Post by Scumhunter on Mar 13, 2016 10:21:07 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: Charley Project)
Missing Person Profile as of March 13th, 2016: (Based on Charley Project profile)
Full Name: Suzanne Rene Richerson
Missing Since: October 7, 1988 from Galveston, Texas
Date Of Birth: October 8, 1965
Age (at time of disappearance): 22 years old
Height and Weight: 5'8, 140 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Richerson has a scar above her right eyelid. She wears contact lenses. She goes by her middle name, Rene.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A blue blouse, a denim skirt and tan shoes.
TIPS: Anyone having information should contact the Galveston County (Texas) Sheriff's Department at 409-766-2300
From The Charley Project:
Richerson was a student at Texas A & M University in Galveston, Texas in 1988. She was employed as a night clerk at Casa Del Mar Condominiums on Seawall Boulevard in the resort community at the time. Richerson was last seen at work at approximately 6:00 a.m. on October 7, 1988 by resort security guards. Another employee who was sleeping in a room above Richerson's office heard a female scream shortly after the guards left the vicinity. A car door slammed shut, accompnaied by another scream and the sound of a car speeding away from the parking lot ahortly thereafter. A guest arrived at Richerson's office to check out at approximately 6:30 a.m. and discovered the desk was abandoned. There was no sign of a struggle and Richerson's purse, books and car were left at the resort. One of Richerson's shoes was located in the parking lot later in the morning, but she has never been seen again.
Foul play is suspected in Richerson's case. Her disappearance may be connected to a string of over 20 women who have been abducted and/or murdered in the Galveston, Texas area since the 1970's. A task force comprised of local law enforcement officials and Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) agents has been formed to investigate the incidents called Operation HALT (Homicide/Abduction Liason Team).
The disappearances of three other young women from Galveston County may also be connected to Operation HALT's caseload. Sondra Ramber vanished in 1983, Michelle Thomas disappeared in 1985 and Jessica Cain vanished in 1997. It should be emphasized that law enforcement has not determined if these cases are related to one another.
Gabriel Soto was a suspect in Richerson's case. He died as the result of an apparent drug overdose in late July 2002. Authorities stated that they believed Soto was involved in Richerson's abduction, but he was never charged in connection with her disappearance. Soto was arrested sometime before his death after allegedly attempting to run his vehicle over another individual. Investigators said that the victim told Soto to avoid another person who allegedly witnessed Soto and Richerson speaking on the night of her abduction.
Authorities reportedly questioned two cousins about Richerson's case in May 2001. Media sources claimed that officials had located circumstancial evidence that connected the men to her disappearance. The cousins resided in Galveston in 2001 and allegedly denied any involvement in her case. In 2004, a witness claimed she saw two men digging up Richerson's remains in 1992 and moving them to another place. Police investigated the sites the woman specified and found fragments of bone, but they turned out to be from an animal.
Richerson is described as a good student. She spent her first two years of college at the Galveston campus of Texas A & M, moved to the College Station campus for her junior year, and then back to Galveston to complete her senior year. She majored in maritime administration and planned to get a job in seaport management and possibly a degree in maritime law. She had moved to her own apartment in Galveston three weeks before she disappeared, sharing it with her brother.
Richerson's case remains unsolved.
www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/richerson_suzanne.html
Thoughts? Richerson's disappearance was profiled on the February 3rd, 2001 episode of America's Most Wanted: web.archive.org/web/20010223223428/http://www.amw.com/site/thisweek/20010203/suzannerenerichardson20010203.html
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