Missing Woman: Tracy Pickett - MO - 08/12/1992
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Posted 30 November 2008 - 05:05 PM
Age Progressed to 27 years old
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Tracy Pickett
DOB: Mar 9, 1978
Missing: Aug 12, 1992
Age at disappearance: 14
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
Weight: 115 lbs (52 kg)
Missing From:
Joplin, Missouri
United States
Tracy's photo is shown age-progressed to 27 years. She was last seen leaving a friend's house on August 12, 1992. She has a tattoo on the left side of her chest and a scar on her bottom lip.
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Joplin Police Department (Missouri)
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Posted 30 November 2008 - 05:08 PM
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Details of Disappearance
Pickett departed from a friend's residence in Webb City, Missouri on August 12, 1992. She had been at a party when another guest offered to take her to her home in Joplin, Missouri to change her clothes. He was then supposed to drive her back to her friend's apartment. The man drove a black van and witnesses stated there was a gun inside it that night.
Pickett has never been heard from again. A week after her disappearance, authorities located and interviewed the individual who gave her the ride. He mainted his innocence in her case and claimed he dropped her off safely near a pawnshop in Joplin. The man is considered a person of interest in Pickett's disappearance but has not been charged or publicly identified for lack of evidence.
Authorities attempted to drain an old mining pit in the area in 2005, thinking Pickett's body might be in it, but they were unable to drain it completely and called off the search without uncovering any evidence. Police stated they believe Pickett was murdered, but they lack the evidence necessary to charge any suspects. Her case remains unsolved. Joplin police are investigating.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Joplin Police Department
417-623-3131
Details of Disappearance
Pickett departed from a friend's residence in Webb City, Missouri on August 12, 1992. She had been at a party when another guest offered to take her to her home in Joplin, Missouri to change her clothes. He was then supposed to drive her back to her friend's apartment. The man drove a black van and witnesses stated there was a gun inside it that night.
Pickett has never been heard from again. A week after her disappearance, authorities located and interviewed the individual who gave her the ride. He mainted his innocence in her case and claimed he dropped her off safely near a pawnshop in Joplin. The man is considered a person of interest in Pickett's disappearance but has not been charged or publicly identified for lack of evidence.
Authorities attempted to drain an old mining pit in the area in 2005, thinking Pickett's body might be in it, but they were unable to drain it completely and called off the search without uncovering any evidence. Police stated they believe Pickett was murdered, but they lack the evidence necessary to charge any suspects. Her case remains unsolved. Joplin police are investigating.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Joplin Police Department
417-623-3131
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Posted 30 November 2008 - 05:11 PM
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The Search For Tracy Pickett
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
A search is underway for a 14-year-old girl, who was first reported missing in 1992. Joplin Police and the Missouri Department of Conservation are draining an old mining pit north of the city. Investigators have received information that lead them to the pit in hopes of finding the body of Tracy Picket. Picket disappeared 13 years ago from a party in Webb City. Police have a good idea of who`s responsible for the teenagers disappearance and death, but no charges have ever been filed in the case. Police say that finding her remains could put them on the right track.
Once police reach the bottom of the pit, they`ll be able to conduct a more thorough search.
The pit is 75 feet deep and with the machines pumping about five thousand gallons a minute, it will be sometime tomorrow afternoon before the pit is completely drained.
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Lawmen draining mine pit in search for girl missing since 1992
Associated Press
JOPLIN, Mo. - Police have started draining an old mining pit in a search for the remains of a teenager who disappeared 13 years ago.
Tracy A. Pickett was last seen on Aug. 12, 1992, leaving a friend's Webb City apartment with a man who offered to give her a ride to her home in Joplin for a change of clothes. He had attended the same party as the 14-year-old the night before her disappearance. Witnesses told police that the man had a gun in his black van.
Police located the man in Oklahoma within a week of her disappearance and questioned him, but no charges were filed. The man, who has not been publicly identified, claimed to have dropped the teen off near a Joplin pawnshop and denied any knowledge of any foul play. He remains a "person of interest" in the case, police said.
Joplin police Lt. Carl Francis said authorities began draining the mining pit Tuesday after receiving information "from a person who was very close to the investigation from the beginning that leads us back to this location."
The crew from the Missouri Department of Conservation had hoped to have the pit in a remote, densely wooded area cleared of water by Thursday afternoon, but mechanical problems stalled their progress. Authorities also believe they may have underestimated the depth of the water at 30 to 40 feet deep.
The pit and the area around it were searched in 1992.
"But the only way we looked before was with a cadaver dog," Francis said. "Divers said the water was too murky, with low visibility. So, now we're draining it."
Once drained, Detective Keith Meyer said police may have to wait several days before the bottom of the well is dry enough to search for the girl's remains.
Jackie Rowden, Pickett's maternal grandmother, said she hopes the girl's remains are found, especially for her daughter's sake.
"When I saw her picture on TV on that Friday (in 1992), I knew she was dead," said Rowden, who lives in Galena, Kan.
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Family awaits search results
Jeff Lehr
Globe Staff Writer
9/9/05
The grandmother of a Joplin girl who has been missing for 13 years recalls a psychic telling the family shortly after her disappearance that the girl’s body would never be found, but that her remains would turn up 10 to 15 years later.
Jackie Rowden, the maternal grandmother of Tracy A. Pickett, said that if the Joplin Police Department’s draining of an old mining pit north of Joplin does turn up Tracy’s bones, the discovery would fit the psychic’s prediction.
Rowden, who lives in Galena, Kan., said she first heard about the plan to drain and search the pit, based on new information police had received, on the television news Tuesday night. She said she does not know what new information police may have received.
“I have no idea,†she said.
A search of the pit, off West Zora Street east of Lone Elm Avenue, got held up Thursday when a work crew draining the pit of 20 to 40 feet of water or more experienced some equipment problems. The crew from the Missouri Department of Conservation had hoped to have the pit cleared of water by Thursday afternoon. The work started Tuesday.
“We ran into some mechanical problems and are going to try to get those worked out in the morning,†police Detective Keith Meyer said late Thursday afternoon.
He said a considerable amount of water remains to be drained. He said police may have underestimated the depth of the pit at 30 to 40 feet.
“It may be a little deeper than that,†Meyer said. “We just don’t know yet.â€
He said a search for the girl’s remains could be held up after the pit is drained by the condition of its bottom. Police may have to wait a couple of days or as much as a week to let the bottom dry out before conducting a thorough search for remains, he said.
The Pickett girl was last seen leaving a girlfriend’s apartment in Webb City the morning of Aug. 12, 1992. She left with a man from whom she had accepted an offer of a ride to Joplin to change her clothes.
Police located the man in Oklahoma within a week of her disappearance. He claimed to have dropped her off near a Joplin pawnshop and denied any knowledge of any foul play.
Joplin police Lt. Carl Francis, who has been involved with the case from the start, said Wednesday that the Oklahoma man, who had introduced himself as “Al†to others at a party at the Webb City apartment of Pickett’s girlfriend the night before she disappeared, remains “a person of interest†in the case.
Police have never identified the man. But Francis said police know where he is.
Rowden said she has heard “gossip†that somebody may have recently made some sort of deathbed confession. She said she was told that Joplin police received the new information, which has led them to the pit, about three to four months ago. But they didn’t have the equipment they needed to drain and search it until now, she said she was told.
Rowden believes her granddaughter is dead.
“When I saw her picture on TV on that Friday (in 1992), I knew she was dead,†she said.
She described her granddaughter as “a sweetheart, a very sweet little girl†whose “life was just beginning.â€
Rowden said she hopes, for Tracy’s mother’s sake, that the search for her remains turns out well. She said she and her daughter, Kay Pickett, have been somewhat estranged in recent years. But she still would like to see Tracy’s disappearance resolved for Kay’s sake.
The Search For Tracy Pickett
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
A search is underway for a 14-year-old girl, who was first reported missing in 1992. Joplin Police and the Missouri Department of Conservation are draining an old mining pit north of the city. Investigators have received information that lead them to the pit in hopes of finding the body of Tracy Picket. Picket disappeared 13 years ago from a party in Webb City. Police have a good idea of who`s responsible for the teenagers disappearance and death, but no charges have ever been filed in the case. Police say that finding her remains could put them on the right track.
Once police reach the bottom of the pit, they`ll be able to conduct a more thorough search.
The pit is 75 feet deep and with the machines pumping about five thousand gallons a minute, it will be sometime tomorrow afternoon before the pit is completely drained.
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Lawmen draining mine pit in search for girl missing since 1992
Associated Press
JOPLIN, Mo. - Police have started draining an old mining pit in a search for the remains of a teenager who disappeared 13 years ago.
Tracy A. Pickett was last seen on Aug. 12, 1992, leaving a friend's Webb City apartment with a man who offered to give her a ride to her home in Joplin for a change of clothes. He had attended the same party as the 14-year-old the night before her disappearance. Witnesses told police that the man had a gun in his black van.
Police located the man in Oklahoma within a week of her disappearance and questioned him, but no charges were filed. The man, who has not been publicly identified, claimed to have dropped the teen off near a Joplin pawnshop and denied any knowledge of any foul play. He remains a "person of interest" in the case, police said.
Joplin police Lt. Carl Francis said authorities began draining the mining pit Tuesday after receiving information "from a person who was very close to the investigation from the beginning that leads us back to this location."
The crew from the Missouri Department of Conservation had hoped to have the pit in a remote, densely wooded area cleared of water by Thursday afternoon, but mechanical problems stalled their progress. Authorities also believe they may have underestimated the depth of the water at 30 to 40 feet deep.
The pit and the area around it were searched in 1992.
"But the only way we looked before was with a cadaver dog," Francis said. "Divers said the water was too murky, with low visibility. So, now we're draining it."
Once drained, Detective Keith Meyer said police may have to wait several days before the bottom of the well is dry enough to search for the girl's remains.
Jackie Rowden, Pickett's maternal grandmother, said she hopes the girl's remains are found, especially for her daughter's sake.
"When I saw her picture on TV on that Friday (in 1992), I knew she was dead," said Rowden, who lives in Galena, Kan.
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Family awaits search results
Jeff Lehr
Globe Staff Writer
9/9/05
The grandmother of a Joplin girl who has been missing for 13 years recalls a psychic telling the family shortly after her disappearance that the girl’s body would never be found, but that her remains would turn up 10 to 15 years later.
Jackie Rowden, the maternal grandmother of Tracy A. Pickett, said that if the Joplin Police Department’s draining of an old mining pit north of Joplin does turn up Tracy’s bones, the discovery would fit the psychic’s prediction.
Rowden, who lives in Galena, Kan., said she first heard about the plan to drain and search the pit, based on new information police had received, on the television news Tuesday night. She said she does not know what new information police may have received.
“I have no idea,†she said.
A search of the pit, off West Zora Street east of Lone Elm Avenue, got held up Thursday when a work crew draining the pit of 20 to 40 feet of water or more experienced some equipment problems. The crew from the Missouri Department of Conservation had hoped to have the pit cleared of water by Thursday afternoon. The work started Tuesday.
“We ran into some mechanical problems and are going to try to get those worked out in the morning,†police Detective Keith Meyer said late Thursday afternoon.
He said a considerable amount of water remains to be drained. He said police may have underestimated the depth of the pit at 30 to 40 feet.
“It may be a little deeper than that,†Meyer said. “We just don’t know yet.â€
He said a search for the girl’s remains could be held up after the pit is drained by the condition of its bottom. Police may have to wait a couple of days or as much as a week to let the bottom dry out before conducting a thorough search for remains, he said.
The Pickett girl was last seen leaving a girlfriend’s apartment in Webb City the morning of Aug. 12, 1992. She left with a man from whom she had accepted an offer of a ride to Joplin to change her clothes.
Police located the man in Oklahoma within a week of her disappearance. He claimed to have dropped her off near a Joplin pawnshop and denied any knowledge of any foul play.
Joplin police Lt. Carl Francis, who has been involved with the case from the start, said Wednesday that the Oklahoma man, who had introduced himself as “Al†to others at a party at the Webb City apartment of Pickett’s girlfriend the night before she disappeared, remains “a person of interest†in the case.
Police have never identified the man. But Francis said police know where he is.
Rowden said she has heard “gossip†that somebody may have recently made some sort of deathbed confession. She said she was told that Joplin police received the new information, which has led them to the pit, about three to four months ago. But they didn’t have the equipment they needed to drain and search it until now, she said she was told.
Rowden believes her granddaughter is dead.
“When I saw her picture on TV on that Friday (in 1992), I knew she was dead,†she said.
She described her granddaughter as “a sweetheart, a very sweet little girl†whose “life was just beginning.â€
Rowden said she hopes, for Tracy’s mother’s sake, that the search for her remains turns out well. She said she and her daughter, Kay Pickett, have been somewhat estranged in recent years. But she still would like to see Tracy’s disappearance resolved for Kay’s sake.
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Written by Mary Rupert
Wednesday, 25 May 2011 15:00
Law enforcement and community members gathered Wednesday at City Hall to remember missing children throughout the region and in America.
Names of missing children from the region were read during a ceremony. Commissioner John Mendez read a proclamation designating the day as missing children's day.
The event included a balloon release, with one balloon for each child missing in the region.
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Missing children from Kansas:
TRACY PICKETT 1992
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Written by Mary Rupert
Wednesday, 25 May 2011 15:00
Law enforcement and community members gathered Wednesday at City Hall to remember missing children throughout the region and in America.
Names of missing children from the region were read during a ceremony. Commissioner John Mendez read a proclamation designating the day as missing children's day.
The event included a balloon release, with one balloon for each child missing in the region.
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Missing children from Kansas:
TRACY PICKETT 1992
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Tracy Pickett is still missing.
Anyone with information please contact Det. Buchanan, Joplin Police Department (417) 623-3131.
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