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| Spencer, Karen 12/29/89; Ohio | |
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| monkalup | Apr 1 2006, 01:11 AM Post #1 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Karen Spencer --56DFOH 12/29/89 Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio http://www.doenetwork.us/cases/56dfoh.html http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/12/02/...se_missing.html Missing Teen's Family Still Waits For Call 15-Years Later Reported by: Shannon Kettler Web produced by: Neil Relyea Photographed by: 9News 12/2/2004 11:22:28 PM The family of a Tri-state teenager missing for the past 15-years makes an emotional plea for new information. 17-year-old Karen Spencer disappeared back in December of 1989 while she walked along I-275 in Miami Township. Karen's family says a lot has changed over the last 15-years but that one constant has always been the heartache they carry for Karen, especially at the anniversary of her disappearance. Family members say Karen could light up a room with her smile. "She was funny, fun, smart, gorgeous -- she was special," said her mother, Sharon Sowders. It was 15-years ago this month that the Reading High School senior and her sister-in-law were driving along a stretch of I-275 in Miami Township, just before the Loveland exit, when the two got into a fight. Karen got out of the car and started walking -- and that's the last time anyone ever saw her. "We just beg for someone to come forward to tell us where she is," said Karen's stepmother, Diane Spencer. "We won't ask any questions. Just tell us where she is so we can bring her home." Detective Bill Paul, of the Miami Township police, has been working on the case since the beginning and he says he believes Karen Spencer is the victim of foul play. "I do have a suspect and the suspect knows who he is, and like I said, we can talk and work it out," said Detective Paul. "Its not as bad as he thinks -- it is just come forward and we'll deal with it." Karen's family has been dealing with the heartache for the last 15-years and their biggest fear is never getting any answers. "I think time has made it worse because I'm not getting any younger and I'd like to know things are settled before I go," said Karen's mother. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Miami Township police department in Clermont County. Their number is (513) 248-5511. Karen's mother says she will spend the anniversary date on December 29 like the previous years. She spends the day sitting by the phone -- waiting. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Jul 24 2006, 07:15 PM Post #2 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Age Progressionhttp://www.mcc.ag.state.oh.us/P3.aspx?PQID=KARENS CHILDLost, Injured, or Otherwise MissingKAREN SPENCERNICKNAME/ALIAS: DOB:1/17/1972 SEX:Female RACE:White HEIGHT:5'1'' WEIGHT:120 lbs. HAIR:Blonde or Strawberry, Long, Straight, Light Brown Highlights EYES:Multi-Colored Last seen on 12-29-89 in Miami Township, Ohio at the age of 17 years old. Child was last seen getting out on Interstate 275 between the Montgomery Road Exit and Route 28 Exit after getting into an argument with a relative, according to the Miami Township Police Department. http://www.mcc.ag.state.oh.us/P2.aspx?PQID=KARENS |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | May 6 2007, 02:39 PM Post #3 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| oldies4mari2004 | Dec 29 2008, 10:47 PM Post #4 |
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| monkalup | Dec 28 2009, 11:12 PM Post #5 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Ju...cBDmh8SEKQ.cspx Justice May Be Near For Woman Who Disappeared In 1989 Last Update: 9:27 pm Print Story | ShareThis Justice May Come Soon For Woman Who Disappeared in 1989 Its been nearly 20 years since Karen Spencer vanished from I-275. A retiring Miami Township detective thinks that after all this time - a break may be near. Local 12 Reporter Deborah Dixon tells us why. A new age progression image of Karen Spencer comes from the Center for Missing and Exploited Children. After 20 years her parents aren't looking for her anymore. Diane Spencer is Karen's mother. "In my heart I've always been sure Karen died early that morning when she got out of the car on 275." Karen's disappearance followed an argument with her sister-in law. She vanished without a trace but somebody knows exactly what happened. Retiring detective Bill Paul believes he's talked to that person. Paul's interviewed hundreds of people. But the case keeps coming back to one man. The man admits he saw Karen as she walked along the highway and he knows a lot about the case. "He knew things about case never revealed out of of this police station, the facts could only come from one source." And the possibility for justice even after 20 years? "I think its going to happen in the near future." The Spencers don't even think about justice anymore. They think about something more basic than that. Richard Spencer is Karen's father: "Some place bring body home to bury ...It's the honorable thing." If you can help - call Crimestoppers. Callers don't have to give names. They are identified by code numbers. The hotline is 352-3040. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Dec 28 2009, 11:17 PM Post #6 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/ser...earchLang=en_US KAREN ANN SPENCER Age Progression Case Type: Endangered Missing DOB: Jan 17, 1972 Sex: Female Missing Date: Dec 29, 1989 Race: White Age Now: 37 Height: 5'1" (155 cm) Missing City: MIAMI TOWNSHIP Weight: 120 lbs (54 kg) Missing State : OH Hair Color: Lt. Brown Missing Country: United States Eye Color: Hazel Case Number: NCMC734269 Circumstances: Karen's photo is shown aged to 34 years. She was last seen getting out of a car on Interstate 275 between the Montgomery Road and Route 28 exits, after having an argument with a relative. Her eyes are hazel-green. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| mimi | Jan 2 2010, 11:17 AM Post #7 |
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http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2009122...arrest+imminent After 20 years, is arrest imminent? By Janice Morse • jmorse@enquirer.com • December 29, 2009 After 20 years of dashed hopes and unrelenting sorrow, a local family senses now could be the time when police solve the mysterious disappearance of Karen Spencer, who was 17 when she vanished in 1989. "A suspect has been developed," said Detective Bill Paul, who began working the case in Clermont County's Miami Township shortly after the Reading High School senior went missing. She had argued with a relative, stepped out of a car and vanished into the fog along Interstate 275 around 3 a.m. Dec. 30, 1989 - 20 years ago today. "I knew it wasn't just a kid that got out of the car and took a walk; it was a more serious case," Paul said. A bulletin board beside his desk bears a flier with Karen's picture on it. "I felt compelled to keep it there...until it's closed by arrest and conviction," he said. "It's haunting...it's always on your mind, no matter what you're working on." Paul said the suspect was identified by reworking old leads, and charges could be imminent. "I'm waiting," said Karen's father, Richard, of Fort Thomas, just as he has been for an agonizing two decades. Still, something feels different this time, he said, giving him more confidence that this cold case could soon be closed. Spencer thinks more than one person must know what happened to Karen. That's because people tend to talk when they know they've done wrong, he said. "I hope someplace along the line, somebody gets a conscience," and speaks out about what they know, he said. Since Karen went missing, every day has been hell for Spencer and his family: wife, Diane, and their blended family of six children besides Karen, the youngest. Today, the anniversary of her disappearance, will be especially hard. So will Jan. 17, which would have been Karen's 38th birthday. On those tough days, Spencer goes into seclusion. "Some days, you just kind of hide from the world," he said. "The feeling of not knowing, it's horrible...There are days when you can't talk about it at all, and there are days when you can't stop talking about it. It's like a nightmare that never ends." After all this time, Karen is most likely dead, Spencer says. "We're looking for a body," he said. "It's just a feeling you get." But, Spencer said, there are times when he thinks he could be wrong. He finds himself holding out hope that Karen could somehow still be alive. If so, she might look something like a rendering posted on the Internet site of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, www.missingkids.com. The age-progressed image shows how Karen might have appeared at age 34. Next to it is a real picture of how Karen looked just before she disappeared: a smiling teen whose long, wavy, light-brown hair was feathered on top, a prevalent style in the late '80s. On the night she was last seen, Karen had been hanging out with her older brother's wife, Christy, and was planning to move with the couple to Florida. But those plans fell apart. Christy and her husband "reportedly became involved in a domestic fight and broke up," says a missing-persons report her stepfather, Jim Sowders, then of Bellevue, filed 17 hours after Karen was last seen. On the night of Dec. 29, 1989, Christy Spencer and her teen sister-in-law argued. The pair left Christy's Milford apartment, with Karen behind the wheel of Christy's black Buick Regal, around 3 a.m. Dec. 30, 1989. Paul won't say where the women were heading. Between the Montgomery Road and Ohio 28 exits, Karen stopped the car. "Karen was left at the roadway and has not been heard from since," a police report says. No one thinks she ran away; she had just $7 in her wallet when she was last seen, her sister-in-law told police. Karen also had two small paychecks waiting for her at the Kings Mills Frisch's restaurant in Mason, where she had waited tables. She was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans and lavender top. Detective Paul knows such details inside and out. As he approaches retirement Jan. 8, Paul says he remains determined to do whatever it takes to see the case through to its conclusion. "I won't feel like I've done my job until it's come full-circle, and justice is done," he said. "After that, I'll be able to breathe that sigh of relief, that I got the job done." |
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| mimi | Jan 2 2010, 11:19 AM Post #8 |
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| Nut44x4 | Feb 16 2010, 04:08 PM Post #9 |
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New Clues May Solve Mystery of Missing Girl Last Update: 1:13 pm The disappearance of 17 year old Karen Spencer has led to 20 years of her parents' grief and investigators' frustration. That may soon end. A prosecutor is finding new meaning in old clues. Local 12's Deborah Dixon tells us a grand jury may sort out the evidence. A red 1982 Dotsun B-310, red in color, is what a mustached young man said he was driving when he stopped on I-275 to see if two girls needed help. It was about three in the morning on December 30th, 1989. Karen Spencer had just gotten out of her sister in law's car near the Loveland Maderia exit because the two were arguing. Karen walked south. Did she accept a ride with the stranger in the red car... a car that disappeared the next day? Her father, Richard Spencer, thinks so. "That might be her casket. We don't know." Clermont County Prosecutor Daniel Breyer knows the stories the Dotson driver told over the years don't add up. Police stopped considering him a suspect when he passed a polygraph, or did he? Now, FBI profilers have taken another look. "Behavioral scientists now say he did not pass he was manipulating the test. If they had those tracings they would have said he failed." A friend told police the suspect talked about the girl who went missing from I-275, hours before Karen Spencer was even reported missing. "We're curious what would make him think something happened to her." And there's something else. Karen's sister in law said she blew off the Dotson driver's offer to help and she never saw him again. So why when questioned by police did he know the subject matter of the argument between Karen and her sister-in-law. Did Karen tell him? Diane Spencer is Karen's Stepmother: "She would not have been an easy victim. She would never have been submissive. She would have fought with everything she had." Whatever happened that morning, the Karen Spencer case is a murder investigation which could end up going to a grand jury. So far this is a circumstantial case: evidence is presented then to a jury, which is asked to use its common sense. Here's how its explained. If you leave a cake on the table, and go to bed, come down the next day, a piece is missing and your daughter has chocolate on her face, it is circumstantial evidence she at the cake. Like the Carrie Culberson case, evidence does not include a body. Prosecutors didn't need it to convict Carrie's killer of murder. Prosecutor Daniel Breyer doesn't think he needs a body either. "I don't believe I'll have trouble convincing a jury she's dead, the task here is to convince a jury who did it." Who did it? After 20 years the family feels its closer than ever to finding out. "It's about time." http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Ne...7mUS6jel9w.cspx |
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| tatertot | May 15 2017, 10:20 AM Post #10 |
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http://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/i-team-un...n-i-275-in-1989 I-Team Unsolved: What happened to teen girl who vanished on I-275 in 1989? Julie O'Neill, Marais Jacon-Duffy 6:00 AM, May 12, 2017 12:45 AM, May 13, 2017 FLORENCE, Ky. -- Karen Spencer disappeared two weeks before her 18th birthday in 1989. Her body was never found, but the lead detective on the case said he's interviewed Karen's killer multiple times. And authorities know where he is. So why hasn't he been charged? That's the question Karen's family has asked for 28 years. "The former prosecutor told us they could get an indictment for the guy and probably a conviction, but they didn't want to press it (without more evidence) because there's no statute of limitations on murder," Karen's dad, Richard Spencer, said. "And now the years have gone by and it seems like nobody cares anymore. "It feels just as fresh as in '89 when it happened." Richard and Diana Spencer couldn't hold back tears when they spoke about Karen. "She was spunky, she was stubborn as the day is long," said Diana, Karen's stepmother who raised her since age 4. "But she's a good kid. She didn't deserve whatever happened to her. She just did a stupid, stupid thing." That stupid thing, Diana said, was getting out of a car on the side of the interstate at 3 a.m. one Saturday morning in 1989. WCPO Insiders can read more about what happened to Karen Spencer. Insiders can also learn more about the man detectives and family members believe killed her. Not an Insider? Watch the full I-Team Unsolved report tonight at 11. |
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