Monica Sykes Went Out One Morning For Candy For Her Nephews And Never Came Back.

👩🏾‍🏫Monica Elaine Sykes👩🏾‍🏫

She was a family minded person.

Monica was born on April 16th, 1996 to Leonard and Regina Sykes. She was the third youngest of six siblings. She was extremely close with her family. Her oldest sister and she were best friends. She was a graduate of Hazelwood West High School.  Monica studied early childhood education at Harris-Stowe State University and had hoped to take over her grandmother’s home day care. She was also working as a server at Ol’ Henry Restaurant in Berkeley.

On October 28th, 2016, Monica was 25 years old and living with her sister and three nephews in the 6300 block of Fay Drive in Berkeley, Missouri. At 6:48 a.m., officer Robert Howard dropped Monica off at home presumably after spending the night together. 

She changed her clothes and then left 13 minutes later with her boyfriend, Ray Ellis in his white 2003 Cadillac DeVille. Before Monica left, she had told her nephews that she'd be back with candy. 

When she didn't return later that day, her family knew immediately that something was wrong. Monica hadn't even taken her wallet. Her phone went straight to voice mail. 

Officer Howard was married, although an application his wife made for an order of protection in September 2016 stated that they separated that May. Howard's wife wrote that she was afraid of her husband. She alleged that he showed up to her parents' home at all hours, hacked into her phone and harassed her friends and family. "I fear for my life and my children's," she wrote.

Howard was never served with the order and it had expired two weeks before Monica went missing. 

Howard claimed that he was not romantically involved with Monica and that the two weren't even close. He said that frequented the restaurant where Monica worked and that was how he met her.

Phone records showed that Monica and Howard were in constant contact in the month before Monica's disappearance. Monica told her sister everything, but oddly she never mentioned Howard.

Ellis denied picking up Monica the morning she disappeared. He said they'd discussed meeting up, and that he tried to call her that morning, but her phone went straight to voice mail.

Ellis’ Cadillac was found burning a week after Monica disappeared. A glove was found nearby. 

When the police tested the glove, DNA matching Ellis’ brother, Jermaine Benjamin, was found.

Monica's family frantically pleaded for clues and spent their weekends canvassing nearby neighborhoods, giving out fliers with her photo on them.

On February 4th, 2017, after months of organized searches by police, trained dogs, relatives and residents, volunteers found Monica's body parts scattered about by animals in a desolate area of Kinloch.

It took two weeks for officials to positively identify Monica's remains. Medical examiners concluded that she had been shot in the back of the head and the bullet went through her brain.

Police learned through investigation that Ellis asked a friend how to burn up a car. Ellis later told his friend, Mark Bracken, that he had killed Monica in his car. He said that his brother, Jermaine Alexander Benjamin, helped burned his car in order to get rid of Monica's blood and a bullet that was wedged in passenger door. 

Ellis had been staying in Bracken’s basement for days after the shooting. Police could not link a gun found in Bracken’s basement to a bullet found in the burned car.

On April 3rd, 2017, Ellis who has been in police custody for several weeks on a probation violation, was charged with second degree murder, armed criminal action and two counts of tampering with physical evidence in Monica's death.

On September of 2018, Ellis was found guilty of all charges.

On November 8th, he was sentenced to life in prison. 11 additional years were added for armed criminal action and two counts of tampering with physical evidence. Ellis will be eligible for parole after serving 85 years of his sentence.

Benjamin received a four-year prison term after pleading guilty to evidence tampering for helping burn the Cadillac.

Kelly Allen Disappeared From Her Friend's Apartment.

Kelly L. Allen

She was born on December 4th, 1986 to Tracey Allen. Kelly was a 20-year-old nursing student when she went missing on March 13th, 2007. She was last seen at a female friend's apartment in the 8600 block of Frost Avenue in Berkeley, Missouri. She was staying there for a few days while she was looking for work closer to her St. Louis, Missouri home. Earlier in the day Kelly had went to a job interview at a telemarketing company on Watson Road and made an appointment for a second interview. Kelly was at the apartment when her friend left for work, and the friend spoke to her on the telephone that day while Kelly was at the home. When Kelly's friend returned, Kelly was missing. 

It is uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. All of her belongings were left behind, including her purse and a tax return check for $2,000.

Authorities stated Kelly is missing under suspicious circumstances and may be in danger. 

At the time of her disappearance Kelly was 5'4" tall, 165 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was wearing micro-braided blonde hair extensions at the time of her disappearance. She was last seen wearing a blue blazer, Apple Bottom jeans, and sparkly silver shoes. She was a non-smoker and non-drinker in 2007. She had a tattoo of two brown eyes and a rose on her left shoulder, and a tattoo of a half-moon behind her left ear. Her ears were pierced.

If you have any information at all about Kelly's disappearance, please contact the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 314-444-5338

Even after all these years Kelly's mother still hasn't given up home that Kelly will be found.

Wesley Berry And His Boat Have Never Been Found.

Wesley Berry

Wesley lived alone on the banks of foster lake. He was 66-year-old when he went missing on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. He was last seen when he bought food and other items at Treppendahl’s Super Foods in Woodville, Mississippi. He had been using a boat to get back and forth to his property because of flooding. 

Searchers located his portable fuel tank, a padded seat and several grocery items hung up in the limbs of a cypress tree. Cadaver dogs did hit on three areas but Wesley and his boat have never been recovered.

De’Runnya Wilson Was A Former Mississippi State Receiver. He Was Found Dead In His Home In Alabama.

🐻De’Runnya S. Wilson🐻

He was born on September 14th, 1994. He attended Wenonah High School in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was primarily a basketball star, earning first-team Parade All-American honors in 2013. He helped lead the Dragons three consecutive state championships and was named the 2013 Alabama Mr. Basketball. 

He joined the football team in his senior season and was a wide receiver. He caught 31 passes for 682 yards and helped lead the Dragons to a 10-2 season. 

De'Runnya was nicknamed "Bear" by his high school coach, who said he was a "bear of a load" every time he hit the court or the field. 

Fresh out of high school, De'Runnya was a three-star recruit and chose to attend Mississippi State over offers from Auburn, Cincinnati, Colorado State, Louisville, Tennessee, and UAB.

In his three seasons at MSU, De'Runnya had 133 catches for 1,936 receiving yards and 22 touchdowns. His 22 receiving scores is tied for second all-time in program history. He ranks No. 6 in all-time catches and No. 7 in receiving yards. 

De'Runnya also caught eight passes and had a career-high 117 receiving yards and a touchdown against Ole Miss in 2014, albeit in a loss for Mississippi State.

When he was a junior in 2015, he caught 60 passes for 918 yards. He was one of just eight receivers in program history to eclipse 900 receiving yards in a single season.

On January 1st, 2016, De'Runnya announced that he would enter the 2016 NFL Draft. He went undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft, but in October 2016, he had a workout with the Chicago Bears.

On March 20th, 2018, Wilson was assigned to the Albany Empire. On March 28th, 2018, he was placed on recallable reassignment.

On January 20th, 2020, officers were called to a home at 2128 Northland Avenue. A relative had found 25-year-old De'Runnya unresponsive inside the home in Alabama.

His death is being investigated as a homicide. He had been shot to death.

De'Runnya leaves 5 children behind.

No arrests have been made in the case.

If you know anything about this case call Birmingham police at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.

Selena Not Afraid Wandered Off After She Had Been Left At A Rest Stop.

Selena Not Afraid

She was a junior at Hardin High school. 

On New Year’s Day 16-year-old Selena went missing from the I-90 rest stop between Billings and Hardin, Montana, where she’d been left accidentally after the van in which she was riding broke down.

For nearly three weeks, dozens of volunteers, local and federal law enforcement, and search and rescue teams were looking for her, only to come up empty. But that changed Monday when Selena was found only three quarters of a mile away from where she disappeared.

No foul play is suspected Selena’s death at this time. The suspected cause of death is hypothermia.

Jose Huerta-Aviles Never Returned Home From School.

Jose Huerta-Aviles

He was born on July 7th, 2003.

16-year-old Jose never returned home from school on January 8th. It is believed to be in the Willmar area of Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Huerta-Aviles has brown hair and brown eyes and is about 5 feet 9 inches tall. He weighs approximately 145 pounds.

There has been a reported sighting January 18th.

Anyone with information on Jose's whereabouts is asked to contact local law enforcement at 320-235-1260.

Dahnaiyah Rucker Is Missing From Detroit Michigan.

Dahnaiyah Rucker

14-year-old Dahnaiyah was last seen on January 16th, 2020 at approximately 11:00 a.m, in the 6000 block of Westwood in Detroit, Michigan. She left the location and has not returned. She has been missing before in the past.

Dahnaiyah is 5’0”, 110 lbs. with brown eyes and black hair with braids going through a bun. She wears pink and black  glasses. She was last seen wearing her school uniform(yellow shirt, tan pants, pink Nike shoes and a pink Reebok trench coat).

If anyone has seen Dahnaiyah, or knows of her whereabouts, please call Detroit Police Department’s Sixth at 313-596-5640 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-Speak Up.