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Baker, Patsy June 23 1999; Marked Tree
Topic Started: Mar 1 2007, 08:02 PM (1,045 Views)
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TPD lends hand in Marked Tree “cold case”

By DAN BRAWNER, Democrat News Staff
Patsy L. Baker has not been seen since July 1999. In fact, there has been no trace of the Marked Tree woman since that time.

“She’s had no contact with the family since that time,” Marked Tree Detective Jeremy Bond said during a news conference Monday afternoon. “Even when her son Anthony Eric Baker died in a car wreck in October 26, 2005, there was no word from her.”

Even though it has been nearly eight years since the now 50 year old Baker has been seen, the case has never been officially closed. And now, according to Bond, other cases have surfaced in the last few months to make this disappearance suddenly even more of interest to police.

“We can’t release any information about these other cases,” the detective said. “That, of course would jeopardize the investigations into those cases and this one as well.”

When questioned, though, Bond did say that the other cases involve “questionable deaths” in not only Poinsett County, but in Stone County as well, specifically in Mountain View.

Baker’s car was recovered in 2001 in Marked Tree, but at the time no questions were asked regarding its connection to the disappearance.

“I’m not saying that there’s any fault to be handed out to the previous officers,” said Bond, who has returned to Marked Tree after a year with the Trumann Police Department. “But there’s simply too many open questions not to look at it further.”

There are enough questions, in fact, that Special Agents Phil Carter of the Arkansas State Police in Jonesboro and Dennis Simmons in Mountain View, Detective Jerry Foster of the Trumann Police Department and Bond have all been brainstorming to find an answer to the disappearance.

It is known that Baker, who was divorced, had moved to Mountain View in 1999 and was living with a man by the name of Danny Taylor. After she vanished in July of that year, Taylor told Mountain View authorities that she could have gone off with a truck driver he only knew as Tim.

Now, to further compound the problem of finding Baker, police are now unable to find Taylor.

“We have word that he might be in Jonesboro,” said Bond who was quick to point out that Taylor is not a suspect in the case. “But we haven’t been able to locate him yet.”

While Bond said police have used the internet and Lexus-Nexus to try and find Baker, no information has surfaced.

“While she’s not a suspect in any of these other cases,” Bond continued. “And while as far as we know these other cases don’t involve her directly, there is a connection. It’s looking more and more like something has happened to her.”

Bond said one thing which is hampering the investigation is the lack of information about the woman in general. Some of the information is so vague, in fact, that authorities haven’t even been able to uncover her last place of employment. And the DWI is the only proof that she was in Marked Tree in 1999.

“It’s hard for someone to just vanish without leaving some sort of trail,” Bond concluded. “But we need to try to find out what happened to her for the sake of her family and to possibly help us elsewhere. We’re just running out of places to look, though.”

In a new flyer which recently was sent out by police, Baker is described as a white female, 5’ 4”, 110 lbs, with brown hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion.

Police are requesting those with any information about Baker’s disappearance to contact detective Jeremy Bond at 870-358-2024 or Special Agent Phil Carter at 870-931-0043.



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Patsy L. Baker


Above: Baker, circa 1999


Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: July 1999 from Marked Tree, Arkansas
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date of Birth: November 10, 1956
Age: 42 years old
Height and Weight: 5'4, 110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes.


Details of Disappearance

Baker resided in Marked Tree, Arkansas in 1999. She was last seen sometime in July 1999 and was reported missing that same month. She had reportedly traveled to Mountain View, Arkansas with Danny Noel Taylor. Taylor later claimed Baker left him for a man he knew only as Tim. She has never been heard from again. Her vehicle was found at an unknown location in 2001.
Baker's adult son was killed in a motorcycle accident in October 2005. She did not contact her family at this time or attend his funeral; she may be unaware he is deceased. Investigators have found no records indicating Baker has been incarcerated, hospitalized, or died anywhere in the United States since 1999. Authorities stated they had lost touch with Taylor in the years since Baker went missing, and would like to locate him so they can interview him again. They emphasized that Taylor is not considered a suspect in Baker's case, which remains unsolved.



Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Marked Tree Police Department
870-358-2024



Source Information
North American Missing Persons Network
WMC-TV
KAIT 8



Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004.

Last updated March 8, 2007; casefile added.

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Man wanted in connection with murder
By Angelia Roberts Guard Managing Editor
News | Published on Tuesday July 31, 2007
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Authorities are searching for a man they claim is connected to a Stone County murder case from eight years ago and authorities also would like to interview him about the disappearance of a female friend who was last seen that same year.

An arrest warrant was issued July 16 for Danny Noel Taylor, 50, in the September 1999 robbery and death of Marietta Whetnall, 72, of Mountain View.

Investigators also want to question Taylor about the disappearance of Patsy L. Baker, 50, who moved to the Mountain View area with Taylor in 1999.

Baker was reported missing by a family member in January 2000, about six months after she was last seen at a dentist office in Mountain View.

Arkansas State Police Special Agent Dennis Simons said he began actively working on the case earlier this year.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Mountain View police found Whetnall dead in her home Sept. 7, 1999, after a friend asked police to check on her. An autopsy by the state crime lab indicated Whetnall died from multiple sharp force head injuries and smothering, the affidavit said.

Authorities suspect Whetnall, who worked for a tobacco store and often carried home deposits from the business, was killed for money. Nearly $2,400 in cash was taken from the home. Checks made out to the Tobacco Outlet for the date of Sept. 3, 1999 were left at the crime scene.

According to state police, Taylor was developed as a suspect the following day and was questioned about Whetnall’s death. Taylor told investigators he had borrowed a guitar from her two days before she was found dead and didn’t go into her home. He later changed his story and said he went into the house and drank a glass of water.

Investigators obtained a subpoena for Taylor’s bank records, which indicated Taylor received $519 a month from Social Security and that on Aug. 19, 1999 his bank account was overdrawn. Numerous checks were returned by the bank and overdraft fees applied to Taylor’s account. After the deposit of Taylor’s two Social Security checks, the account was temporarily solvent. Additional overdrafts began again on Sept. 7, 1999, according to the report.

Area business owners reported to the state police Taylor had picked up overdraft checks on Sept. 7 and paid cash for them. Officers also interviewed Hazel Rand, who said Taylor had given her a necklace and earrings on Sept. 8.

Bank records indicate Taylor deposited $340 into his account that same day. The teller said the deposit was all in cash and made with $20 bills.

State police officers conducted a second interview on Sept. 9. Taylor was asked to explain how he spent a large amount of money two days prior, when he could not pay his bills several days before. Taylor said he had won $500 playing slots and black jack at a Mississippi casino. He said he had also been doing some work on the side, but refused to give investigators the names of people he claimed he was working for.

During the interview, Taylor allegedly admitted to investigators he was “hooked” on prescription medication.

Officers took a red cotton robe from the crime scene and submitted it to the state crime lab. The trace evidence report dated Oct. 27,1999 states the fibers were consistent with fibers found on a pair of Nike tennis shoes taken from the residence of Danny Taylor. A section of the carpet from the crime scene was also taken. The report said the fibers were similar to those found from a white cotton towel, also taken from Taylor’s residence.

During the course of the investigation, it was discovered Taylor moved to Mountain View with Patsy Baker of Marked Tree. The two had rented an apartment together. The last time Baker was reportedly seen was when she visited a dentist in Mountain View on June 23, 1999.

Simons said in February of this year, he and Stone County Investigator David Burnett traveled to Jonesboro where they met with other state and local investigators. Simons said during the investigative conference he asked the Marked Tree Police Department to open a missing person investigation on Baker.

On March 7, Marked Tree Det. Jeremy Bond interviewed Danny Taylor’s mother. Hazel Taylor brought Bond a pistol and three pieces of jewelry, a necklace and two rings. Hazel Taylor told authorities her son had brought the items to her shortly after the murder of Whetnall. According to Hazel Taylor, her son told her not to tell anyone where she got the items. Bond reported Hazel Taylor removed the items from a small cloth pouch.

The following day, the jewelry was delivered to Simons in Mountain View. Simons then interviewed Linda Zatarain and Vicky Looney. The two sisters had told officers in 1999 they had attempted to pawn some jewelry at the pawn shop next to the tobacco store, but that the owner would not give them what the jewelry was worth. They said Whetnall loaned them $300 and took the jewelry as collateral.

Zatarain confirmed the necklace was the same one she had sold to Whetnall. Zatarain stated that when Whetnall purchased the necklace from her, Whetnall had placed the necklace in a cloth pouch. Looney also identified the necklace as the one her sister had sold to Whetnall.

On March 19, 2007 a subpoena for the 1999 gambling records of Danny Taylor was issued for Fitzgeralds’ Casino. According to Simons, the gambling records reflect that Taylor did travel to the casino on Sept. 3 1999 and that he lost $20 while gambling on that date. The records show that for the year of 1999, leading up to the murder of Whetnall, Taylor lost a total of $40.

“This contradicts Taylor’s claim that the money he spent and the money placed in his bank account on Sept. 7 and Sept. 8 was won at Fitzgerald’s Casino,” the affidavit states.

Simons told the Guard this morning the casino owner told him they were only about 20 days from destroying those records.

“We were pretty lucky,” Simons said.

He also said he felt the prosecutor felt the case against Taylor was strengthened significantly with the evidence of the jewelry.

“I feel that was the turning point,” Simons said.

Simons said officials also want to talk with Taylor about Baker.

Baker was last heard from in July 1999. Her son, Anthony Eric Baker, died in a car wreck Oct. 26, 2005, and she did not attend the funeral.

Taylor was later interviewed by police about Baker’s whereabouts, telling police that Baker may have left the area with a truck driver by the name of Tim.

Taylor’s bond has been set at $250,000 by Judge Steve Choate.

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Marked Tree "Cold Case" heats up
Thursday, January 22, 2009
By DAN BRAWNER, Tribune News Staff


Patsy Baker has been missing since 1999.
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After nearly 10 years, the mystery of what happened to Marked Tree resident Patsy Baker may be solved soon. Missing since June 1999, Baker's case has never been officially closed according to Marked Tree detective Jeremy Bond.
What has suddenly given Bond as well as other authorities hope that they might soon be able to close this case is the resolution of another case last Wednesday in Mountain View.

Holly Myer, Stone County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, announced that Danny Taylor, 51, had pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to the murder nearly10 years ago of Mountain View resident Marietta Whetnall, 72. Taylor, charged with second-degree murder, was sentence to 10 year in prison following his plea.

Taylor, who lived with Baker after they moved to Mountain View in 1999, is now of even more interest in Baker's disappearance. Questioned at that time, Taylor alleged that he didn't know where Baker was, but that she could have gone off with a truck driver he only knew as Tim. Baker was last seen on June 3 at a dentist's office in Mountain View.

At the time there was not enough evidence to show any wrong doing or to pursue Taylor as a suspect and the case went cold.

Then two months following Baker's disappearance, on Sept. 7, 1999, responding to a call from a worried friend, police discovered Whetnall's body in her home. Following an autopsy, the cause of death was determined to be multiple sharp force head injuries as well as smothering. Police determined at the time that robbery had been the motive.

A tobacco store employee, Whetnall routinely carried home the day's receipts prior to depositing them in the bank. It was alleged by police that nearly $2,400 had been taken from the home during the murder. Checks dated for Sept. 3 made out to the tobacco store were left at the scene.

Taylor became a suspect in the homicide the next day when it was discovered that he not only knew her, but had borrowed a guitar from her. When questioned about the guitar on two separate occasions, he contradicted himself about whether he had been in her house or not.

Additionally, it was discovered that he had been seriously overdrawn on his bank account and had a number of checks returned to vendors. Then on Sept. 7, Taylor picked up the checks from area businesses, paying for them with cash. He also deposited over $300 into his account that day, again in cash.

When he was confronted about how he had suddenly obtained so much money, he said he had gone to a casino in Tunica and won $500 while playing the slot machines.

Though officers had their suspicions about Taylor, there was not enough evidence to pursue the case at the time and it, like the disappearance of Baker grew "cold."

For nearly eight years, Whetnall's and Baker's cases languished. In that time Baker's car was found abandoned in Marked Tree in 2001 and on October 26, 2005 her son Anthony Eric Baker was killed in a car wreck. Yet still there was no word from her.

Finally, in early 2007 Arkansas State Police Special Agent Dennis Simons began actively working on the Whetnall case and, indirectly due to her connection with Taylor, the Baker case.

He along with fellow Special Agent Phil Carter, Detective Jerry Foster of the Trumann Police Department and Bond all began brainstorming for an answer in either or both cases.

"We got some major breaks on the (Whetnall) case," said Bond last week. "Simmons got some evidence up there and I got some evidence here which linked him to the murder. All of it together was enough to get a warrant for his arrest."

Police couldn't find Taylor for a time after the warrant was issued, but in August 2007 he was arrested in Memphis.

Now, Bond said they are trying to make arrangements to talk to Taylor about the Baker disappearance.

While Bond said police have used the internet and Lexus-Nexus to try and find Baker, no information has surfaced.

"It's looking more and more like something has happened to her." Bond said in a 1977 interview.

One thing which is hampering the investigation, said Bond, is the lack of information about Baker in general. Some of the information is so vague, in fact, that authorities haven't even been able to uncover her last place of employment. And a DWI is the only proof that she was in Marked Tree in 1999.

"It's hard for someone to just vanish without leaving some sort of trail," Bond said at that time.

Now nearly 10 years after she vanished and two years since the investigation started up again, Bond hopes Taylor can give him and other authorities some answers about Baker's whereabouts.

"He's still somebody we want to talk to," Bond said. "We're hoping to come up with more information about Ms Baker. And we're trying to coordinate a meeting with him now.

"Again, we're really not calling him a suspect because we don't really know what happened to her. But we're still looking for additional information about her. The only thing that's been closed out is the Whetnall homicide. Right now, we can use any information anyone might be able to get to us."

Baker would now be 52 years old and is described as a white female, 5' 4", 110 lbs, with brown hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion.

Police are requesting those with any information about Baker's disappearance to contact detective Bond at 358-2024.

Lauran

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Patsy Ann Baker
Missing since June 23, 1999 from Marked Tree, Poinsett County, Arkansas
Classification: Endangered Missing


•Date Of Birth: November 10, 1956
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 42 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4"; 110 lbs.
•Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; blue eyes. Fair complexion.

Baker was last seen on June 23, 1999, when she visited a Mountain View dentist. She lived in Marked Tree in January of 1999. She then moved to Mountain View with a man named Danny Noel Taylor, and the two rented an apartment together. Taylor told authorities that Baker may have left that area with a truck driver by the name of "Tim."

Patsy was reported missing in July of 1999. She’s had no contact with the family since that time.
Authorities recovered her vehicle in 2001 in Marked Tree.


Marked Tree Police Department
Detective Jeremy Bond
870-358-2024

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2643dfar.html
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