to Medical Center of South Arkansas, where he was pronounced dead. He said the four girls grew up in captivity in the area and that Julie, in particular, had died during childbirth. Soon after her death, McAlphin turned himself into police and plead guilty to a charge of second-degree murder, instead of the second-degree battery and first-degree murder charges hed initially faced. Missing Persons in El Dorado, AR. Ray Collins told the court that he and Wainwright had walked together along College Avenue before splitting up, and he told of hearing or seeing two cars and then hearing two gunshots: They sounded like two shotguns. Larry Wainwrights parents never took the stand. Body was dumped Hwy 256 North of Wright AR on the Lipscomb Farm Agency. (LogOut/ Anyone with information concerning Joseph Holt, or any information concerning any unsolved crime in El Dorado County, is asked to contact the Cold Case Task Force Tip Line at 530-621-4590. Get Alerts Map; Browse By State; Submit a Crime Tip Square with arrow pointing upper right. 21) Pamela Dawn Tinsley, who went missing from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 13, 1986. So, how can stuff get solved if no one wants to talk, Billings said. Name. On March 11, a reward fund was established by the El Dorado City Council and the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce after consideration of a resolution passed by the Bi-Racial Committee. 13) Laurie Renee Lucas, who went missing from Aurora, Colorado on June 8, 1990. She had freckles across her cheeks, nose and on her shoulders, with a small birthmark or scar beneath her left breast. Upon hearing the gunshot, Cooksey ran to room 121, where she saw her friend lying of the floor, dead. I went back to work like two weeks ago. -Ricky Davis was sentenced to 16 years to life for second degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Jane Hylton, who he lived with in El Dorado Hills, outside of Sacramento. Brynn Rainey, 27, vanished in July 1977. Sixteen days later, two local white teenagers were charged with first-degree murder by the First Division Circuit Court. No evidence exists . 37) Jackie Lynn Leslie, who went missing from Mesa, Arizona on July 31, 1974. The police traced Wick to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and contacted her family to inform them of their loss. However, no definitive ties have been established. As such, its believed the deceased had stolen Cheryls identity, as Cheryl told them her SSN and ID cards were stolen while she was working as a dancer at a Minneapolis club called Party Time. 4) Melinda Karen Creech, who went missing from Anderson, Indiana on September 5, 1979. DNA was also retrieved off of a toothbrush that belonged to that brother, prosecutors said. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright 2023, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. I was talking about throwing a Negro off the Ouachita River Bridge, but I was not serious about it. Smith also admitted that he told Danny Lewis and Bob Gardner that he wanted to pick up a hitchhiker, knock him in the head with a Coke bottle, and throw him off the bridge, but that he was only joking. todaysthv.com. The El Dorado Police Department has four unsolved murder cases, one suicide case thats pending further results from the Arkansas State Crime Lab and a missing persons case. This was during a time when shed left McAlphin. She claimed shed lure drivers when while they were at various highway truck stops, and shed said that one of these interactions had resulted in the death of a driver. You are going to determine whether we will be able to walk safely or constantly be worried about getting shot with a load of buckshot.. [2] Her murderer was identified as her ex-boyfriend and alleged pimp James McAlphin; McAlphin was quickly convicted, but her true identity remained unknown until 2022. While she didnt recognize Jane Doe, she did say there was a familial resemblance. In the El Dorado Times, Mayor I. L. Pesses expressed his belief that the problems of his city were simply juvenile delinquencies, just like those of any other growing city. Once we got out there in the real world we started hustling to make some money because we didnt have any, he said. Please read our Terms of Use or contact us. Her final documented arrest was in May 1991, which occurred in Minneapolis due to her passing bad cheques. A 75 year old man is last seen walking along a highway in Little Rock, AR. According to one oral history, a third young man, the son of an influential local doctor, was involved in the murder but was never charged; reportedly, these three individuals had bragged about the murder at school. He further shared that shed avoided being trafficked to Mexico by starting a relationship with a pimp named Jeffrey JJ Davis in Dallas and later with another one who went by the name of Tyrone. The first public arrest through genetic genealogy was the April 2018 identification of the suspected "Golden State Killer.". While alive, she shared varying accounts of her past, suggesting that she had been arrested at one point, had one or two children, and had possibly been involved in a bank robbery on the East Coast. Login; El Dorado, AR Area Cold Cases. City Councilman, Willie Mcghee says its time the entire community puts their issues aside and come together. [2], A second cousin of Kelly living in Alabama was identified by a genealogist using genetic genealogy after uploading her autosomal DNA to the GEDmatch database. He claimed she was older than him and that shed had two children, whom shed left with someone in Fort Worth. (LogOut/ Before McAlphin, Kelly had been involved with other men known as Tyronne and J.D. "At about 10 o'clock (Thursday) night, we started getting some more information that came in and we ran with it," Harwell said. There was also some speculation that Smith was affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan. This project is funded in part by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant award. McClary's article noted that everything Kelly did as a teenager and young adult was, in Kelly's opinion, trying to assist her mother.[1]. The El Dorado Police Department has four unsolved murder cases, one suicide case that's pending further results from the Arkansas State Crime Lab and a missing persons case.