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[Denise]

Project Jason Profile:

Name: Robin Abrams

Date of Birth: 08/13/1962
Date Missing: 10/04/1990
Age at time of disappearance: 28
City Missing From: Beecher
State Missing From: Illinois
Gender: Female
Race: White
Height: 5ft 4 inches
Weight: 170lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel

Identifying Characteristics: Robin has pierced ears.

Clothing: She was wearing a white pullover, black slacks, and a black leather jacket.

Jewelry: Gold pinky ring

Circumstances of Disappearance: Robin departed from her home in Beecher, IL in a red Dodge Daytona on Goodenow Road on the early evening of October 4th. She was never seen or heard from again.

Investigative Agency: Illinois State Police
Agency Phone: (815) 726-6291
Investigative Case #: 90-f6393

 

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[Denise]

http://www.suntimes....s-abrams21.stng



Robin Renea Abrams

October 21, 2007

Donald Abrams was driving home from work around 4 p.m. on Oct. 4, 1990, when he passed his 28-year-old daughter Robin Renea Abrams on the road.

As the feisty, hazel-eyed girl with long brown hair drove away from their subdivision in far south suburban Beecher, the two exchanged waves.

At 3 a.m., Robins 1989 red Dodge Daytona hatchback was found in Harvey, key in the ignition.

Robin was nowhere to be found.

Shes now Illinois oldest active missing adult case on the National Center for Missing Adult Web site.

And she hasnt turned up since.

Authorities suspect she met with foul play  and her family believes her disappearance was somehow tied to her job with the Will County Sheriffs Department.

She got hired there in January 1988, and, according to a civil rights lawsuit she filed in late 1989, she had a five-month affair with a married officer involved with the sheriffs auxiliary unit.

The officer harassed her for a year and orchestrated her firing, the lawsuit claimed.

And then she vanished.

To this day, Robins mother, Barbara Abrams, thinks someone wanted her daughter gone for fighting back, said NCMA founder Kym Pasqualini. This case is very disturbing because her boyfriend was a law enforcement officer. 

A Will County grand jury ordered the officer and his stepbrother to submit hair and blood samples and appear in a line-up.

Their lawyers argued the two werent charged with a crime, so the subpoenas were too broad. The Illinois Supreme Court agreed.

Recently, the case was reopened under a $455,000 federal grant received by Will County States Attorney Jim Glasgows office, targeting some 155 cold cases.

Do we believe Robin Abrams just walked off the face of the Earth? No. Shes somewhere, a source there said.

 

Endangered Missing Adult

If you believe you have any information regarding this case that will be helpful in this investigation please contact:
Illinois State Police at (815) 726-6291

Name:  Robin Renea Abrams

Classification:  Endangered Missing Adult 
Date of Birth:  1962-08-13 
Date Missing:  1990-10-04 
From City/State:  Beecher, IL 
Age at Time of Disappearance:  28 
Gender:  Female 
Race:  White 
Height:  64 inches 
Weight:  125 pounds 
Hair Color:  Brown 
Eye Color:  Hazel 
Complexion:  Medium 
Identifying Characteristics:  Pierced ears. 
Clothing:  White long sleeved knit pullover, black slacks, black patent leather shoes, black leather jacket, carrying a small light beige patterned clutch purse. 
Jewelry:  Gold pinky ring. 

Circumstances of Disappearance:  Unknown. Last seen at approximately 4:00pm on Goodenow Rd. in Beecher, IL. Her vehicle, described as a red 1989 Dodge Daytona hatchback was located in Harvey, IL. 

Investigative Agency:  Illinois State Police 
Phone:  (815) 726-6291 
Investigative Case #:  90-F6393 

[Denise]

http://www.charleypr...rams_robin.html

Robin Renea Abrams

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: October 4, 1990 from Beecher, Illinois
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: August 13, 1962
Age: 28 years old
Height and Weight: 5'4, 170 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair, hazel eyes. Abrams's ears are pierced.
Clothing Description: A long-sleeved white knit pullover shirt, black slacks, a black leather jacket, black patent leather shoes and a gold pinky ring.

Details of Disappearance

Abrams was last seen in her hometown of Beecher, Illinois during the early evening hours of October 4, 1990, when she and her father passed one another while driving on Goodenow Road and they waved at each other. She was carrying a small light beige patterned purse at the time of her disappearance. She has never been heard from again.
Abrams's vehicle, a red 1989 Dodge Daytona hatchback, was located eleven hours later in Harvey, Illinois. The car was locked and the keys were in the ignition. Her camera was also inside the car, but there was no trace of Abrams at the scene. A witness said the car was dropped off at 10:00 p.m. by two men in a tow truck. At 3:00 a.m., a neighbor called police to report someone was trying to break into the car. That was when it was linked to Abrams. Three days after Abrams vanished, her purse was found in a residential area three blocks away from where the car had been. Her checkbook was inside but her wallet and credit cards were gone.

Abrams had a romantic relationship with a married police officer, Anthony Marquez, before she vanished. Abrams's family stated she did not realize Marquez was married. He convinced her to join the sheriff's department; she was hired as a deputy in 1988. In November 1989, shortly after she ended her relationship with Marquez, she got an order of protection against him, alleging that he had harassed her and slashed her car's tires. In December 1989, she was terminated from the sheriff's department, two weeks before her probationary period was scheduled to end. Shortly after Abrams was fired, Marquez filed a criminal complaint against her, alleging harassment. The complaint was dismissed. Marquez was himself terminated from the police department in December 1990.

A few months after her termination, Abrams filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful dismissal, sexual harassment and violation of civil rights. The defendants included Marquez and seven others in the sheriff's department. One of the first hearings in the suit was scheduled for October 22, 1990, eighteen days after she disappeared. It has not been established that the lawsuit or Abrams's problems with the sheriff's department and with Marquez had anything to do with her disappearance. Her disappearance was initially investigated by the Will County Sheriff's Department, but the state police took over shortly after it began, citing a possible conflict of interest.

Some theorize that Abrams disappeared deliberately to spite Marquez, but most investigators believe she met with foul play and is now deceased. She is a graduate of Sandburg High School, Moraine Valley Community College and Governors State University, and had planned to eventually seek a career in law. Her case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Illinois State Police
815-726-6291

[Denise]

Robin has now been missing for 18 years.  Our thoughts and prayers are with her family.

[Deborah]

Robin Renea Abrams has been missing for 20 years.


If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Illinois State Police 815-726-6291

[Kelly]

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[Kelly]

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[Lori Davis]

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Case Of Former Will County Sheriff Deputy Remains Mystery 23 Years Later

March 19, 2014 10:08 PM

Roseanne Tellez

 

(CBS) — She’s been missing longer than Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic combined, but you’ve probably never heard of Robin Abrams, who disappeared from Beecher Illinois back in October of 1990.

 

Now, after 23 years, this cold case is getting another look as Roseanne Tellez explains in this original report.

 

From her makeshift command center Jody Walsh searches for clues into the disappearance of her sister. Roseanne Tellez asks, “Did you ever think that 23 years later you would not have the answers you wanted?” Jody Walsh answers, “never, never.”

 

28-year-old Robin Abrams, a former Will County Sheriff deputy, was last seen driving down Goodenow Road in Beecher. Her car was later found in Harvey.

Abrams had an order of protection against a Will County Sheriff auxiliary officer with whom she claimed to have had an affair.

 

But the officer, Tony Marquez, claimed Robin was after him, and filed dozens of complaints, alleging phone harassment, reckless driving, disorderly conduct, and more.

 

“I have 103 reports of harassment from him,” says Jody Walsh. “He was after my sister like a fatal attraction.”

 

Of the 103 incidents, Abrams was acquitted of harassment and reckless driving – the only charges she faced in court and assault charges were dropped.

 

But she was fired by the sheriff’s office. She sued for wrongful firing and sexual harassment, but weeks before her deposition, she disappeared.

 

Roseanne Tellez visited Tony Marquez’s home in south suburban Elwood, his wife came to the door and Roseanne asked, “You don’t think he had anything to do with her disappearance? Her answer, “I don’t know. Of course not.”

 

The answer was no when we asked if Marquez himself could come to the door and speak with us.

 

“Tony Marquez was what we now call a person of interest,” says Ken Kaupas who is currently with the Will County Sheriff’s Office, but was assigned to the Abram’s investigation when he worked for the Illinois State Police. “There’s never been a cover up. And there’s not been incompetence. Sometimes you do not find a body.”

 

After more than two decades of dead ends, Congressman Daniel Lipinski requested the Illinois’ Inspector General launch an investigation because: “There is no reason…a murder case should lie dormant for 23 years.”

 

But the response from the Inspector General offered little hope. Jody Walsh was openly disappointed as she read to us from the letter she received from the IG’s office.

 

“We may open this investigation or refer this matter to another agency or law enforcement authority.”

 

When asked if she was confident they could get to the bottom of it, she answered, “Absolutely not.”

 

Walsh says she will keep fighting for her sister.

 

“Her life was important to us. I’ll never give up. Never.”

 

Hiram Grau, Director of the Illinois State Police, says the case is making progress.

 

“Numerous interviews and re-interviews of subjects have been ongoing as well as forensic science analysis.”

 

One development the Abrams family hopes to have soon is a death certificate. That could clear the way for charges — if police find someone to charge.

[Deborah]

Robin is still missing.

 

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