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| ELL | Oct 29 2006, 04:19 PM Post #1 |
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Name: Ellen Beth Sloan Classification: Endangered Missing Adult Alias / Nickname: Ellen G. Sloan, Ellen B. Sloan Date of Birth: 1952-08-13 Date Missing: 2005-04-16 From City/State: Polson, MT Missing From (Country): USA Age at Time of Disappearance: 52 Gender: Female Race: White Height: 64 inches Weight: 105 pounds Hair Color: Lt. Brown Hair (Other): Graying. Eye Color: Blue Complexion: Light Glasses/Contacts Description: Glasses with small wire frames for driving and reading only. Identifying Characteristics: Pierced ears, mole on front (center) of neck, small scars on forearms and hands. Jewelry: Diamond and garnet ring worn on her left ring finger, gold necklace with a yellow-gold "heart" shaped pendent with the word "Mom" in the middle and multi-colored gold "flowers" around the word "Mom," possibly wearing gold stud earrings. Circumstances of Disappearance: Unknown. Ellen was last seen at her residence in the vicinity of the 3000 block of S. Shore Route in Polson, MT. Her vehicle, described as a silver 2002 Toyota Tundra extended cab truck, was later located on April 28, 2005 in the vicinity of the 2600 block of N. Reserve St. in Missoula, MT. Investigative Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Office Phone: (406) 883-7282 Investigative Case #: 205CR0007735 NCIC #: M-904868093 http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/...php?A200502946S |
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| ELL | Feb 1 2007, 08:44 PM Post #2 |
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Human remains found near St. Ignatius POLSON, Mont. (AP) - Lake County officials are trying to identify human remains a hiker found near St. Mary's Lake in the St. Ignatius area. The hiker found the skeletal remains on Tuesday afternoon and called authorities. Law enforcement searched an area the size of a football field and recovered more remains, which were taken to the state crime lab in Missoula. Sheriff Lucky Larson said it would likely take dental records to identify the body. Lake County has three recent missing person's cases. Ellen Sloan of Polson was reported missing in April 2005, Lucille Lewis of Newburg, Ore., was reported missing in January 2006, and Robert Jensen, a ranch hand, was reported missing in October 2005. Sloan was reported missing after failing to attend her son's graduation. She had been charged in a tax evasion case while a man who had been living at her house, Bill Gholson, was charged with a sex crime. He failed to show for a court hearing in May and was arrested in Tennessee in November. He has since pleaded guilty to the sex crime. Officials have called him a "person of interest" in her disapperance. Lewis, of Newburg, Ore., was reported missing in January 2006, after moving to Montana with a man she met on the Internet. Earl Sipe was questioned in Lewis' disappearance, but investigators found no evidence of foul play. http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/02/0.../000remains.txt |
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| PorchlightUSA | Mar 31 2007, 04:13 AM Post #3 |
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http://charleyproject.org/cases/s/sloan_ellen.html Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance Missing Since: April 16, 2005 from Polson, Montana Classification: Endangered Missing Date Of Birth: August 13, 1952 Age: 52 years old Height and Weight: 5'4, 105 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Graying light brown hair, blue eyes. Sloan has eyeglasses with small wire frames; she wears them only for driving and reading. She may use the alias middle initial G. She has small scars on her forearms and hands and a mole on the front center of her neck, and her ears are pierced. Clothing/Jewelry Description: A diamond and garnet ring on her left ring finger, a gold necklace with a yellow gold heart-shaped pendant with the word "Mom" in the center surrounded by multicolored gold flowers, and possibly gold stud earrings. Details of Disappearance Sloan was last seen at her residence in the vicinity of the 3000 block of south Shore Route in Polson, Montana on April 16, 2005. She has never been heard from again. She was reported missing on April 23. Her silver 2002 Toyota Tundra extended cab truck was located on April 28 at a shopping center in the vicinity of the 2600 block of north Reserve Street in Missoula, Montana, a few minutes from the Missoula International Airport. The vehicle was packed with Sloan's possessions, as if she had been traveling. Sloan was facing federal tax evasion charges at the time of her disappearance. She had been released on her own recognizance after her arrest. Her attorney stated Sloan had been cooperating with authorities and was not facing enough fines or prison time to make her run away. Sloan's family states it is uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning and they are concerned for her welfare. They reported her missing after she missed her son's college graduation in Colorado. She left behind her passport and she not accessed her bank accounts since her disappearance; they contain significant amounts of money. Sloan posted bond for her 45-year-old boyfriend, William Gholson, shortly before her disappearance. Gholson had been jailed for incest. He moved into Sloan's house after his release from jail. While living with her, he ordered a computer using a line of credit in Sloan's name, and applied for credit cards in her name and her adult son's name. Ten days after her disappearance, Sloan's son kicked Gholson out of her house. He subsequently disappeared and has not been seen since. Both Gholson and Sloan are still missing and it is not clear if they are together. Photographs and vital statistics for Gholson are unavailable. Authorities stated there was no sign of foul play in Sloan's disappearance and she may be trying to avoid prosecution, but her family is worried about her. Her case remains unsolved. Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: Lake County Sheriff's Office 406-883-7282 Source Information The National Center for Missing Adults The Missoulian KULR-8 Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated October 17, 2005; casefile added. Charley Project Home |
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| PorchlightUSA | Jun 12 2007, 08:29 AM Post #4 |
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http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07...ocal/news04.txt Family fears worst in Polson woman's disappearance By MICHAEL MOORE of the Missoulian Jake Sloan doesn't want to give up hope, but he's beginning to think he'll never see his mother Ellen alive again. "It gets a little bit harder to imagine every day," he said. Ellen Sloan, who lived in Polson, hasn't been seen since April 16, when she argued with her boyfriend, Bill Gholson. At the time, both Sloan and Gholson were the subjects of criminal prosecutions - the 52-year-old Sloan in federal court in Missoula for an alleged involvement in an international scheme to evade taxes, Gholson in Lake County for alleged incest. Jake Sloan saw Gholson, 45, in late April, about 10 days after Ellen disappeared. Gholson was still staying at Ellen Sloan's home in Polson, where he'd recently ordered a new computer on a line of credit he apparently set up in Sloan's name. Jake had come to Montana from Colorado to look for his mother. "I kicked him out of the house that day, and that's the last anybody's seen of him," Jake Sloan said during a recent phone interview. "I think if we can find this Gholson, we might be able to find out what happened to my mother. He's the key." When his mother first went missing, Jake and his sister, Breeyan, were at least willing to consider the possibility she had fled because of the income-tax charges that had been filed against her. Federal prosecutors had alleged that she took part in an international tax scam known as Anderson's Ark, a shadowy organization with offices in Washington, California and Costa Rica. Anderson's Ark promised its clients that the company could help them legally avoid income taxes in the United States, but the company eventually proved to be little more than a way for its principals to steal money from the clients. Most of those principals have now been convicted of various federal crimes. Some in law enforcement still believe that Sloan fled to escape prosecution, and the Lake County sheriff has said his department has found no sign of foul play in Sloan's disappearance. But Jake and his sister, as well as attorney Morgan Modine, increasingly believe that something horrible happened to Ellen Sloan. And they believe that Bill Gholson is at the center of the mystery. "I hate to sound hopeless, but I don't think there's a big chance that someone is going to see my mom," Jake said. "But if someone can help us find Bill Gholson, then I think that might at least help us find out what happened to her. He's the key to the case." Gholson, who is 45, was supposed to appear in court May 19 on the incest charge, but he hasn't been seen since shortly after Jake Sloan kicked him out. Gholson was out on bond at the time of his disappearance, a $100,000 bond that was insured by property Sloan put up as collateral. Ellen Sloan's Toyota pickup truck was found in the North Reserve Street parking lot of Barnes & Noble in late April. The truck was packed as if Sloan was traveling, and Sloan had, in fact, been planning to travel to Colorado for Jake's college graduation. She also left her passport behind, as well as bank accounts with significant amounts of cash. To Modine, those findings don't suggest that Sloan was fleeing the country to escape the tax charges. "If she's running, she's going to run with money," said Modine, who is Ellen Sloan's attorney. "I don't think she even would have had time to plan a disappearance. She was a woman with assets, and nothing has happened with any of them. All the cash, all the property, it's still there." Plus, Modine said, Sloan wasn't really facing heavy prison time. "Prison time, if any, would have been very short," he said. "Now she would have had to pay the government back any taxes that she owed, but she has the resources to do that. To me, that just doesn't add up to someone running away from a case." For the Sloans, those facts suggest that Ellen Sloan is the victim of a violent crime. "The car to me is a setup," Jake Sloan said. "It's there to make people think she ran away. Gholson knew that he could say that she's running. It bought him some time." Jake also made some troubling discoveries when he encountered Gholson at his mother's house. The first was a new Dell computer that Gholson admitted buying after setting up a line of credit in Ellen's name. Second, once he picked up his mother's mail, Jake found evidence that Gholson had applied for other credit cards in Jake's and Ellen's names. "I don't think he's told anyone a consistent story about all of these things," Jake said. "He's got a different story for everyone." Although Jake believes the Lake County sheriff's detective assigned to his mother's disappearance, Kim Leibenguth, is trying hard to find her, he believes the department in general has shown a lack of interest. "It's been a very passive investigation," he said. "Even when they found the truck, they didn't do any forensic investigation on it at all. They just told me to drive it back to Polson so it didn't get towed." With Sloan gone and Gholson missing for more than a month, a judge has approved the county's request to seize the $100,000 bond posted in Gholson's case. Jake and Breeyan, already worried about the condition of their mother's estate, have taken the financial reins as limited conservators. Although the bond is likely a lost cause, they hope to settle the unpaid taxes in an effort to preserve part of Ellen's estate. Modine said it should be possible to reach an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to repay taxes Ellen Sloan might have failed to pay because of her involvement with Anderson's Ark. Even if Sloan isn't found, at least her estate won't be ruined because of the interest that would accrue on an unpaid tax bill. "We're trying to get that liability determined now so that the estate isn't damaged too badly over the long term," Jake Sloan said. Ellen Sloan's disappearance has wreaked havoc on her children. Jake just turned 23, graduated from college and is on the verge of a career. Breeyan, 25, has a 9-month-old baby girl. "This is a time that we should really be enjoying, with so many exciting things happening for us, but we can't really do that now," Jake Sloan said. "This has taken over our lives a little bit. And it's worse because our mother isn't around to be part of our lives now." You can help If you have information about the whereabouts of either Ellen Sloan or William Earl "Bill" Gholson, contact the Lake County Sheriff's Office at (406) 883-7301. Reporter Michael Moore can be reached at 523-5252 or at mmoore@missoulian.com |
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| PorchlightUSA | Jun 12 2007, 08:30 AM Post #5 |
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http://www.ktvq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3551374 Polson couple, wanted in separate cases, still missing MISSOULA Authorities in Lake County have no solid leads in the disappearance of a Polson woman who's been missing since April. Ellen Sloan was reported missing after failing to attend her son's graduation in Colorado. She is wanted by the U-S Marshals Service on tax evasion charges. Her boyfriend, 45-year-old Bill Ghoulson, is also missing. He's wanted on a sex crime. Authorities say there's no evidence of foul play, and suggest the two are trying to avoid prosecution. But Sloan's family thinks differently. Her son, Jake, says Ghoulson was staying at his mother's house after she went missing, and had ordered a new computer on a line of credit in Sloan's name and several credit cards. He disappeared after being kicked out of Sloan's house. Sloan's pickup truck was found in Missoula in late April. It was packed as if she were traveling. |
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| PorchlightUSA | Jun 12 2007, 08:31 AM Post #6 |
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http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11...onal/news07.txt Lake County incest suspect found, arrested in Tennessee By JOHN STROMNES of the Missoulian POLSON - William Earl Gholson, the Polson man who absconded last May while awaiting trial for incest and who was an intimate associate of a Polson woman who vanished in April, has been picked up by authorities in Knoxville, Tenn., Lake County Undersheriff Mike Sargeant said Thursday. Gholson's whereabouts have been unknown since May 19, when he failed to appear for a court hearing in Polson. He had been free on $100,000 bond. When Gholson, 45, could not be located, presiding District Judge Kim Christopher set a higher bail, this time $250,000. Sargeant said Gholson's vehicle is being inspected closely by officers in Knoxville. He had no information Thursday regarding the circumstances of Gholson's arrest. Gholson will be returned to Lake County for questioning about the whereabouts of his one-time companion Ellen Sloan and for resumption of the incest trial. He likely also will be charged with bail jumping. When Gholson was taken into custody, Sloan was not with him, and her whereabouts remain unknown, Sargeant said. Sloan was reported missing by her family April 23, her car found abandoned at a shopping center in Missoula. Less than a month later, Gholson disappeared. Family members fear Sloan may have met with foul play. Sloan had been free on her own recognizance in a federal case in Missoula, where she is charged with filing false tax returns. The charges relate to her alleged involvement in an international tax-shelter scheme, Anderson's Ark, based in Hoodsport, Wash., and Costa Rica. Several principals in that tax-evasion scam have pleaded guilty or been convicted in U.S. District Court prosecutions over the last three years. Sloan supplied cash or collateral enabling Gholson to post the original $100,000 bond earlier this year. |
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| PorchlightUSA | Jun 12 2007, 08:31 AM Post #7 |
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http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/12...nal/znews08.txt Bail-jumping suspect pleads not guilty By JOHN STROMNES of the Missoulian POLSON - William Earl Gholson pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of bail jumping. He allegedly absconded in May while awaiting trial in Lake County on a charge of incest. Gholson, 45, of Polson, was arrested last month in Knoxville, Tenn., and returned to Montana. Bond was set at $50,000; bond in the underlying case was raised to $250,000 when Gholson failed to appear for a May 19 pretrial hearing. He remains in custody until separate hearings on Jan. 6 and Jan. 12 respectively on each charge. Gholson was an intimate associate of Ellen Sloan, 52, of Polson, who disappeared last April. Her vehicle was found abandoned at a shopping center in Missoula and family members fear she may have met with foul play. Her whereabouts are still unknown, a Lake County official said Thursday. Sloan had been free on her own recognizance in a federal case in Missoula, charged with filing false tax returns. She supplied the cash or collateral that enabled Gholson, her one-time companion, to post the original $100,000 bond on the incest charge. Reporter John Stromnes can be reached at 1-800-366-7186 or at jstromnes@missoulian.com |
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| PorchlightUSA | Jun 12 2007, 08:32 AM Post #8 |
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http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/20.../78-remains.txt Remains found near St. Ignatius ID'd By The Associated Press POLSON - Human remains discovered earlier this week near St. Ignatius have been identified as a ranch hand who disappeared in the fall of 2005, Lake County Sheriff Lucky Larson said Friday. The remains of Rob Jensen, 43, were found by a hiker on Tuesday. The state crime lab in Missoula used dental records to confirm the identity. Larson said the crime lab is still trying to determine the cause of death. "The first concern was the identification of the remains," Larson said. "The state crime lab has not disclosed to us yet the cause of death." Jensen was left in charge of the ranch where he worked while the owners were out of town in October 2005. When they returned, the animals had not been fed and the owners' pickup truck was missing. The truck was found two months later on a logging road above Mission Dam east of St. Ignatius, with the keys still in the ignition. Jensen's remains were found near Mission Dam, in the area where the truck was found. Jensen was separated from his wife, but had kept in contact with her and their son until the time of his disappearance. Jensen's was one of three missing-person cases from the past two years the sheriff's office has been investigating. Ellen Sloan of Polson was reported missing in April 2005, Lucille Lewis of Newburg, Ore., was reported missing in January 2006. Sloan was reported missing after failing to attend her son's graduation. She had been charged in a tax evasion case while a man who had been living at her house, Bill Gholson, was charged with a sex crime. He failed to show for a court hearing in May and was arrested in Tennessee in November. He has since pleaded guilty to the sex crime. Officials have called him a "person of interest" in her disappearance. Lewis, of Newburg, Ore., was reported missing in January 2006, after moving to Montana with a man she met on the Internet. Earl Sipe was questioned in Lewis' disappearance, but investigators found no evidence of foul play. |
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| PorchlightUSA | Jun 12 2007, 08:39 AM Post #9 |
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| ELL | Aug 5 2009, 08:22 PM Post #10 |
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Name: SLOAN, ELLEN G Aliases: Gender: FEMALE Date of Birth: 08/13/1952 Race: WHITE Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BLUE Height: 5' 4'' Weight: 110 LBS. Incident Information Date of Last Contact: 04/21/2005 Age Now: 56 YEARS Other Reported Dates of Birth: Investigating Agency: LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF, (406) 883-7301 If you have information about this individual, contact your local law enforcement agency or the Montana Missing Persons Clearinghouse, (406) 444-1526. http://doj.mt.gov/enforcement/missingperso...?RecordKey=9731 |
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