Shasta Himelrick, 20. However, in 2020 Beasley went back to trial and was resentenced after a procedural error occurred when he was sentenced in 2013. She was into drugs and may have turned to prostitution to support her habit, according to her mother. Police were able to trace the Craigslist advertisements to a home in Akron, Ohio where Joe Bais rented a floor out to Beasley under Geiger's name. Timberly Claytor, 38, was found shot to death in nearby Massieville May 29. The murderer's reign of terror started in April 1971, and over the next 17 months, he abducted and killed six young African-American girls and left their bodies near large roads with plenty of traffic. This episode will shed light on how Beasley committed the murders and will home in on near-victim Scott Davis' harrowing escape. CBS News reported the West Virginia woman, who asked to be known only as "Heather," said Falls was armed with a gun when she answered the door and he asked her, "Live or die?" She had been hanging out earlier in the evening with men at a Chillicothe motel that has a reputation as a site for prostitution. [8] Six more vanished from Chillicothe, Ohio, a two-hour drive from Charleston. Anyone with information should call the Chillicothe Police Department at 740-773-1191, or call the Southern Ohio Crime Stoppers at 740-773-TIPS. Tameka Lynch, 30, Shasta Himelrick, 20, Tiffany Sayre, 26, and Timberly Claytor, 38, have all been found dead. Photo by freestocks.org from Pexels. . [7] When police officers searched the inside of his car, they allegedly found a machete, axes, knives, a shovel, a sledgehammer, bleach, plastic trash bags, bulletproof vests, clean white socks, and underwear. And while Moore isnt sure what happened to the women, she doesnt believe that alleged serial killer Neal Falls is responsible. The killer, Thomas James McCray, left her baby strapped in a car seat near a creek bed all night. We have a pretty young police force here. Authorities said the women had drug problems and some became prostitutes to feed their habit. "I still feel like everyone is on edge because there is still someone or a few someone's out there that did this to these poor girls.". The coroner has ruled the manner and cause of death a homicide. Is Richard Beasley featured in an A&E show? In 2008, Falls was charged with sexually harassing a colleague, after which he was forced to quit. Moores father is the notorious Happy Face Killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, who got his nickname for the smiley faces he allegedly drew on letters to police and the media, and is currently serving three life sentences for the strangulation deaths of eight women (he once claimed to have as many as 160 victims). During the eight years he lived in Henderson, Nevada, from 2003 to 2007, four sex workers disappeared, three of whom were later found dismembered in California, Illinois, and Nevada. Evil Among Us June 12, 2016 43min TV-14 Subtitles Subtitles English [CC] The unsolved disappearances have residents of Chillicothe, population 22,000, terrified and fearing . WBNS-10TV in Columbus reported police believe Moore, who reportedly has past arrests for drug possession and drug trafficking, knew each of the women. Another Woman Missing From Small Town Turns Up Dead, FBI Joins Search For Missing Chillicothe Women, Timberly Claytor Found Dead Not Far From Where Women Vanished, 'These Girls Knew Each Other' And Now They're Gone. Investigators said they later found axes, a shovel, handcuffs, cleaning supplies and other items in Falls' vehicle. "Geographically, the cities are fairly close," Cooper said, adding: "He has not been connected to the Chillicothe cases.". "None of us think she killed herself," Himelrick's grandmother, Shirley Himelrick, told HuffPost. They also found bones that matched those of Julious. 05:39 GMT 27 Jul 2015. The 26-year-old is the sixth woman to go missing in the small city of Chillicothe, Ohio, in just over a year. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. We repeatedly checked that area (Bainbridge) numerous times, Lavender said. Officials have repeatedly reported they have checked into every one of them but mostly have remained mum on who they looked into save for a few high profile people, including a suspected serial killer and a Chillicothe man convicted of rape and attempted rapes involving seven women. 2 men found drugged after leaving NYC gay bars were killed, medical examiner says, Detectives across the country are re-examining cold cases after a possible serial killer went after a West Virginia woman. Grate confessed to the murder of another woman as well while in police custody, and he was later connected to more victims. Now it's the place where women go missing and wash up dead. They dont feel like theyre getting the resources they need, Moore says. Local, state, and federal agencies and prosecuting attorneys have reviewed the case, he added. They can be reached at 740-773-TIPS (8477) or at SouthernOhioCrimeStoppers.com. The report indicates those tips would be followed up by the sheriffs office. However, this month, Washburn released his departments written report detailing their portion of the investigation into Tamekas disappearance and death. Sayre disappeared after Himelrick, prompting widespread searches by friends, family members and concerned citizens. The person responsible still gets to walk around out there and it's not fair. [2], In 1992, McKnight, then 15, shot and killed a man in Columbus, Ohio. CHILLICOTHE - Chillicothe wasn't without its problems when May began five years ago, but by month's end a fear developed, stirred by reports of adult women who'd gone missing. Initially, Grates lawyer entered a plea of not guilty on all charges, pivoting to not guilty by reason of insanity after Grate confessed to the murders in a press interview. Tameka Lynch, a 30-year-old mother of three, disappeared a couple of weeks later. Police in Chillicothe, located about two hours from Charleston, West Virginia, said that most of the victims had been involved in prostitution or had been struggling with drug addiction. Authorities have yet to locate her. Tamekas investigation was challenging from the beginning as they fielded vague rumors passed along by her husband Jeremi Lynch who had reported her missing on May, 20, 2014, saying hed last seen her on May 16. She began working at Hendrick in December 2001. The murders of four women and disappearances of two others in a small Ohio town have sparked fears that a serial killer may be on the loose. One man took a polygraph which determined he answered truthfully in denying he knew for sure who killed Tameka, saw anyone kill her or helped get rid of her body. In September 2015, the task force said they believe Ernest "Dollar Bill" Moore could have information in the cases of the six women. Beasley would prey on middle-aged men who were in need of work through a Craiglist job advertisement offering them $300 a week in pay and housing in a two-bedroom trailer. 13:30 GMT 22 Jul 2015 "When you start ruling things out, you overlook stuff, and we don't want to overlook anything," the sheriff said. Email us atexclusive@the-sun.comor call212 416 4552. A mother of two children, ages 5 and 14, Boggs remains missing. One of the problems you have in any investigation is you always have someone wanting to give information but its third and fourth hand, Washburn said. The murders took place in Akron, Ohio where Beasley resided. Her death was ruled likely a multiple drug overdose by the Ross County Coroner but the manner natural, accidental, homicide, or suicide was left undetermined. Police also said that because the women ran in the same circles, someone knows the fuller story. However, because of the lives some of the victims led, some people in this busy economic center of more than 21,000 residents appear to follow the story with interest, but not alarm. While there would be other women reported missing who turned back up on their own or were located by police, a fear settled in as the months passed without word from Charlotte and no news on how Tameka ended up in Paint Creek. [8], Nevertheless, the trial began on October 1, 2002. More than 100 men responded to the advertisement that read: In full, it read: "Wanted: Caretaker for farm. When Ray got out of jail this time, he knew he had to be smarter. For example, in June 2014 police were given the names of a couple who may have dumped Tamekas body into Paint Creek. It worked. How Was Serial Killer Shawn Grate Caught & Arrested? The caller reported overhearing the couples son making the claims to someone else. Jan. 2. Her captor was asleep while she called, she said. All the missing women, like Saul, advertised their activities on the Internet. Tonight on Investigation Discovery, an episode of 'Evil Lives Here' that revolves around convicted serial killer Shawn Grate will air. CHILLICOTHE - Despite his complaint that he was convicted before his trial even began, Jason McCrary received a sentence of 28 years to life in prison for killing Timberly Claytor in 2015. Lavender noted some also had warrants and would avoid them, so they worked to find ways to gain access. meaww.com - MEAWW. Richard Beasley and Brogan Rafferty stood trial in 2013 for the murders of Ralph Geiger, David Pauley, and Timothy Kern. Please enter valid email address to continue. Authorities said Falls, of Springfield, Oregon, rented a room in Henderson, Nevada, from 2000 until 2008. He specifically points to law enforcements decision to carry the overdose reversal drug naloxone and the prosecutors decision to have an overdose amnesty policy as coming about when they did because of the cases. Here is how the new, improved scam would . The location is not far from where Sayre's body was later found. "My sister has a 3- and a 6-year-old who has to grow up without a mommy. She told the dispatcher that shed been tied up, but she was calling from her kidnappers phone after managing to escape. Anderson knew all of the women, aside from 37-year-old Wanda Lemons, who was last seen in Chillicothe on Nov. 3, 2014 -- six months to the day that Trego and Lynch were last seen. Robinson's daughter, Tameka Lynch, 30, disappeared in Chillicothe on May 3, 2014. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Due to uncertainty over how Julious was killed, prosecutors decided not to seek the death penalty for his murder. No concrete answers have come out of the investigation, but Washburn said much of the information they did get lent itself toward people dumping people after an overdose because they were scared to call for help. Lt Cooper further elaborated that the man, who according to his driver's license and tags had traveled from Oregon, pulled a gun on the escort and threatened to kill her. Anyone with information on any of the cases including the ones considered closed can call 740-773-FIND or email findme@rosssheriff.com. "I still put up flyers, but as soon as I put them up someone takes them down," Boggs told HuffPost. Over the course of 14 months, between the spring of 2014 and the summer of 2015, several women disappeared from the area around Chillicothe, Ohio. After leaving high school, Falls was forced to engage in low-skilled labor. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. #BREAKING: Jury recommends death penalty for convicted killer Shawn Grate https://t.co/H0lu2lFNlN. They met at a restaurant and Beasley introduced himself as Jack and Rafferty, who he referred to as his nephew. North Philly, Pennsylvania: Unmasking Serial Killer Gary Heidnik - the Real-life Buffalo Bill by Every Town. 'The man had beaten and strangled the woman and gotten her onto the ground, laid the gun down as he was dragging her back through the house, and she was able to pick the gun up and fire over her shoulder blindly, and the bullet did strike the man, killing him,' Cooper told the xxx Saturday. Powered by. Gregory B. McKnight (born November 14, 1976) is an American serial killer who murdered two people and buried their bodies on his property in Chillicothe, Ohio, between May and November 2000. Charlotte Trego, 27, and Wanda Lemons, 37, have been missing since May and November 2014 respectively. Anonymous tips can be made through Southern Ohio Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. A grand jury has indicted Jason McCrary, 36, on one count of murder in connection with Claytor's slaying. Now She's Speaking Out, A Child Survived a Serial Killer and Now Tells Her Story on Season Premiere of 'People Magazine Investigates', Notorious 'Torso Killer' Indicted in 1968 Murder of N.Y. Dance Teacher Who Was Found Strangled in Her Car, Hospital Respiratory Therapist Denied Being Serial Killer in 2012. The indictment calls McCrary a repeat violent offender. Samuel Little has confessed to killing more than 90 women across the U.S., but not all have been confirmed. Police are still looking for Wanda Lemons, 38, a mother of five, missing since last fall. In 2019, he pleaded guilty to killing Dana Nicole Lowrey in Louisiana. . And a pregnant Shasta Himelrick, 20, who was reported missing in December 2014 and found drowned the next month, her death ruled a suicide. I dont think youd see just women, Hollis added. Kathryn had worked at the Youth Center, but it is unknown how the two met.[2]. In April 2015, Falls underwent retraining courses to continue working as a security guard in the private sector in Oregon, but by that summer he went to Texas, from where he moved to West Virginia.[6]. CHILLICOTHE, Ohio Nestled in the hills of Ohio's Scioto Valley, this rural town is unaccustomed to the widespread fear that has grown steadily as women have disappeared in the past year.. CBS News Crimesider left messages Monday for Chillicothe investigators and Ross County Sheriff's officials. Police arrest man for committing 'pure torture' on one person and may be linked to six 'missing or murdered' Ohio mothers . Grate was sentenced to death as well as life in prison without parole. Every family member HuffPost interviewed said they suspect the majority of the cases in Chillicothe are linked. Those searches were ongoing on May 29, 2015, when the body of 38-year-old Timberly Claytor was found alongside a vacant building off Trego Creek Road in Massieville, a small town located about five miles south of Chillicothe. Tameka Lynch, 30. The southern Ohio deaths and disappearances spurred the creation of a task force including Chillicothe police and the Ross County sheriff's office, the FBI, state investigators and other local law enforcement. He then returned to Oregon and found a job as a private security guard. 27 min listen. The following morning, her car was found abandoned near Higby Bridge in southeastern Ross County. The tip led police back to an East Main Street home in Bainbridge they had searched before with consent from residents and they searched it a second time. Two were never seen or heard from again. In May 2015, more information came in from someone who claimed to hear details of what happened to Tameka and Charlotte from someone who overheard someone else talking. "I think it's possible these and other cases are all connected.". "It's been so long that I have a gut feeling they're not going to find her alive. If there was no PORT, Narcan or amnesty, the number of cases of missing women would be double, Washburn said. Three days later, police took a report from a woman who said she was assaulted behind Liberty Tax Service by a man who said Im gonna kill you like I did the other girl and theyll never find her. The mans car, including a hatchet found inside, was processed for DNA and fingerprints but nothing was found connecting Tameka or Charlotte to the car. The wait for answers has been, and remains, difficult for the families. Moore, 36, was accused of committing "pure torture" against a Chillicothe man in July 2015. 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In a further search of their property, they found Murray's decomposed body in McKnight's trailer. She reported Tameka had walked from her home to meet someone at McDonalds. He committed the killings two years after his release from prison for a 1992 murder he committed in Columbus, Ohio. Yvonne Boggs' daughter, 27-year-old Charlotte Trego, was last seen by family members the same day Lynch disappeared. These two events greatly affected his emotional state, making him become internally conflicted and disorganized. / CBS/AP. "When Megan disappeared, they all started disappearing," Kadie Lancaster said. I decided that I would help.. SILVER SPRINGS, Md. Per capita income of $22,000 is below the state average, and nearly one in. While Ohio averaged 13.9 overdose. 'With our known victims, there was no indication of strangulation, but well exhaust every possible angle on this case, Chief Deputy T.J. Hollis, who is leading the task force charged with solving the disappearances, told the Chillicothe Gazette. The victim in that case, according to the Chillicothe Gazette, told police he was "punched, kicked, assaulted with a broom, possibly raped with the broom, burned with lighter fluid, silverware heated from the stove and boiling water.". Most of his friends and acquaintances spoke very positively of him.[5]. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. Police said the unnamed man attacked the woman he had hired for sex online as soon as he came through the door of her home. 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