Was Dale Kerstetter Double Crossed Or A Victim? Either Way, He Disappeared And Never Has Been Seen Again.

Dale Kerstetter

He was a simple, calm, kind and generous man who seemed to get along with everyone. He had and adventurous spirit. He was also a loving and devoted father to his children. He was known to be a very honest man with a diverse group of friends, which he'd do anything for.

Dale was born on March 7th, 1937 in Pennsylvania. Aside from a brief time stationed in the Air Force in his early years he remained in the same area in Pennsylvania. He liked to trap, hunt, ski, skydive and do many other outdoor activities. When a family who lived in his trailer park with 7 children was hit by hardship and the father was incapacitated in an accident Dale would often bring food to the family and made sure the children never did without. 

In 1987, he was a divorced man, but still close to his family. He kept in touch his 6 children and was living with his teenage son. Dale's job had been a journeyman at the Corning Glassworks in Bradford, Pennsylvania for 29 years. The last several months Corning had been downsizing. Dale was given a pay-cut and in the last several months had to take some shifts as an overnight security guard to help make up for it. Other workers weren't so lucky and were fired but Dale was not because he was a dependable employee. During one incident at work, a forklift rolled underneath a stream of molten glass. The glass started pouring down on the forklift's propane tank. Dale immediately jumped on the forklift and drove it away from the glass, potentially saving dozens of lives and thousands of dollars of property.

Dale was last seen on September 12th, at 11 p.m. during his weekend shift when he showed up to relieve fellow security guard Art Peterson. The next morning, on September 13, a fellow security guard, John Lindquist, showed up around 7 a.m. to relieve him of his duty. He couldn't  find Dale anywhere. He did find Dale's lunch pail, newspaper and keys on a cafeteria table. The lunch pail was set out on a table with his uneaten lunch inside. Dale's truck was still in the parking lot with the keys in the ignition. Inside his truck was an untouched carton of cigarettes. One item that was not in his truck however, was his .22 caliber gun. Only the holster remained.

At 5 p.m. the police were called and one of their dogs traced Dale's scent to the second floor of the plant where the glass furnace was located. This area was not part of Dale's normal security rounds. They discovered that $250,000 worth of platinum pipe was missing.

An examination of security tapes from three security cameras showed a masked intruder come into the plant around 11:15 p.m.In one shot, the intruder was seen around the area where the platinum was missing. In a second shot, Dale is seen talking to the masked intruder. The masked man was thought to be familiar with the plant and worked there at the time or previously.

As both Dale and the intruder walked out of the second floor, Dale looked directly into the security camera. Some say that he was staring at the camera as a sign for help, others say he was involved in the crime.

A third shot showed the intruder wheeling out a large bag with a manual forklift. Police speculated that the bag contained the missing platinum or Dale's body. The platinum missing could have been easily carried by one person...

Dale was made to take a pay cut at work and wasn't happy about it. He was also $30,000 in debt. Bradford police believe that he willingly participated in the robbery. His family disagreed and said that he would never abandon them.  Dale was also going to retire within six months of the date he disappeared. And even though he was that far into debt, between his job, the $5,000 in his savings acct stock in Corning and a 401K, Dale had more than enough money to pay off all his debts .

Dale's daughters Penny noted that security guards at the plant were supposed to check in every hour. Between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., he did not check in. She also stated that there were times, one was just a few months before Dale went missing, when Penny and a few friends would go to visit her dad overnight while he was at work. She said the door was never locked and they were always able to walk right in.

A co-worker of Dale’s had been fired about a month prior to Dale’s disappearance for stealing items from work. It is unknown whether he was interviewed by police or not after the platinum theft. 

Dale was declared legally dead in July of 2014. Police have investigated several leads in the case.

A couple of years ago, Penny talked with one of Dale's friends who claimed that he had over heard an employee of his named Ollie and Dale while out drinking talking about how easy it would be to steal platinum from the plant. He thought that the two had worked out some kind of arrangement and that Dale was double crossed by Ollie and killed and put down a 6,000’ gas well. The Bradford PD did also make mention of a young man who said that he knew where Dale’s body was and it was down a gas well. The specific area he mentioned was only a few miles from the Corning.

At the time of Dale's disappearance he was 50 years old, 5'4" tall, 130 pounds with Gray hair and brown eyes.

If you have any information about his disappearance please contact Pennsylvania State Police 814-938-0532.

Danny Myles Was Murdered And His Sister Has Fought For Justice For Forty Years.

Christopher Danny Myles

He was a good kid and a special person. He was a true gentleman and respectful. He was an outgoing young man. He had a laugh that everyone who knew him remembers. 

He was born on September 30th, 1962 to Earl Crawford. He was the youngest of three children. Danny, as he liked to be called, was a native a Fresno California. He lived in Caruthers most of his life. He was a student at Caruthers High School. Danny loved history and served as a corporal of the Confederate Calvary Regiment of the Civil War Association. Danny loved to cruise around town and hanging out and the walk up food stand as well as swimming and fishing at the river. His favorite holiday was Christmas. Danny and his and his older sister Marita were really close and loved to decorate the tree together. They also worked in a vineyard cutting down grapes so they could get money for school clothes.

Danny wanted to move away to Kansas one day, but sadly that day would never come.

17-year-old Danny was last seen on Sunday, June 3rd, 1979 between 10 and 11 p.m. The next day he was found brutally slain after having been beaten, sexually assaulted, and then shot in the head with a small caliber weapon. He tried to fight off his attacker to no avail. His body was recovered from a grape vineyard. 

He was laid to rest on his older brother's birthday and was beaten so badly his funeral had to be a closed casket one.

Danny had fought with his killer so fiercely that there was plenty of DNA left behind.

In 2004, Marita got in touch with cold case detectives. The detectives said that there was a possible suspect and that they were going to do DNA testing. That is all Marita knows as of today.

Marita has fought over 40 years for justice for Danny. She continues to seek answers in the case and won’t stop until she knows the name of his killer. Detectives have been very negligent with his case and have said some very offensive and despicable things to his sister. They have also stopped contact with her and refuse to answer her questions about his case. Help her find out what happened to her brother and who killed him!

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Jerry Michael Bayles Jr., Or Mike As He Liked To Be Called, Was Working His Brother's Paper Route When He Was Murdered.

Jerry Michael “Mike” Bayles Jr.

"Time and time again I've searched for a way,

to reason out that fateful day.

I tell myself it was all a mistake 

It wasn't you God meant to take.

Your gravestone holds your name,

The day you were born and died.

But your gravestone can't reveal

The countless tears we've cried.

Some may think you are forgotten

Though you are no more,

But in memory you are with us

As you were before."

Mike was a good, sweet, shy boy who didn't say a whole lot. He was a hero to his cousin Lela. When she was in kindergarten she got beat up everyday on her way home from school. After Mike found out about it, he'd take his lunch break and walk Lela home everyday.

He was born on October 18th, 1959 to a self employed truck driver, Gerald B. Bayles and Fannie L. Strong Bayles. Mike was a 5th grader at Indianapolis Public School #50, Nathaniel Hawthorne at the corner of North Belleview and West Ohio. Mike was a Traffic Guard for his school with his guard post at West Washington Street and Warman Avenue, along with an adult guard “Miss Kelly”. He hung out sometimes at Laundry Center on West Washington Street, where he would ask help out by taking out the trash and empty coke bottles and given a few dollars for his work.

In August of 1970, Mike's 15-year-old brother, Gordon "Bud", began delivering papers for the Indianapolis Star with 10-year-old Mike tagging along.

On Friday, October 2nd, Bud had brought a partial collection from his route to the district manager of The Star for the west side area, John W. Nordholt and explained he would bring the rest on Saturday. Mike had finished the collection of $21.00 and was to turn it in in the morning.

At around 4:30 a.m. the next day, Mike left his house at 3028 West Jackson Street near the west side of Indianapolis, Indiana, known as Mount Jackson. He was on his neighbor's bike and headed to the circulation office the alley rear of the Clark Gas Station at 2504 West, Washington Street. Bud was sick so Mike was going to deliver papers for him. They were to meet up at their home during the route.

Mike collected forty eight papers and rode back to Washington and Harris Avenue to start the route. He had $21 in his pocket as he delivered two papers, one to the Indiana National Bank Branch at 2821 West Washington Street. He then delivered a paper to William H. Johnson at 12th South Harris Avenue.

Around 5 a.m, Mrs. Thomas P. Baker of 40 South Warman Avenue, heard a scream and saw a speeding car from her home on the alley that connects Warman Avenue and Harris Avenue. Another witness that lived at the corner of Washington and Harris Avenue (2901 West Washington Street) at the start of the route also heard a scream and saw a car's tail lights leaving.

Soon after, the Bayles family began receiving phone calls that their morning papers had not yet been delivered. Bud went to investigate and at about 6:30 a.m. he found the bike that Mike had been using. It had been abandoned, along with the rest of the papers, at 12 South Harris Avenue at the residents of William H. Johnson. Johnson said he found the bike, laying on the ground with the chain off and the rear fender bent in. Bud returned home and told his parents about the bike. They called the police and were told to look further and call back if Mike was not found. 

Bud then finished the route with the bike and then he went searching for Mike with his other two brothers 12-year-old John and 8-year-old James along with two of James' friends and Mr. Bayles.

At 8:55 a.m., Marion Adkins III, of Shirley, Indiana was driving his tractor east on West County Road 550 South in Knightstown. He was returning from feeding his livestock approximately one-fourth of a mile east of Indiana State Road 109 and 300 yards from his driveway in the southwest corner of Henry County. Mr. Adkins saw a body of a young boy in a drainage ditch in weeds four feet tall.

When Officer Glenn Cupp of the Knightstown Police Department arrived he saw the of a young boy laying face up alongside the road in the ditch.  He had only socks on and was still warm. There was a gash along his abdomen, possibly from a knife. Officer Cupp reported that the body was dragged leaving heel scrapes 15 feet from the center of the road to the ditch, south side of the road.

About 1:00 p.m., Mike’s parents heard a radio report of the discovery of the unidentified body of a boy in eastern Indiana. The description of the body found matched closely to that of Mike. The State Police were called and a Trooper was dispatched to the Bayles' residence. A photo of Mike was given to the Trooper. The Trooper later returned to the residence and said the identification was close, but the family needed come and positively identify the body, which they did.

Henry County Coroner David L. Estell estimated Mike's time death at 6:30 a.m. and that Mike died due to internal hemorrhaging. Although there were no signs of him being sexually molested, the possibility couldn't be ruled out. It was reported that Mike had received also 8 superficial wounds to his abdomen and one to the back of his neck with bruises to the neck and right arm.

On Sunday, October 4th, after seeing an article in the Indianapolis star about Mike's murder, Paul McDougall called police to report what he had seen the day before.

At about 5 a.m. on the day of Mike's murder,  Mr. McDougall was the gas station manager of the Star Service and Petroleum Station at 502 West 16th Street. He left his residence at 575 South Harris Avenue and was driving north on South Harris Avenue to work, when he noticed a light green or blue car pulling out of the alley way. It was a late 50's Rambler or Dodge with fins on the rear fenders and round tail lights along a chrome rimmed rear window. The rear license plate was recessed in the rear back bumper. The car then stopped and blocked the street at an angle. Mr. McDougall stopped his car to say something about the car blocking the road. When he was exiting his car, he heard a boy yell and he saw a man in his 20’s, wearing dark work jacket and pants, dragging a small boy. The man was holding the boy's arm with his left hand and pressing a long white handle knife against the back of the boy's neck with his right hand. 

Mr. McDougall asked "What the hell are you doing with the kid?"

The man turned toward McDougall and replied. "That's my kid and he's running away. I'm taking him home." 

Mr. McDougall told the man it was a terrible way to treat a child, then he stalled and pretended to light a cigarette in order to get the license plate number. The plate was dust covered and had the county number for Marion County prefix of 49 P, E or F and a combination of 5 and 8. There was a second man in the car with close cropped hair and the car was streaked with dust. 

On Monday, the 5th, a composite sketch was made from Mr. McDougall's account.

Also on that day, Mr. Bayles received a phone call from a woman at the Farley Funeral Home. The woman said "I can't give you my name Mr. Bayles, but I want to tell you, I know the man that saw your boy murdered and I'd like to talk to you, but I 'm afraid...The woman gave Mr. Bayles the first name of a man...I don't want to talk to the detectives; I don't want to give my number. Don't you understand? I 'm afraid!".

On Tuesday, the 6th, the sketch was circulated around Mike's neighborhood.

At 8:30 a.m., Mrs. Bayles received a second phone call from the same woman that had called once before. The woman said that she and a man are afraid to go to the police and that the man was "only" a witness to the murder. The woman then allegedly told Mrs. Bayles the address and the first name of the witness.  

"I 'm afraid, I want some protection, I don't want to talk to the detectives."  said the woman. Then she mumbled something about the man she named as having been with the killer but did not stay with him. The Bayles phone was listed in the city phone book under another another name, so they are not sure how this woman got their number.

Police checked out the address and found that the man left. The description given by the woman to the Bayles fitted that given by McDougall.

On Wednesday the 7th, McDougall underwent a polygraph test and passed.

A Clinton County man was questioned extensively for his car matched the general description and released after giving a supposedly "iron clad alibi".

On Thursday the 8th, Mike was laid to rest at the Summit Lawn Cemetery in Westfield. Before he was buried, a second autopsy had been performed.

Per Captain Gray, the first autopsy was "not complete enough". "The purpose of this autopsy is to be certain things that good common sense dictates should have been done at first."

The second autopsy conducted showed nothing new. A few superficial bruises found but were, stated as normal for Mike's age. Police work on the theory the killer quite possibly be from Indianapolis and knew the Henry County area well.

It was suspected that Mike was struck by a car and the killer may have stabbed him and left his body in the field to hide what actually happened.

Police never examined the bike was riding on the morning of the 3rd. Bud stated that it looked like somebody had stepped on it.

On Friday, the 9th, Robert E. Schmidt, a patient, that had escaped from the Central State Mental Hospital was cleared in the case.

Two sex offenders from Mike's neighborhood were questioned.

Saturday the 10th,  Albert Garcia was arrested in Bowling Green Kentucky, for sexuality molesting two Indianapolis Star paper boys, in January at his apartment at 1139 East Washington Street.
Garcia's ws a dusty gray 1962 Ford Thunderbird with tail fins, but had the Indiana County license plate prefix of 33 issued in Hendricks County, where he lived in Plainfield and disappeared from.

Robert E. Schmidt disappeared again from Central State Mental Hospital. Officers at Central State conceded that he could have been absent for as long as eight hours without being noticed.

On Sunday the 11th, detectives found abandoned car proximity one mile from Washington and Harris Avenue. There was a 1959 green Buick four door with the license plate prefix of 49P. A "tipster" reported the car used in the crime could be found at the intersection of Richland and Oliver Avenue. The car was taken to the Indiana State Police garage and examined. No blood stains were found.

Detectives searched records at Central State Mental Hospital for sex offenders on furlough on or around October 3rd.

Garcia gave "a pretty good alibi" for his whereabouts on October 3rd, but the Police did not rule him out as a suspect.

On Friday the 16th,  Albert Garcia passed a polygraph and was cleared as a suspect.

A knife was found in the neighborhood and another along Interstate 465, both tested and eliminated.

On Mike's 11th Birthday, the Indianapolis Star published an article that "Tipgiver's Identity Can be Secret." The article offered a reward of $6,000.

On Tuesday the 20th, the Indianapolis Star received a tip letter from a lady in Greenfield. She said that on the day of Mike's murder, she was driving north on State Road 9, south of Greenfield near the Park Cemetery, witnessed a car parked on the east side of the road facing south. As she approached the car, a man wearing dark blue pants and a work jacket crossed the road and went towards the passenger side of the car. She then saw the man  fumble with something and mumble. As she turned her head back towards the road, a second man crossed the road and went to the driver’s side door of the parked car. He too was dressed in dark blue pants and a work jacket. As she passed the car, she noticed that all the windows were up and a boy was sitting in the middle of the front seat, with a “wild frightful expression”.

On Monday, November 23rd,  Robert Schmidt was arrested in Phoenix, Arizona, at an apartment complex at 9450 North 17th Avenue where he had been living for a month. Schmidt also rented an office, and had a phone under the name of A-P Advertising Specialties.

On Wednesday, the 25th, Paul McDougall positively identified Schmidt from a photographic as the man he saw on the morning of October 3rd, holding Mike at knife point.

On Thursday, the 26th, Indiana State Police flew Schmidt from Phoenix to Indianapolis and was booked in Municipal Court Room 10 on a charge first-degree murder. The case was continued till December 8th.

On Tuesday, December 8th, Schmidt pleaded not guilty.

On Wednesday, February 17th, 1971, The Marion County grand jury said it had insufficient evidence to indict Schmidt.

Marion County officials ordered to hold Schmidt for the Beatty Hospital at Westfield, Indiana. (Now Westfield Correctional Facility)

On September 14th, Lucille Bayles received a letter stating she needed to be in the alley, which Mikes was taken; at 5:25 a.m. on Sunday October 3rd were she would find a package that would help solve Mike's murder. Mrs. Bayles withheld notifying the police in fear that the police wouldn't let her go, but notified the Indianapolis Star. Gerald Bayles notified police.

Sunday, October 3rd, Police were staking out the alley in unmarked cars. 

The letter was address to Mrs. Bayles using her first name and was addressed to her place or work. 

"Dear Mrs. Bayles,"

"Its all most been a year now."
"I guess it seems longer to you"
"You will never know who killed your boy, but I have something that will make you feel better. On the 3 day of Oct. you go to the ally by Harris Street where Mike left his bicycle and you will find a package. Come at 25 after 5 in the morning. You won’t see me but I will see you. Get the package and leave. Don’t be afraid I won’t hurt you. I did not kill Mike. But I know who did. If you knew you won’t believe it. I know your husband and all the boys. it won’t do any good to take this to the police. Some one else is writing this, not me. When you get the package go home before you open it please."

On Tuesday, January 11th, 1983, Gerald B. Bayles passed away at 65.

On Thursday, December 12th, 1996, Lucille Fannie (Strong) Bayles passed away at 64.

On October 9th, 1953, Mike's sister, Rhonda F. Bayles (Wise) passed away at 50.

On Tuesday, November 6th, 2012, Mike's younger brother James W. Bayles passed away at 50.

On Monday, July 29th, 2013, Mike's older brother Gordon A. "Bud" Bayles passed away at 58.

August 6th, 2013, Paul Thomas McDougall passed away at 77.

In 2015, the daughter of McDougall came forward to say that her father was the real killer and he had threatened her so she wouldn't come forward. 

"Family says the witness had a cup of coffee and Mike had came from the bank to 12 South Harris and rode out in front of him. The witness slams the brakes, spilling his coffee. According to the daughter, her father was very short-tempered and basically abducted Mike at that point," Will Ott explained.

McDougall's daughter actually saw the bloody knife that was used as the murder weapon. She said that her whole family lived in fear of McDougall. She also had tried to talk to police back on the day that Mike was murdered, but they wouldn't listen to her.

This is a really good website with a good man, Will Ott, dedicated to Mike's case. https://jerrymichaelbayles.weebly.com/ Most of this article that you are reading comes from his site.

If you have any information about Mike's case please contact the Indiana State Police District Investigative Commander at 9022 South SR 67 Pendleton, IN 46064. 1-765-778-2121 or 1-800-527-4752.

The Unsolved Murders of Lisa Gurrieri And Brandon Rumbaugh On BumbleBee Road.

Lisa Marie Gurrieri

She was an angel, loved by all who knew her. She gave to others of her time, talent and love. She was a loving daughter, sister, granddaughter and friend who will be deeply missed but not forgotten.

Lisa was born on July 14th, 1984 in Arizona to John and Paula Gurrieri.  Lisa’s uncle, Mike, helped raise her after her dad died of cancer. She graduated from Mesa High School. And in 2003, was a sophomore at Mesa Community College studying business management. She was employed as a secretary at Salt River Project, and also volunteered her singing talents with the band at Christ the King Catholic Church. 

Brandon Keith Rumbaugh

He had an infectious sense of humor. He also had a spontaneous and goofy fun loving joy he brought to all who knew him. His family and closest friends also know the strength of his eternal optimism, the power of his future dreams, and his inability to be slowed by the obstacles ahead.

He was born in Phoenix on May 7th, 1983 to Robert and Desiree Rumbaugh. Brandon was a Graduate of the Coronado High School class of 2001. In 2003, he was in the United States Marine Reserves, was a student at Arizona State University and worked as a personal trainer at Fitness Works Gym in Mesa. Brandon loved the arts. He played the drums in a local band, danced in several large productions, & was a painter and sculptor. 

On Friday, October 17th, 2003, 20-year-old Brandon and 19-year-old Lisa, took an overnight trip to a campsite near Bumble Bee, Arizona, to lay out under the stars and celebrate their one-year dating anniversary.

The next day, when Lisa didn't come home and Brandon didn't show up for work, the families became concerned and headed out there to search for them to no avail.

Sunday afternoon, three family friends located the white Ford F-150 pickup truck the couple had borrowed from Lisa's mother.  When the friends looked inside the bed of the truck, they found Lisa and Brandon dead, they had been shot multiple times in the head with a .25 caliber handgun.

Trash and other items were collected. One piece of evidence intrigued investigators more than the rest, a disposable camera disposable camera found near the truck by some rocks. The camera looked like it had been thrown away from the truck. The last pictures on it were of Lisa and Brandon sitting the bed of the truck.

Lisa and Brandon had a video camera with them. Investigators found the camera case, but they never found the video camera.

Lisa's uncle Mike went to question one of the friends that had found their bodies.

“He wanted Lisa. He wanted Lisa bad, to be with her,” Mike said. “I was on my way. I was in my truck headed to the freeway. I got a phone call saying that he wasn’t there. The place was wiped out clean.”

Six months after Lisa and Brandon were killed, two men from Yuma were camping in Crown King, just minutes away from Bumble Bee Road. They were shot dead, too, and their truck was stolen. That suspect committed suicide after being found in Colorado. No clue as it if this crime was related to the Lisa And Brandon's murder.

Lisa and Brandon's murder is unsolved.

A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the suspect(s). If you have any information regarding this crime, please contact Yavapai Silent Witness at 1-800-932-3232.

Suicide By Police? Or An Adverse Reaction To Antidepressants? The Shooting Of Hannah Williams.

Hannah Linn Williams

"She Will Always Be In Our Hearts."

She was a caring, loving young woman who was smart, generous, ambitious and hardworking.

Hannah was born was born in Mesa, Arizona on April 11th, 2002 to Benson Randolph Williams and Pilar Looney Williams. Hannah and her family moved to California in 2017. She attended Suriya Montessori Education Center in Tempe for preschool, Emerson and Madison elementary schools in Phoenix, Madison Middle School in Phoenix, and Madison Highland Prep High School in Phoenix. Hannah was captain of the soccer team and also loved swimming, music, art and making YouTube videos. Pink was one of he favorite colors. Serving her community and in the service to others was an integral part of her life.

In July of 2019, she was excited to be working her first job, as a lifeguard at Knott’s Berry Farm. On the 5th, she was 17 years old when she left her home Anaheim, California. At around 8:30 p.m., when she hadn't returned, her father Benson called 9-1-1 and stated that Hannah had drove off in a rental car and was taking antidepressants. The dispatcher asked Benson if he thought that Hannah might harm herself which Benson replied, "I am."

Hannah never had a history of hurting herself, but she had never run off like this either.

It turned out that around 7 p.m. a K-9 officer saw Hannah speeding and motioned for her to pull over. Hannah then hit the police car before trying to make a u-turn into oncoming traffic. The officer then gave her repeated warnings to get out of the SUV, which she did. That is when Hannah pointed a gun, which was later discovered to be a toy, at the officer and he fired at Hannah, hitting her in the chest. She fell to the ground. She was arrested and the officer applied pressure to the wound while waiting for the ambulance. Hannah died later at the hospital.

It is theorized that Hannah was suicidal or had an adverse reaction the medication she was taking.

Her case is still being investigated to see if the officer involved acted appropriately.

Mother Of Three, Frances Worthington, Was Found Violently Murdered. There Wasn't Enough Evidence To Send The Suspect To Trial.

Frances McNeil Worthington

She was born on October 12th, 1918. She was a mother of three.

On January 1st, 1996, 76-year-old Frances lived at 2022 Price Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee. She didn't leave the house much. Her son Michael went to check on her after she failed to answer her phone. When he arrived, he found items scattered all over the house. Flour and sugar had been thrown around. In the hallway of her small home there was blood splattered on the walls and soaking into the carpet outside France's bedroom where her battered body lay.

Frances' murderer had struck her once across the body, and then the second time on the back and the third time she must have rolled over. The killer then violated the victim with a wine bottle. He left her nightgown bunched up around her neck. Someone had sprinkled coins and miniature chocolates around the body.

Days after the incident, 18-year-old  Ricky Wayne Womack Jr.  was arrested and charged with her homicide. Womach had been known to do some burglaries in the area and he was known to the investigators and the patrol officers at the time as well.

When talking to police, Womack said he'd been in the house and had helped in the break-in. But he blamed the killing on someone he identified as "Donnie". Police said that Donnie couldn't have participated in the crime, because he was in custody on some other matter.

The case was sent to the grand jury for a possible indictment of Womack for Frances' murder. Womack's lawyers had argued the prosecution had no physical evidence. They insisted police had confused him into admitting he'd been in Worthington's home when he'd actually broken into another South Knoxville residence.

In August 1996, however, a grand jury decided not to indict Womack. 

No one had ever been brought to justice for Frances' murder.

That wasn't the only loss that that Frances' family suffered. Her son Michael couldn't deal with the loss of his mother and he committed suicide in 2005.

If you have any information on this case, contact the KPD Violent Crimes Unit at 865-215-7317. Callers can remain anonymous.

Father Of Two, Bradley St. Clair, Was Brutally Murdered In A Botched Kidnapping. There Is Still One Suspect At Large.

Bradley St. Clair

He was a wonderful young man. He was a kind person, a really good friend and a loving husband and father.

Bradley was born on March 18th, 1969 in Bakersfield California. 

Brad and his wife Elisia met when they were in their early 20's at a church conference. Elisia said they met by chance and it was the start of a fairy-tale love story.

In 2000, Brad and Elisia had a son named Joshua, a daughter named Brittany and a baby on the way. He and his brother, Frank Jr., where real estate developers and had taken over the 1935 family business St. Clair Investments.

On August 7th, 2000, 31-year-old Brad was finishing up work at St. Clair  Investments at the 3400 block of Wible Road in Bakersfield, California. At 5 p.m., his wife called to confirm dinner plans. Soon after the call, Brad's secretary, Susan Clevenger , along with he boyfriend, Keith Shell, entered Brad's office. The plan was to kidnap Brad and hold him for ransom. They didn't expect Brad to fight back. 

When his wife hadn't heard from him by 6 p.m., she soon called the police. When they arrived at his office they discovered that there was an intense struggle in the office. There were ceiling tiles out of place, footprints were on the desks,  and there were bloodstains on the door near the exit. They also found Brad's body. He was gagged and bound with duct tape. He was covered in bruises and scrapes as wells as cuts to the back of the head. He also had been strangled with his necktie.

On August 12, 2000 Clevenger's brother, Robert, told BPD Detectives that Clevenger had asked him to help her and Shell with a kidnapping scheme. He said he declined.

Police picked up Clevenger and Shell that evening. Clevenger claimed that she did not want to ask her brother for help, but Shell pressured her to.

Police tested Shell's palm prints to prints they found on the duct tape used to bind Brad's feet. It was a match. Clevenger and Shell were both arrested for Brad's murder.

In 2001, Clevenger and Shell were both convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.

DNA testing was unable to match the bloodstain found on the office's door to Shell, Clevenger or Brad. Police are looking for a third suspect in the case.

Shell's dad was a police chief.

In February of 2014, BPD issued four DNA warrants, two of those warrants were for Darren Choyce and Chadi Guirguis. Clevenger told police she had dropped Shell off at Choyce's home the night of the murder. Guirguis was at the home that night as well. Later, both Choyce and Guirguis were eliminated by DNA testing.

A $15,000 reward still exists for information leading to the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint against a third person.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department at 327-7111 or Detective Ryan Kroeker at 326-3546.