“She had such a great laugh, but it’s fading. Her laugh is fading from my memory.”
~Lisa Ann Rodrigez
Voni was a stay-at-home mom and also worked as an award-winning salesperson for Mary Kay.
On October 26, 1996, she was 40 years old mother of four, when she attended a Halloween party at Mick's Bar and Grill, in Warren, Minnesota. It was chilly and stormy. It was around 12:30 a.m. when one of her friends noticed she couldn’t find her. Witnesses later told the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office that Voni had left with a man named Kevin Scott Skjerven around that time in his black 1997 Dodge Power Wagon pickup truck with Oregon license plates. Voni was wearing her costume but left her coat and purse behind at the bar.
Voni was going through a separation with her husband Ed and had been casually dating Skjerven. Skjerven was a man convicted of sexual assault on multiple occasions. He said he had no idea what had happened to her. He has never been charged in her disappearance.
Ed was also questioned by authorities but was cleared of any involvement Voni's disappearance.
Veronica had been dressed as Pocahontas. Months later, a belt believed to be part of her costume was found three miles from Skjerven’s home along a country road half a mile south of the crossing of Marshall County roads 8 and 6.
Every time a new tip or lead surfaced, Voni’s children experienced a surge of hope, only to be left heartbroken yet again. Her daughter Lisa Ann Rodrigez said to Dateline, “It’s like someone is ripping my heart out every time. We’re at the point where we don’t want her to be alone anymore. We just want her back. We need to know where she is.”
At the time of her disappearance Voni was 5'4 tall, and 110 lbs., blonde hair, blue eyes and her ears were pierced. She was wearing a Mary Kay ring with diamonds in the shape of the letter "S."
Every time a new tip or lead surfaced, Voni’s children experienced a surge of hope, only to be left heartbroken yet again. Her daughter Lisa Ann Rodrigez said to Dateline, “It’s like someone is ripping my heart out every time. We’re at the point where we don’t want her to be alone anymore. We just want her back. We need to know where she is.”
At the time of her disappearance Voni was 5'4 tall, and 110 lbs., blonde hair, blue eyes and her ears were pierced. She was wearing a Mary Kay ring with diamonds in the shape of the letter "S."
Marshall County Sheriff's Office 218-745-5411
A 2015 NEWS REPORT WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH VONI'S PARENTS
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