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Fry, Lola K. November 14,1993; Indiana 28 YO
Topic Started: Aug 24 2006, 05:52 PM (1,165 Views)
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Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: November 14, 1993 from Greenwood, Indiana
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: February 20, 1965
Age: 28 years old
Height and Weight: 5'5, 120 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair, green eyes. Fry's nicknames are Kat and Kathy. She has breast implants, a scar on her right knee and a small scar on her foreheard.


Details of Disappearance

Fry was last seen leaving Greenwood, Indiana in her car, a red and black 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse with personalized license plates reading "LOLA." She was on her way to Fort Wayne, Indiana, but never arrived. Fry has never been heard from again and her car has not been found.
One account of Fry's disappearance say she went to a party at her hair stylist's apartment in east Indianapolis, Indiana where she overdosed on drugs and lost consciousness. Fry was then allegedly carried to a car and her ex-boyfriend, John Ryker, drove her away. No one checked to see if she was alive. Ryker stated that he left Fry at his residence near Indiana 135 and Fairview Road and went to work at 7:00 a.m., and when he returned an hour later Fry and her car were gone. Ryker allowed police to search his home and business; no signs of foul play were located. He has failed two polygraph tests, but he has not been charged with anything in connection to Fry's disappearance. Authorities, however, did get another warrant to search his apartment in September 2000, almost seven years after Fry's disappearance.

Fry disappeared on the day she was supposed to give her final deposition in a class action lawsuit against an Indianapolis-based plastic surgeon. She was employed as an exotic dancer at Brad's Gold Club, and PT's in 1993, though she quit prior to her disappearance. She and some other dancers had sued the surgeon, the owner of Brad's Gold Club, and Dow Corning, a maker of the silicone gel implants. The plaintiffs alleged malpractice and fraud. After Fry disappeared her colleagues dropped the lawsuit. It is unknown whether her disappearance had anything to do with the lawsuit.

Police believe foul play was involved in Fry's disappearance and say they have a suspect, but they cannot identify or charge this person for lack of evidence. Her case is unsolved. Fry was in the process of moving to Fort Wayne in November 1993. Her case remains unsolved.



Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Indiana State Police
317-232-8280



Source Information
The National Center for Missing Adults
The Doe Network
The Indianapolis Star
State to State Unsolved Crimes
Lola Katherine Fry -- Missing Since November 14, 1993



Updated 3 times since October 12, 2004.

Last updated October 23, 2005; four pictures added, details of disappearance updated.

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Date Of Birth :
February 20, 1965

Age at Time of Disappearance :
28 years old

Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance :
5'5"; 120 lbs.

Distinguishing Characteristics :
White female. Brown hair; green eyes.

Marks, Scars :
Kathy has a scar on her right knee and a small scar on her forehead. She has breast implants.

Dentals :
Available

AKA :
Kat

Lola was last seen in Greenwood, Indiana and was en route to Fort Wayne but never arrived. She had left her car parked at an Eastside restaurant. The car also is missing. It is as a 1990 red and balck Mitsubishi Eclipse with personalized license plate that says "LOLA."

Lola was a dancer at Brad's Gold Club and PT's . She was trying to change her life at the time of her disappearance. She had quit as a dancer, was moving to Fort Wayne and was going back to school. She has four sisters. November 13, 1993 was her last night in Indianapolis. She was reported missing by her sister on November 18, 1993.

Police have a prime suspect and presume Lola is dead. However, no direct evidence exists.
The last official accounting of Lola was that she had been partying with friends at an Eastside Indianapolis apartment and either fell unconscious or overdosed on drugs.

Police have been told Lola was wrapped in a blanket, carried to a car and driven away by her former boyfriend. His account was that Lola was at his home and he left her there and went to work. When he returned an hour later he says Lola and her car were gone. State police records show he failed two polygraph tests.

Police questioned the former boyfriend, and he allowed officers to search his home and business. No charges were sought against him or the people who carried Lola to the man's vehicle.
State Police listed Lola's car on national computers, and if any law enforcement agency encounters the car, they are to notify Indiana investigators. The car's identification number has never surfaced on any salvage title or wreck.

Lola Fry disappeared within the day she was to give a final deposition in a class action lawsuit against an Indianapolis plastic surgeon. Court documents detail breast augmentation and charges of malpractice and fraud. Lola and other dancers sued the owner of Brad's Gold Club along with the surgeon and Dow Corning, maker of the silicone gel implants. When Lola disappeared, her colleagues dropped their lawsuits. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance. Her case was reopened in 1999.



If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Indiana State Police
Detective William Vann
317-232-8280
Email form

Agency Case Number: 52-21954

NCIC Number: M-080486443
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
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GREENWOOD, Ind. -- Every time an unidentified woman's body is found in Indiana, Vernon Coleman reaches for his car keys.

Ten years ago, his daughter Lola Katherine Fry, then 28, disappeared. He's been searching for her ever since.

Coleman says police have given up, but he hasn't. The 63-year-old Fortville man has traveled across the state to locations where bodies have been found in case it might be his missing daughter.

"I don't hear nothing from the State Police," he said. "I haven't heard anything from them for years."

Fry was trying to change her life at the time of her disappearance, family members say. She had stopped working as a dancer at a strip club in Indianapolis.

Fry's sister, Darlene Pitts, has tried to convince police to reactivate the case, fearing Fry's past may have caught up with her. But so far, Pitts' cajoling has not worked, she said.

"Where is the advocate from the police to the family?" Pitts asked. "We are not asking for investigators' notes, just what's been done."

Indiana State Police Detective William Vann said he understands the family's frustration. He was assigned the case years after Fry disappeared.

"At times, they have felt I was a great detective, and other times they have . . . raked me over the coals and have caused me to justify my work to the (State Police) superintendent, prosecutor -- the whole nine yards," Vann said.

The detective said the family can bring him leads and he'll evaluate them. But he adds: "I am not going to run around blind and let them lead me by the nose and be their private investigator."

Vann said he hopes publicity about the case will lead to some new leads.

Fry was last seen at a party in November 1993. She had left her car parked at an Eastside restaurant. The car also is missing.

"Somebody had to do something with the car," Vann said. "Short of putting it into water or a storage facility, there's limited things someone could do with a car . . ."

Fry's older sister, LaVerne Barker, reported Fry missing Nov. 18, 1993, four days after she failed to arrive at Barker's home.

"I would say she was murdered," Barker said. "She has never been found, and neither has her car," a 1990 red and black Mitsubishi Eclipse with the license plate LOLA.

Just before she turned up missing, Fry had made a decision to move to Fort Wayne to live with Barker.

She disappeared before that could happen.

When Barker called Indiana State Police in 1999 for an update on the investigation, she was told the case wasn't assigned to a detective. Vann got the case at the end of that year.

Vann said he volunteered for the investigation because he had heard about the case from other investigators years ago.

"I wanted a crack at it," he said.

Barker said Vann moved quickly at first.

"Once we started asking questions, pushing, something happened and I don't know how, but all of a sudden Detective Vann knew a lot in a short time," Barker said.

Vann said investigators use different methods and styles in investigating cases.

"I picked an avenue to proceed, and it panned out, in a lot of ways," he said.

That effort resulted in a search warrant being issued Sept. 25, 2000, for the Greenwood residence of Fry's former boyfriend, John Ryker, now 52. Ryker could not be reached for comment.

The search warrant affidavit said that on Nov. 13, 1993, Fry had been at her hair stylist's Indianapolis apartment with Ryker at a party when she either fell unconscious or died.

One of the men at the party told Vann that Fry had either passed out or overdosed on drugs, according to the affidavit. Vann was told that Ryker and two other men covered Fry with a blanket and carried her out to Ryker's car. Another man present at the party confirmed the story.

No one checked to see whether Fry was dead or alive, the affidavit said. No evidence of foul play was found at Ryker's residence.

Ryker told police he and Fry returned to his home and that he left for work about 7:30 a.m. When he returned an hour later, he said, she and her car were gone.

Pitts and Barker question why no one at the party tried to find out whether their sister was all right or seek medical help for her.

"Why weren't those people held accountable?" Pitts asked. Eighteen months ago, Pitts decided to push police to do more.

She contacted the local and national media. She searched public records and wrote to then-Gov. Frank O'Bannon and President Bush. She contacted the FBI, prosecutors, Marion County grand jury investigators, political candidates and public officials.

Barker warned her that police don't work on old missing persons cases.

"Murder cases, yes, but missing persons, no," Barker said.

Based on a tip, Pitts arranged to have divers from northern Indiana search for Fry and her car in June. They didn't find anything in the gravel pits along Wicker Road in Marion County, west of Ind. 37.

Last winter, Vann received a tip that Fry might have been buried near the former residence of an Outlaws motorcycle gang associate.

Police dug at the site about a month ago but again found nothing.

Vann declined to discuss what he will and will not investigate.

"We are accused of one-way communication," Vann said. "They say, 'We don't get to see what he's got,' and they never will. We don't do that."

Meanwhile, Fry's family continues to prod the investigators.

"Somebody's got to do it," said Daniel Coleman, Fry's younger brother.

Vann believes he is doing all he can.

"I will go where the investigation points, where the investigation leads me," he said. "I will follow any lead until it can't be followed any more."

Call Star reporter Paul Bird at 1-317-444-2709.



Lauran

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New Indiana missing-persons group is easing families' anguish with care and compassion
Related links
• IN Hope, Indiana Missing
• National Center for Missing Adults

By Tim Evans
tim.evans@indystar.comedited by keith x6848

Darlene Pitts pauses every day to look at a small framed picture of her younger sister, then says a short prayer.




On a mission: (From left) Randy Norfleet, Randy McPeak, Mimi Perry and Kelly Haggard divided volunteers into groups Saturday to look for signs of Scott Javins, who disappeared May 24, 2002, from Terre Haute. The members of IN Hope, Indiana Missing help law enforcement officials and families look for missing adults. - Danese Kenon / The Star

Notable cases among the nearly 1,300 missing Hoosiers

• Molly Laura Dattilo, born June 13, 1981; missing since July 6, 2004, from Indianapolis. Call Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, (317) 231-8150.
• Lola Katherine Fry, born Feb. 20, 1965; missing since Nov. 14, 1993, from Greenwood. Call Indiana State Police, (317) 899-8508.
• Harold Bradley Hensley, born Sept. 20, 1976; missing since Jan. 11, 2006, from Plainfield. Call Plainfield Police Department, (317) 839-8700.
• Scott Michael Javins, born Nov. 19, 1981; missing since May 24, 2002, from Terre Haute. Call Vigo County Sheriff's Department, (812) 462-3226.
• Brookley Chantille Louks, born Dec. 12, 1982; missing since June 24, 2002, from Greenwood. Call Greenwood Police Department, (317) 882-9191.
• Marilyn Renee "Niqui" McCown, born Jan. 6, 1973; missing since July 22, 2001, from Richmond. Call Richmond Police Department, (765) 983-7247.
• Shannon Sherrill, born Aug. 12, 1980; missing since Oct. 5, 1986, from Thorntown. Call Indiana State Police, (317) 899-8501.
• Karen Jo Smith, born Oct. 12, 1965; missing since Dec. 27, 2000, from Indianapolis. Call Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, (317) 327-6917.
• Walter Smith Jr., born Nov. 5, 1964; missing since Sept. 3, 2006, from Edinburgh. Call Shelby County Sheriff's Department at (888) 387-1444.
• Shannon Rayanne Turner, born Aug. 10, 1964; missing since Dec. 4, 1997, from Indianapolis. Call Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, (317) 327-6915.

Information about other missing Hoosiers can be found at the IN Hope Web site.

By the numbers
• 1,279: The number of missing adults from Indiana listed with the National Crime Information Center.
• 50,930: The number of missing adults nationwide listed with the National Crime Information Center.

Sources: IN Hope, Indiana Missing; National Center for Missing Adults

Nearly 14 years after Lola Katherine Fry disappeared, Pitts still hangs on to hope that Fry -- or her body -- will be found some day.
"If you give up hope," Pitts said, "the only thing left is despair."
Now, a new group -- and legislation that could put Indiana at the forefront of efforts to improve searches for adults -- may give families more help finding the nearly 1,300 missing Hoosiers.
The newly formed "IN Hope, Indiana Missing" has brought comfort and compassion to families in several recent missing-person cases. And though the end results are more often cause for sorrow than joy, the group's efforts can bring much-needed closure.
"When an adult goes missing, people don't know what to do or where to turn, other than the police, and that isn't always a positive experience," said Patti Bishop, Delphi, founder of IN Hope.
"Our goal is to help families going through this horrible experience so they know what they need to do, what their rights are and what to expect. We also want to supply manpower, expertise and technology to help law enforcement agencies with searches."
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Bishop was inspired to reach out to others after struggling -- with little help -- to find out what happened to her step-daughter, Karen Jo Smith, who disappeared from Indianapolis in December 2000.
"The whole experience can just be devastating, from the concern and pain of losing someone you love to the frustrations of dealing with the authorities," she said.
Many law enforcement agencies don't make missing-adult cases a high priority, unless there is clear evidence the disappearance involved a crime. Unlike a child, an adult might simply have left and not want to be found. Also, without a crime scene, clues are often scarce.
Bishop is optimistic that families of missing adults will face fewer roadblocks and heartaches because of her group and new legislation, House Bill 1306, which is awaiting the governor's signature.
"Molly's Law" is named for missing Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis student Molly Dattilo, whose family also is involved with IN Hope. It requires law enforcement agencies to get involved sooner and follow a standard protocol when an adult goes missing.
The law also requires coroners to take additional steps to identify John and Jane Does and to preserve DNA for identification.
Indiana will be among a handful of states to adopt laws designed to make information on missing adults more accessible and widespread, said Kelly Bennett, a case manager with the National Center for Missing Adults.
"Traditionally, there hasn't been nearly as much interest and support for missing adults as for missing children, but that is starting to slowly change," she said.
"In some places, it can be hard to even get police to make a report. A lot of times, there is that presumption: 'They are adults, and they can take care of themselves.' There is more to most missing-adult cases than someone just walking away voluntarily."
In Indiana, there were 1,279 missing adults in the National Crime Information Center database as of Jan. 31. Nationwide, about 51,000 adults are missing, with some cases dating back 20 years.
The NCIC listings for Indiana also include 22 men and women whom coroners have not been able to identify.
Bennett said no statistics are available on how many missing adults are found -- either dead or alive.
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Bennett said groups such as IN Hope -- which Bishop modeled after similar organizations in Texas and other states -- can help families and the police.
Maj. Luckie Carey of the Carmel Police Department, who worked with IN Hope on searches that found two people in Hamilton County this year, agrees.
One volunteer provided digital imaging equipment used in an aerial search that found Charles Rickey's body. He had disappeared after watching the Super Bowl at a Northeastside pub.
IN Hope members also helped with a ground search for Carmel resident Valerie Lynn Vickery-West, who disappeared Feb. 19. Her body was found March 11 in woods near her home.
Bishop and others involved with IN Hope also helped search for missing Purdue University student Wade Steffey, whose body was found March 19 in a dormitory utility room, more than two months after he was fatally shocked there by an electrical transformer.
Randy Norfleet, 48, Lafayette, hooked up with IN Hope through the Steffey case. Unlike many other members, though, Norfleet has no personal tie to a missing person.
"Once you get involved in this -- when you see what these cases do to the families -- you realize it's just the right thing to do," he said. "This is one of the most meaningful things I've ever done in my life."
One of the biggest assets IN Hope has to offer is specialized equipment such as digital cameras and remote-control planes, which can be used to make detailed aerial photos of search areas. Other members have a boat equipped with sonar, specially trained dogs and all-terrain vehicles that they make available for law enforcement and family searches.
Group members also provide emotional support from the unique perspective that can come only from personal experience. Bishop and Pitts have been trained through the National Center for Missing Adults in providing support to other families.
Pitts is resigned to the fact that her sister is probably dead; the former exotic dancer who was trying to turn her life around likely was a victim of foul play. As she pushes for closure by trying to find her sister's remains, Pitts said, she finds solace in reaching out to families of other missing Hoosiers.
"Helping families who are going through a lot of the same things we went through years ago and seeing their hope," she said, "that's what creates hope for me now."http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070409/LOCAL18/704090410
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Lola Katherine Fry 11/18/1993
Unsolved Cold Case Homicide
Case Number 52-21954

Age: 28

Sex: Female

Race: Caucasian

Case Date: 11/18/1993

County: Johnson

Last Updated: 08/27/2007

Location of Offense: Last seen in Johnson county

Circumstances: Victim was reportedly last seen on November 14, 1993 at a residence in Greenwood, Indiana. Victim allegedly left Greenwood driving a red 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse with Indiana vehicle registration "Lola" en route to Fort Wayne, Indiana. Victim and vehicle never arrived. Foul play is suspected.

Anyone having information concerning this case, please contact:

Indiana State Police
District Investigative Commander
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Indianapolis, IN 46219
1-317-899-8508 or 1-800-582-8440

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Name: Lola Katherine Fry
Classification: Endangered Missing Adult
Alias / Nickname: Kat
Date of Birth: 1965-02-20
Date Missing: 1993-11-14
From City/State: Greenwood, IN
Age at Time of Disappearance: 28
Gender: Female
Race: White
Height: 65 inches
Weight: 120 pounds
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Complexion: Medium
Identifying Characteristics: Scar on right knee, small scar on forehead.
Circumstances of Disappearance: Unknown. Lola was last seen at approximately 5:00am in Greenwood, IN. She intended to go to Fort Wayne, IN but never arrived. Her vehicle is also missing and is described as a red 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse with personalized Lic# LOLA. Any information about Lola's disappearance should be directed to Lead Investigator Commander Bill Vann with the Indiana State Police.
Investigative Agency: Indiana State Police
Phone: (317) 899-8508
Website: http://www.state.in.us/isp/
Investigative Case #: 52-21954
NCIC #: M-868101273

If you believe you have any information regarding this case that will be helpful in this investigation please contact:
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