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[Denise]

Five years later
Five years ago this weekend, Sharon Shechter disappeared. The 35-year-old woman was last seen in Perinton. The National Center For Missing And Exploited Children and the Monroe County Sheriff's Department are trying to breathe new life into this cold case.

"Sharon herself was beautiful person inside an out. She was a wonderful giving kind person. We need somebody to come forward...we need to know what, where she is what happened to her," says Sharon's mother Sandy Poole.

Undersheriff Daniel Green says, "Hundreds of leads have been looked into we've been out of the county out of the state and at this point Sharon Shecters disappearance remains a mystery." WROC TV NEWS 8 NOW ROCHESTER NEW YORK - Local Story

[Denise]

Hope lingers in disappearance

Ernst Lamothe Jr.
Staff writer.

(December 9, 2006) — The last several Christmas seasons have been hard for Larissa Sharpe.

Her friend Sharon Shechter was last seen about 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001, on Nettlecreek Road in Perinton.

She was wearing a white sweatshirt with "Cape Cod" written on the front, blue jeans, a long blue jean coat and sneakers. She left the house and never returned. Democrat & Chronicle:

[Denise]

Shechter case remains unsolved five years later

12/8/06

It's been five years since Sharon Shechter was reported missing and police still need your help in finding out what happened to her. Friday, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children held a joint conference with the Monroe County Sheriff's Department to discuss the fifth anniversary of her disappearance. Shechter was last seen Christmas shopping on December 9th, 2001. Three days later, her van was found with bloodstains in a parking lot in Gates. Police still haven't been able to find out what exactly happened that day, but they encourage anyone with information to come forward and call 911 or the Monroe County Sheriff's Office at 753-4900.10NBC / WHEC TV-10

[Denise]

Woman Disappeared 5 Years Ago
by Seth Voorhees
Published Dec 08, 2006

This weekend marks five years since a Perinton woman's disappearance. Authorities hope putting Sharon Shechter's disappearance back in the public eye will drum up some more details about the case.

Shechter was last seen on December 9th, 2001. Days later, her dodge minivan was found in the parking lot of a Gates motel. There was blood inside the vehicle.

“People have knowledge of this case out there,” said Daniel Greene, Monroe County Undersheriff. “It might have been a long time ago but people have knowledge of what happened.”

At a news conference held at the Rochester office of the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children, friends and relatives of Shechter were on hand. R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens

[Denise]

New York State Sheriffs Association

Sharon Shechter

Female
38 years
02/10/66
Rochester, NY
5'4"
110
Brown
Brown
Medium
White
12/09/01

Circumstances/Info: Last seen on 12/09/01 on Nettle Creek Rd., Town of Perinton around 5pm. Believed to have left that location operating 1992 Red Dodge Caravan. Vehicle located 12/12/01 under suspicious circumstances in the parking lot of the Days Inn Hotel, Gates, NY. Last seen wearing blue jeans, white "Cape Cod" sweatshirt and a long denim jacket.

Contact Information: Investigator Sergeant Ralph Sarkis or Sergeant William Sanborn
Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Rochester, NY
Monroe County Sheriff's Office
716-428-5310

[Kelly]

http://www.13wham.co...94-fc800ec79fc0

Sharon Shechter Missing Six Years

Last Update: 8:18 am  12/10/07 

Sharon Shechter has been missing for six years. (Perinton, N.Y.) -- The family of Sharon Shechter marked a somber anniversary on Sunday. The mother of three from Perinton went missing December 9, 2001.

Her minivan was found with blood inside it at a hotel parking lot in Gates three days after she disappeared.

Anyone who might have any information about her disappearance, is urged to call CrimeStoppers at (585) 423-9300. Callers do not have to identify themselves.

[Kelly]

http://www.whec.com/...5.shtml?cat=565

Posted at: 12/09/2007 05:41:00 PM
 
Perinton mother still missing six years later
 
Sunday marks six years since a Perinton mother of three disappeared.

Police still do not know what happened to Sharon Shechter. She was last seen December 9, 2001.

Schechter was Christmas shopping at the Ames store in Macedon. Shechter told her mother she planned to pick up her kids at their father's house that night, but she never showed up. Her minivan with bloodstains inside was found three days later at the Days Hotel in Gates.

We spoke with Shechters mother, Sandra Poole, on Sunday.

I know she's probably dead but we need closure. The family needs closure. Somebody out there knows something and we need to find out what happened to her, said Poole.

Shechter's three children are now 11, 13 and 15 years old.

If you have any information on her disappearance, call 911. You can also call the Monroe County Sheriff's office at 585-753-4900.

[Lori Davis]

Earlier article.  Edited article to correct listed missing date initially listed as 2002.

http://www.mpnnow.co...hive/x986382492

Sharon Shechter: suburban mother of three

Photos  
Sharon Schecter

By Maggie Ramsay
Messenger Post
Posted Aug 01, 2007 @ 08:30 AM
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Perinton, N.Y. — .When Perinton resident Sharon Shechter disappeared, family and friends hung and handed out fliers and posters.


Shechter’s mother, Sandra Poole, walked her daughter’s neighborhood, talked with neighbors, called the media and offered a $5,000 cash reward for any information regarding her daughter’s disappearance.


She even got Nancy Grace, a reporter who seeks justice for crime victims on CNN Headline News, to do a segment on the case.


“I did everything I could. There is nothing else I can do,” Poole said. “We are just waiting. That’s all we can do.”


Shechter went missing Dec. 6, 2002. Nearly five years later, the investigation is still open and ongoing.


Police found Shechter’s van Dec. 12, 2002, at the Days Inn Hotel on Chili Avenue in Gates with a “substantial amount of blood” identified as Shechter’s, said Paul Siena, the major crime unit investigator for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.


To date, no body has been found and no key witness has  stepped forward. The van is the only piece of evidence police have found since her disappearance.


Shechter was last seen Dec. 9 turning on Christmas lights on her front porch at her home on Nettle Creek Road. She spoke to her mother at noon, saying she and a friend were going to shop at Ames and that she needed to pick up her children from her estranged husband, Alan Shechter, in Chili at 5:30 p.m.


“I had called a couple of times that day  to the house (after 5:30 p.m.), I didn’t get a return call, and I just thought maybe she wasn’t home yet, maybe she’s busy with the kids and I just kind of let it go,” Poole said.


But on Monday, Shechter didn’t show up for work and her co-workers contacted the sheriff’s office and had them investigate at Shechter’s home.


Shechter’s three children, who were 5, 7, and 9 at the time, had been taken to school by their father, Poole said.


Shechter was in the middle of getting a divorce from Alan Shechter when she disappeared. The divorce was described by several neighbors and acquaintances at the time as having “some turmoil,” and he had been charged with criminal contempt after allegedly violating an order of protection in October 2000 when he reportedly grabbed Shechter in her home. That charge was dismissed, provided that he has no further contact with the justice system.


Siena said when Shechter first went missing the police treated it as a missing-person case. Road patrol officers were advised to keep a lookout, and information about Shechter and her disappearance was entered into a national law enforcement database. The case changed once her van was found.


“It became a potential crime instead of just someone who had gone missing,” Siena said.


At that point, he said, the police used every resource available to to find clues, including search and rescue squads and volunteers.


“I can’t tell you how many searches we did ... tireless, tireless hours of investigating the background of Sharon and interviewing everyone involved in her life,” he said.


Poole agreed that the investigation proceeded vigorously.


Back then she said detectives would call daily, sometimes on the speaker phone with three or four of them.


Calls now come in once a month or so, she said.


“In the beginning every time they would find a body they would call me. Now they don’t, but I know it’s still a priority on their desk,” Poole said. “There is not a lot anyone can do at this point.”


Siena agrees the investigation is at a standstill.


“Leads trickle in and pretty much we respond to any leads we can, but we have run out of every lead. To date we haven’t anything to lead to an arrest or solving the mystery,” he said. There is not a lot of proactive things we can do that would be viable at this stage.”


Siena said he calls every couple of weeks just to check in with Poole.


“It’s definitely a difficult situation for the sheriff’s department and more specifically for Sharon’s family. I talk with Sandy every couple of weeks, just to talk, and let her know that we are still here and we aren’t going anywhere,” Siena said. “We firmly believe a case that goes unsolved is a phone call away, and that’s how we treat it now.”
In the meantime, Poole waits.


“It’s been real hard,” she said. “We want closure. At least it  would put us at peace.”
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[Jenn]

http://www.whec.com/...4.shtml?cat=565

Posted at: 12/09/2008 06:19:11 AM

Seven years since Perinton mother went missing

It has been seven years since a Perinton mother of three disappeared. Police still don't know what happened to Sharon Shechter who went missing from her home on December 9, 2001.

Investigators say she was Christmas shopping at Ames in Macedon. Shechter told her mother she planned to pick up her kids at their father's house that night, but she never showed up.

Shechter’s minivan with bloodstains inside was found three days later at a hotel in Gates. If you have any information on her disappearance call 911.

[Kelly]

Project Jason Profile:

Name:  Sharon Shechter

Date of Birth:  02/10/1966
Date Missing:  12/09/2001
Age at time of disappearance:  35
City Missing From:  Rochester
State Missing From:  New York
Gender:  Female
Race:  White
Height: 5' 4"
Weight:  145 lbs
Hair Color:  Brown
Eye Color:  Brown
Complexion: Medium

Identifying Characteristics:  Temporary dentures on the top 4 teeth

Clothing: Sharon was last seen wearing a white sweatshirt with "Cape Cod" on the front, blue jeans, long blue jean jacket, and athletic shoes.

Circumstances of Disappearance: Sharon was last seen at approximately 5:00 pm on Nettlecreek Road in Perinton, NY. Her vehicle, a 1992 red (maroon) Dodge Caravan with wood grain panels, was recovered on December 12, 2001 at the Days Inn Motel Located in the vicinity of the 1200 block of Chili Ave in Gates NY. There was blood in the interior.

Investigative Agency:  Monroe County Sheriffs
Agency Phone:  (585) 428-5310
Investigative Case #:  180631

Print a Poster: http://www.projectja...ronShechter.pdf 

[Kelly]

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Help us find the missing: Become an AAN Member and receive notifications about missing persons via email.

Click here to become a part of the solution: http://www.projectja.../awareness.html

[Kelly]

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Help us find the missing: Become an AAN Member and receive notifications about missing persons via email.

Click here to become a part of the solution: http://www.projectja...awareness.shtml

[Jenn]

NamUs profile for Sharon: https://www.findthem...g.org/cases/746

 

Charley Project: http://www.charleypr...ter_sharon.html

[Jenn]

http://www.whec.com/.../s1874363.shtml

Nine years since Perinton mother went missing

Posted at: 12/09/2010 9:02 AM | Updated at: 12/09/2010 9:16 AM



Sharon ShechterIt has been nine years since a Perinton mother of three disappeared. Police still don't know what happened to Sharon Shechter who went missing from her home on December 9, 2001.

Investigators say she was Christmas shopping at Ames in Macedon. Shechter told her mother she planned to pick up her kids at their father's house that night, but she never showed up.

Shechter’s mini-van with bloodstains inside was found three days later at a hotel in Gates.

[Kelly]

http://www.democrata...a-Poole-missing

Sharon Shechter missing for 10 long years

12:59 AM, Dec. 8, 2011

Sandra Poole doesn't expect to see her daughter Sharon Shechter alive ever again. But Poole, of Fairport, is determined to keep her still-missing daughter's name and photo in the public eye as long as she can.

"Somebody knows something," Poole says, as she has said again and again over the years. Shechter disappeared 10 years ago Friday. She was divorced, had three children (Jake, Amber and Rachel), lived in Perinton and worked as an ultrasound technician for Ide Radiation. A few days after her disappearance, her 1992 minivan, blood stained, was found in Gates.

And after all this time, that's all there is.

To Sandy Poole, it's pretty simple. Somebody killed her daughter. "She would never have left her kids," she says. And she wants answers.

"I wear this pin every day," Poole says, pointing to a 4-inch button on the front of her sweater — a button with Shechter's picture on it. "And every day somebody says something — like, 'Oh, I remember her.'"

To prepare for the 10th anniversary of Shechter's disappearance, Poole went to Staples to have a few hundred more business cards printed — cards with her daughter's photo and a request to call the Monroe County Sheriff's Department with information at (585) 753-4723. The manager at Staples kindly printed her some fliers with the same photo and information, fliers she'll post around town. "That's all I can do," she says.

Poole doesn't keep much in her small apartment, which belonged to her daughter. She has a few photos on the wall, but she gave Shechter's wedding dress and other possession to her daughters — so they will have some connection to their missing mom.

Poole has a copy of a cookbook filled with the recipes that her grandmother, Anna "Bobbie" Jaciw Kolmetz, brought with her from Ukraine when she moved to the United States. Shechter edited the collection, Bobbie's Kitchen, in 1996.

And she has memories. Of the year Sharon was Miss Pre-teen Rochester, of her daughter's junior prom at Gates-Chili High School. She still laughs at her memory of a trip she and Sharon took to Hungary when she was just a child. When they returned and Sharon was asked about food, she couldn't stop talking about the "walking chicken" — the headless bird still running around the yard before it was plucked.

[Lori Davis]

Sharon Shechter Still Missing After 10 Years

12/09/2011
Reported by: Katrina Irwin

Sunday was the 11th Anniversary of Sharon Shechter's disappearance. It's a mysterious case that's left her family without closure and they're hoping you can help bring her home.

"She was always smiling and fun loving. She was such a good girl. This shouldn't have happened to her," says Schechter's mother Sandra Poole.

December 9th, 2001 was the last time anyone saw 35-year-old Sharon Shechter. Her mother remembers it all too clearly.

"Every day it hurts. I think about her everyday," Poole says. She states that her daughter was last seen near her home in Perinton. She believes something happened to Shechter while driving to pick up her kids from her ex-husband.

"I think somebody got her between her house and there... what else could have happened?"

When Shechter didn't show up for work that Monday, her co-workers notified police. Three days later police found Shechter's mini-van parked at the Days Inn hotel in Gates, with blood on the inside.

For years, detectives and family members passed out flyers. Now more than a decade later, Poole doesn't believe her daughter is alive but she's not giving up hope.

"I don't think so, because I'm sure she would have tried to get in touch with me," she states. "I'm just going to sit and wait. What else can I do?"

Poole never leaves her phone, in case she gets that one call about Shechter she's been waiting for.

"If we had closure, it would be a lot better... I lover her and I miss her, her kids miss her and the family misses her."

Eleven years later Poole is still looking for answers, and sending other parents this message:

"Treasure every moment they have with their children, because you never know what's going to happen."

Poole says investigators haven't talked with her about the case in several years. If you have any information for the Monroe County Sheriff's Office they ask that you call 911.

Read more: http://rochesterhome...797&shr=addthis

[Shannon]

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Missing Woman's Family Still Searching for Answers

By: Jenna Lento

Updated: December 9, 2012

Sunday was the 11th Anniversary of Sharon Shechter's disappearance. It's a mysterious case that's left her family without closure and they're hoping you can help bring her home.

"She was always smiling and fun loving. She was such a good girl. This shouldn't have happened to her," says Schechter's mother Sandra Poole.

December 9th, 2001 was the last time anyone saw 35-year-old Sharon Shechter. Her mother remembers it all too clearly.

"Every day it hurts. I think about her everyday," Poole says. She states that her daughter was last seen near her home in Perinton. She believes something happened to Shechter while driving to pick up her kids from her ex-husband.

"I think somebody got her between her house and there... what else could have happened?"

When Shechter didn't show up for work that Monday, her co-workers notified police. Three days later police found Shechter's mini-van parked at the Days Inn hotel in Gates, with blood on the inside.

For years, detectives and family members passed out flyers. Now more than a decade later, Poole doesn't believe her daughter is alive but she's not giving up hope.

"I don't think so, because I'm sure she would have tried to get in touch with me," she states. "I'm just going to sit and wait. What else can I do?"

Poole never leaves her phone, in case she gets that one call about Shechter she's been waiting for.

"If we had closure, it would be a lot better... I lover her and I miss her, her kids miss her and the family misses her."

Eleven years later Poole is still looking for answers, and sending other parents this message:

"Treasure every moment they have with their children, because you never know what's going to happen."

Poole says investigators haven't talked with her about the case in several years. If you have any information for the Monroe County Sheriff's Office they ask that you call 911.

[Lori Davis]

http://www.whec.com/.../s3644376.shtml

 

Tuesday marks 13 years since Perinton woman went missing

 

Updated: 12/09/2014 6:45 PM

Created: 12/09/2014 5:59 PM WHEC.com

By: Lia Lando - @whec_llando

 

Tuesday marks 13 years since a mother in Perinton disappeared. Sharon Shechter was last seen outside her house in 2001.

 

It's really a heartbreaking story and the fact that Christmas is right around the corner makes this anniversary even more difficult. But even though so much time has passed, investigators say they are still actively investigating this as a missing persons homicide case.

 

Shechter's mother Sandy Poole says, "13 years for all this."

 

It's been 13 years since Sandy Poole's only child went missing and not a day goes by that she doesn't think about her.

 

"The last time I saw her was at the Christmas party," says Poole. "She had a Christmas party the Saturday night before."

 

After all this time, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office is still investigating what happened to Shechter. At the time of his disappearance, she was going through a divorce. She went missing on December 9, 2001 and her minivan was found days later outside a Gates motel with blood inside.

 

Captain Michael Fowler, of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, says, "There was some blood evidence inside the vehicle that was tested by the lab. It did come back to be Sharon Shechter."

 

Captain Fowler says this started out as a missing persons case in 2001, but a few years later was determined to be a homicide investigation. We spoke with him about the latest developments.

 

We asked investigators if there were any new developments in the case. Captain Fowler says, "We do continue to develop some information."

 

We asked investigators about Shechter's husband and if they'd been able to speak with him.

 

Captain Fowler says, "The husband at the time, Alan Shechter, retained an attorney. So over the past course of these 13 years we've been unable to speak with him."

 

Despite that he says they continue to look for new information.

 

"There's a considerable part of the extended family that's been very cooperative," says Captain Fowler. "Sharon's side has been cooperative and we continue to speak with them, even as recent as this year."

 

Sandy Poole is just hoping for some closure.

 

"I just want them to know that she's still missing and if they know anything to please come forward," says Poole. "That's the best I can say. Somebody's got to know something out there."

 

Police say if you have any information, please call 911.

[Deborah]

Sharon is still missing.

 

Monroe County Sheriffs
Agency Phone:  (585) 428-5310
Investigative Case #:  180631