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| 1990 Merryfield, Deanna Michelle July 21 1990; Killeen TX 13 YO | |
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| PorchlightUSA | Apr 22 2007, 08:57 AM Post #1 |
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Deanna went missing on July 21, 1990 She was attending Manor Middle School, but was out on summer break. She would have entered 8th grade in the fall at Fairway. Deanna and and her Grandmother stayed up late watching movies on the night of 7-21-90. Grandmother was going to let her sleep in until 11AM on 7-22-90 and when she went to wake her, she wasn't there. On July 22nd 1990 Deanna visited her twin at about 3:30 a.m at her uncle's home ( where her twin was living). Her twin said "she left with some boys" around 3:30 AM in a brown car. Deanna took nothing with her. Deanna has an extended family that continues to look for her. She was approximatel 5ft 4in. tall 115 Lbs Blond hair, blue eyes Deanna has a scar on her upper lip Date of birth Feb 2 1977 |
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| PorchlightUSA | Apr 22 2007, 08:58 AM Post #2 |
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| PorchlightUSA | Apr 22 2007, 08:58 AM Post #3 |
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| MissieMt | May 9 2007, 02:27 PM Post #4 |
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Hello everyone. I am Deanna's little sister. She disappeared when I was 11 years old, and sadly there was never much of a search for her. I have just recently revived her search, and things are moving smoothly. Deanna was only entered into the NCIC last week, and a new case has been opened with the local p.d. We have made a poster with more info, and I just submitted an application to have her entered into the Doe Network. I will be trying to get her into the NCMEC within the next couple of days. Here is her poster: |
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| MissieMt | May 9 2007, 02:28 PM Post #5 |
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| PorchlightUSA | Nov 7 2007, 04:33 PM Post #6 |
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http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/merryfield_deanna.html Deanna Michelle Merryfield Above Images: Merryfield, circa 1990 Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance Missing Since: July 22, 1990 from Killeen, Texas Classification: Endangered Missing Date of Birth: February 2, 1977 Age: 13 years old Height and Weight: 5'4, 115 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Merryfield fractured her lower left arm two or three years before her disappearance. She has a scar on her upper lip. She has multiple tattoos, including her last name "Merryfield" with an unknown date on her neck, a yellow rose and the words "Texas Born" on her back, and a cross with lines on her ankle. Details of Disappearance Merryfield's family was having problems in 1990 and she was staying with her grandmother in Killeen, Texas that summer. She had completed seventh grade at Manor Middle School and was due to enter eighth grade at Fairway School in the fall. She and her grandmother stayed up late watching movies on the evening of July 21. After her grandmother went to bed, Merryfield sneaked out of the house and went to visit her twin sister, who lived with an uncle two and a half miles away at the Oak Springs Trailer Park on Dimple Street. Merryfield's sister says Merryfield arrived at the trailer park at 3:30 a.m., riding in a brown vehicle driven by two men, one of whom may have been Hispanic. Merryfield knocked on the trailer window to wake her twin up and the two girls talked for awhile. Merryfield left with the men in their vehicle after her uncle woke up. She has never been heard from again. Many agencies classify Merryfield as a runaway. She took no belongings with her when she vanished. Merryfield may have traveled to the Cave City, Kentucky area after her disappearance. Her mother has since died, but her younger sister is searching for her. Her case remains unsolved. Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: Killeen Police Department 254-501-8891 Source Information The Doe Network Porchlight International for the Missing and Unidentified MySpace Page for Deanna Merryfield WebSleuths Updated 2 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated October 30, 2007; distinguishing characteristics updated. Charley Project Home |
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| PorchlightUSA | Feb 22 2009, 10:20 PM Post #7 |
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More cash offered for missing children Posted On: Sunday, May. 25 2008 01:21 AM By Victor O'Brien Killeen Daily Herald An increase in the CrimeStoppers reward seeks to shed light on three cases involving missing children. Near the 11th anniversary of the death and disappearance of Danydia Thompson, 7, on April 30, 1997, CrimeStoppers has upped the reward from $1,000 to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment related to two missing and one slain child, said Tammy Moseley, Killeen Police Department crime prevention coordinator. The goal is to generate more leads, Moseley said. Thompson was walking to school on April 30, 1997, when she was carried away by a black male, according to the CrimeStoppers news release. A witness said Thompson did not appear to be distressed. A witness also provided a sketch of the male carrying Thompson. Thompson's body was found several days later along South State Highway 195, the news release stated. The suspect was described as a dark-skinned black male with a short afro, between 25 and 26 years old, standing 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds. The two other cases involve children who were last seen getting into cars. Jenna Ray Robbins was a 9-year-old girl playing outside on May 14,1989, when a light-colored vehicle stopped near her home. She went in the car and has never been seen again, the CrimeStoppers news release stated. The driver was described as a white male in his early 20s with brown hair. Deanna Michelle Merryfield, 13, left her home without permission on July 23, 1990, at 3:30 a.m. She was last seen in the 500 block of Dimple Avenue getting into a dark-colored, four-door vehicle with two males, possibly Hispanic. She was 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 115 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes when she went missing. Anyone with information concerning these crimes is urged to contact Killeen CrimeStoppers at (254) 526-TIPS. Tips are confidential, and people are not required to give their names. For more information on these and other cold cases, visit KilleenPD.com Contact Victor O'Brien at vobrien@kdhnews.com or (254) 501-7468 http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=2...anna+merryfield |
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| PorchlightUSA | Jun 29 2010, 01:14 AM Post #8 |
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http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report...merryfield.html The Mysterious Disappearance of Deanna Merryfield May 09, 2010 The Killeen Texas Police Department is continuing the investigation into the unsolved disappearance of Deanna Michelle Merryfield, a 14-year-old girl who went missing nearly 20 years ago. Deanna, who was living with her grandmother, snuck out of her house in the early morning hours of July 27, 1990 (some reports say July 22) to visit her fraternal twin sister, who lived in a nearby trailer park, in the 500 block of Dimple Street. According to Deanna’s twin, Deanna knocked on the bedroom window, waking her up at about 3:30 a.m. The two had a brief conversation and then Deanna got into a vehicle with two white or Hispanic males. What happened to her after that remains a mystery. When Deanna's family reported her missing, she was initially considered a runaway; however she had not taken any of her belongings with her. The case was later updated to a "missing person" case and in 2007, became a "cold case." Someone from Horse Cave, Kentucky, thought to be Deanna, attempted to contact family members in 1992. A possible sighting of Deanna occurred in Hurst, Texas, in 1995. At the time of her disappearance, Deanna was 5'2" tall, 108 lbs., with blonde hair and hazel/blue-green eyes. She had a small scar on her upper lip. Today, Deanna would be 33 years old. She is believed to have several tattoos, including her last name, "Merryfield," with an unknown date on her neck, a yellow rose and the words "Texas Born" on her back, and a cross with lines on her ankle. Authorities say they have her fingerprints and DNA. Age Progression Anyone with information in this case is asked to contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) or the Killeen Police Department at 254-501-8830. |
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| PorchlightUSA | Jun 29 2010, 01:15 AM Post #9 |
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Killeen Police Department Sgt. Reese Davis 254-501-8891 Agency Case Number: 07-005102 NCMEC #: NCMC763294 NCIC Number: M-246523235 dentals mDNA |
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| PorchlightUSA | Jul 5 2010, 01:30 AM Post #10 |
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http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=42550 Sisters seeking sibling missing 20 years Posted On: Saturday, Jun. 26 2010 10:32 PM By Victor O'Brien Killeen Daily Herald Twenty years of questions, uncertainty and lost time linger with the sisters of Deanna Merryfield. She disappeared July 22, 1990, leaving behind a troubled family life and a mystery Killeen police need help to solve. Despite time and odds against them, two of Deanna's sisters press on to find answers and closure to an unresolved agony in their lives. Meanwhile, a steady stream of leads is drying up in the renewed investigation led by Killeen police Lt. Reese Davis. "I don't feel like she's dead. I don't feel like she's gone. … I just think I'd know if she was dead," Deanna's twin, Rebecca Welling, said in May. The last night The night Deanna, 13, disappeared happened like other nights for the rebellious teen. She snuck out of her grandmother's home on Alamo Avenue. Around 3 a.m., she arrived at her uncle's home, where Welling stayed, at Oak Springs Trailer Park on Dimple Street, about 2.5 miles from Alamo Avenue. Deanna knocked on a window to wake Welling. The sisters talked until the chatter awoke the uncle. Deanna fled, Welling said, in a bronze or brown four-door vehicle with two men, possibly white or Hispanic. Recalling childhood memories, Welling described Deanna as a free spirit who blared Def Leppard, White Snake and Ozzy Osbourne. "She was fun. She was loud, obnoxious, wild and only nice to me," Welling said. "She was always in trouble." Unconfirmed leads leave questions A suspicious collect call in 1992, a possible police stop in 1995 and an unconfirmed report that Deanna visited a relative dangle hope for her sisters. Two years after Deanna's disappearance, Welling received a collect call from a person who identified herself as "Deanna." When Welling accepted the call, no one answered. The phone bill listed the call's source as Cave City, Ky. Possibly during a traffic stop, Deanna's name and date of birth were run through a Hurst police computer in October 1995, Davis said. Between 2000 and 2002, an out-of-state relative reported that Deanna, sporting several tattoos visited and told the relative that she wanted to remain hidden. "I'm 75 to 80 percent optimistic that she's alive. All of the odds, if you're an odds playing person, say she is not," Davis said. "There's enough little bitty stuff floating around and enough people who haven't been talked to that I can't say it's a closed case," he added. Reason to runaway? A troubled teen who suffered sexual abuse from a family member and endured an alcoholic mother, relatives hope Deanna ran away to a better life. A litany of family problems loomed over the Merryfields, forcing the girls to be shuffled between the homes of relatives. Deanna grew up fast, became wise to the ways of the street, started smoking and spending time with boys at an early age, Welling said. She was a protector to her siblings, younger sister Melissa Merryfield-Twardowski said. Starting from scratch Before Davis renewed the investigation in 2007 at the urging of relatives, Deanna's case had been dormant since the mid-'90s. Using new technology, he exhausted innumerable leads and searched records of Jane Does, Texas driver's license photos and DNA filings. His current approach is to recreate Deanna's life by locating friends, neighbors, Manor Middle School classmates and anyone, he said, who might have known her. Working off lists provided by her sisters, Davis has found all but three teenage friends: Rudy Longoria, Tony Longoria and Sylvia Martinez. "We're up against faded memories. We're up against a very, very transient population. All we need is some help," Davis said. Davis wants closure for Deanna's family, even if closure is her telling him she does not want to be found or discovering that she died. "I'm not going to quit looking for Deanna until she is found. It's owed to Deanna. It's owed to the family," Davis said. Anyone who knew or has information about Deanna Merryfield is urged to call Killeen Police Lt. Reese Davis at (254) 501-8922 or e-mail rdavis@ci.killeen.tx.us. Deanna Michelle Merryfield Missing: July 22, 1990, at age 13. She would be 33. Birthdate: Feb. 2, 1977 Height and weight: 5 feet, 2 inches, 108 pounds Features: Blond hair, hazel-blue eyes; fractured lower left arm a few years before disappearance; scar on upper lip Unconfirmed reports of several tattoos: a cross, the words "Merryfield" with a date, and a rose with the words "Texas born." • • • Killeen police are asking for help locating Rudy Longoria, Tony Longoria and Sylvia Martinez. All are believed to have been teenage acquaintances of Deanna Merryfield in the months before her disappearance. |
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