Murder Sisters

Today we are covering the disappearance of 12 year old Sherry Lynn Marler. Sherry went missing from Greenville, Alabama on June 6, 1984 while walking to a gas station to purchase a soda. 

https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/sherry-lynn-marler-simply-vanished-from-a-small-alabama-town-6ba280f6ed23

https://oddstops.com/location.php?id=311 

https://uncovered.com/cases/sherry-marler 

https://charleyproject.org/case/sherry-lynn-marler 

https://www.al.com/news/2018/08/south_carolina_officials_aidin.html 

https://www.facebook.com/BerkCoSheriff/photos/a.1940402009369623/1940402039369620/?type=3&theater 

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/215dfal.html

https://original.newsbreak.com/@nik-1590556/2931438575269-conspiracies-a-pig-farm-and-other-theories-the-disappearance-of-sherry-marler

https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/support/teamhope#:~:text=Team%20HOPE%20is%20a%20group,or%20sexually%20abused%20as%20children. 

Episode 54 covers the death of 18 year old Tiffany Valiante, who died after being struck by a train on July 12, 2015 in Mays Landing, New Jersey. Although her death was ruled a suicide, a lot of unanswered questions remain.

Petition to help reopen Tiffany’s case: https://www.change.org/p/reopen-2015-tiffany-valiante-death-investigation?redirect=false

https://www.the-sun.com/news/6622708/teen-hit-by-train-suicide-murder-clues/

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2485610561664448&type=3

https://uncovered.com/cases/tiffany-valiante-galloway-township-nj

https://the-line-up.com/tiffany-valiente

https://screenrant.com/unsolved-mysteries-tiffany-valiante-true-story-details-missing/

http://damatolawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/Valiante-NJT-Complaint-Damato-Law-Firm.pdf

Unsolved Mysteries - Volume 3: Mystery at Mile Marker 45

on September 16, 1968, 21 year old Carol Jenkins had set out on her first day of work as a door to door encyclopedia salesperson. She was working in the town of Martinsville, Indiana, which was known to be a sunset town. She never made it home alive.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/01/07/who-killed-carol-jenkins

https://aaregistry.org/story/the-murder-of-carol-m-jenkins-occurs/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/unresolved/cases/carol-jenkins

https://www.indystar.com/story/life/2017/11/03/martinsville-remakes-racist-image/775258001/

https://www.britannica.com/place/sundown-town

https://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/from-the-archives-the-carol-jenkins-slaying/

https://www.wrtv.com/longform/the-ku-klux-klan-ran-indiana-once-could-it-happen-again

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/indystar/name/paul-davis-obituary?id=1665162

Black Girl Gone Podcast - MURDERED: The Murder of Carol Jenkins  

Our latest episode covers the 2006 disappearance of OSU medical student Brian Shaffer. After a night out with friends, Brian seemingly vanished from a local bar called the Ugly Tuna Saloona. What makes this case especially strange is that Brian was not captured on surveillance footage leaving the bar.

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/brian-shaffer

https://uncovered.com/cases/brian-shaffer

https://armchairdetective.medium.com/the-strange-disappearance-of-brian-shaffer-b617f8c2a0d

https://the-line-up.com/disappearance-of-brian-shaffer

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/father-missing-ohio-state-student-killed-storm/530-a8fa6b37-3cbb-45f5-ae4a-8dc925c91c8e

https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Missing-Brian-Randall-Shaffer

https://www.facebook.com/HLN/videos/ohio-state-university-student-vanishes/1498521340520355/

Blanca Arellano, 51, traveled 3,000 miles to be with Juan Pablo Jesus Villafuerte, 37, after the two met through an online gaming community. A few months after making the big move, Blanca would become the victim of human organ trafficking.  #JusticiaParaBlanca

https://www.the-sun.com/news/6770173/who-was-blanca-arellano-and-what-happened-to-her/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/blanca-arellano-becomes-victim-of-organ-trafficking-in-pursuit-of-love

https://www.elciudadano.com/en/the-disturbing-case-of-blanca-arellano-that-shocks-peru-and-mexico/11/18/

 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/woman-travels-peru-see-boyfriend-28588419

Karla Arellano Twitter: @itskararellano  

This case covers the disappearance and presumed murder of 29-year-old Sheryl Sheppard, who was reported missing on January 4th, 1998, only days after she was proposed to live on TV at a New Year’s Eve celebration by her boyfriend Michael Lavoie. 

https://www.change.org/p/help-find-sheryl-sheppard 

https://www.ranker.com/list/sheryl-sheppard-michael-lavoie-facts/stefanie-hammond 

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/860806723563 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/sks-season-2-episode-12-1.3979281 

https://www.basictrendy.com/sheryl-sheppards-unsolved-mysterious-disappearance/ 

 24 year old  Daniel Robinson Jr. abruptly left a job site in the Buckeye, Arizona dessert on June 23, 2021. His Jeep was later found crashed 3 miles from the job site, but Daniel has still not been found.  The events surrounding his disappearance indicate Daniel may have been going through difficult times. His family, and especially his Dad, haven't stopped searching for their son and brother.

https://conandaily.com/2021/09/22/daniel-robinson-biography-13-things-about-geologist-from-columbia-south-carolina/

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/missing-24-year-old-was-rebuffed-by-woman-shortly-before-his-disappearance/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/missing-arizona-geologist-daniel-robinson-fathers-unending-search-son-one-year-later

https://pleasehelpfinddaniel.com/

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/video/disappeared-investigation-discovery-atve-us/disappearance-in-the-desert