Post by Scumhunter on Dec 6, 2015 3:00:07 GMT -5
(Pictured: Above: Left: Shannon, circa 1986. Right: Age-progression to 42 (circa 2011) Photo Credits: Charley Project, NCMEC)
Missing Child/Person Profile as of December 6th, 2015: (based on Charley Project, missingkids.com)
Full Name: Shannon Rena Green
Missing Since: July 6, 1986 from Owensboro, Kentucky
Date Of Birth: September 21, 1969
Age (at time of disappearance): 16 years old
Age (as of 12/6/2015): 46 years old
Height and Weight: 5'4, 110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Shannon has red discolorations on the back of her neck and at the base of her hairline, and a light brown birthmark on the back of her right arm. Her ears are pierced.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: Black jogging shorts, an aqua-colored shirt, sneakers and a gold chain with a heart pendant.
TIPS: Anyone having information should contact 1-800-THE-LOST or the Owensboro Police Department (Kentucky) - Missing Persons Unit at 1-270-687-8888
From The Charley Project:
Shannon was last seen at approximately 12:30 p.m. in her hometown of Owensboro, Kentucky on July 6, 1986. She was walking from 2nd and Poplar Streets to 12th and Haynes Streets to visit a family friend, John Reneer, who lived approximately two miles from her location at that time. Shannon never arrived at her destination and has not been heard from again.
A few days after Shannon's disappearance, a man who identified himself as "Dwayne" called her mother and said he and Shannon had run away to get married. The caller has never been identified and the message is now thought to be a hoax, possibly made to mislead the investigation. Another Owensboro teenager, David "DeWayne" Bell, disappeared a few days after Shannon did. They knew each other, and were together at a mutual friend's home the day before she disappeared. Investigators believe the cases may be linked and DeWayne possibly had knowledge of her disappearance. DeWayne and Shannon's disappearances may be related to the abduction of a 23-year-old woman who disappeared from Owensboro on June 17, 1986. Her body was found near a boat ramp on October 2 of that year. However, no connections have been proven.
Authorities have long suspected that John Reneer was involved in Shannon's case. He is convicted murderer and sex offender and a former friend of the Bell family. He maintains his innocence and has identified DeWayne and his father, David Bell, as being involved in Shannon's case. Reneer claims DeWayne confessed to strangling Shannon in 1986 and implicated his father. Reneer stated he tape-recorded the confession and turned it over to police. The tape was apparently documented in police files but never saved, and records of it were not found until the fall of 2005. Reneer stated he wanted to kill DeWayne and David after hearing the confession, but never got a chance to do so. He has passed a lie detector test about his role in Shannon and DeWayne's disappearances.
David, who moved to Arizona shortly after his son's disappearance, maintains his innocence in Shannon's case and stated that he did not believe DeWayne was involved in it either. He theorized that Reneer caused Shannon's disappearance and DeWayne found out about it and was murdered to ensure his silence. Investigators still believe Reneer was complicit in Shannon's disappearance, whether or not the supposed confession is true. Authorities also stated David gave inconsistent accounts of the events leading up to DeWayne's disappearance, but he has not been charged in that case or Shannon's.
Shannon was a student at Owensboro High School at the time of her disappearance; she made good grades and had a steady boyfriend. She was initially thought to be a runaway, but foul play is now suspected in her case. In 2005, authorities searched for her body in a field across the railroad tracks near Kentucky 279. The search turned up no evidence, but investigators feel that Shannon's body was in the field at some point. Her disappearance remains unsolved.
Thoughts? Reener did pass a lie-detector test but those aren't always reliable and/or foolproof. It seems Green was likely murdered and authorities have a general sense of who may be involved- the problem is there's not enough to close the case. Only if they finally found Shannon's body would they be able to. I know I sound like a broken record, but murdered or not, a missing child or person's loved ones still wants to find their body to have closure and give a proper burial. I hope one day Shannon is found for that reason.
www.missingkids.com/poster/NCMC/601579/1/screen
www.charleyproject.org/cases/g/green_shannon.html
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