Missing
Sharon K. Emery
Emery, approximately 1981
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/03/1981
Missing location (approx) :
Indianapolis, Indiana
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 03/04/1956 (65)
Age at the time of disappearance: 25 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2, 106 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A yellow t-shirt and blue jeans.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Emery has a scar on her right wrist and a homemade tattoo on her right arm.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Emery was last seen in the vicinity of east Washington Street and north State Street in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 3, 1981. She lived with a male roommate and had been out drinking with him that night. Her roommate stated she left after an argument at 3:00 a.m.
She has never been heard from again. She was last seen in an area noted for its prostitution activity. The day before her disappearance, she had left her son in the care of friends. A few days before Emery disappeared, someone tried to run her over with a car. A police officer was called the scene and cited the driver, and Emery walked away from the scene.
Neighbors reported hearing a violent argument at Emery's apartment the night she disappeared, and they saw a bloodstained rug lying next to her apartment building afterwards. Emery wasn't reported missing for two days, and by the time police arrived at her apartment to investigate, the bloodstained rug was gone and Emery's roommate had moved out of the apartment.
There were rumors that Emery died of a drug overdose and that her body was dumped somewhere in southern Indiana. Investigators believe she went back to her apartment after the argument with her roommate and met with foul play there. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Indianapolis Police Department
317-327-6160
September 2021 updates and sources
Indianapolis Police Department
The Indianapolis Star
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
Several organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and imAge at the time of disappearance: s of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Indiana Missing Persons Bulletin
The Indianapolis Star
October 12, 2004. April 17, 2018; DOB : and middle initial added, Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
