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Roseann Marie Stone Pleasant







Pleasant, date, approximate 1992; Valiree Jackson; William "Brad" Jackson
Date Missing 09/29/1992
Missing From
Spokane, Washington
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Date of Birth 09/01/1957 (65)
Age 35 years old
Height and Weight 5'9, 145 pounds
Medical Conditions Pleasant was addicted to drugs in 1992.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Pleasant may use the last names Jackson and/or Stone. Her ears are pierced. She wears a size large top, size 34x30 pants, and a size 9 1/2 shoe.
Details of Disappearance Pleasant was last seen at a convenience store at the corner of Ash and Nora in Spokane, Washington on the afternoon of September 29, 1992. She was involved in drugs and prostitution at the time of her disappearance, and one of her friends, also a prostitute, had been shot to death a few months earlier.
A week before her disappearance, Pleasant called her brother in Arizona and said she was concerned for her safety and planned to move south with three of her four children. Authorities initially believed she could have been the victim of a serial killer.
Pleasant's daughter, Valiree Brianne Jackson, disappeared in October 1999 at the age of nine. Her father, William Bradley "Brad" Jackson, was Pleasant's boyfriend during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their relationship was troubled and he was arrested for hitting her. They broke up shortly after Valiree's birth and Brad was granted custody, with Pleasant given supervised visitation. She disappeared a week before Valiree's second birthday.
Photographs of Brad and Valiree are posted with this summary. Brad and Valiree lived with Brad's parents when she disappeared in 1999. He stated at first that Valiree had vanished from the front yard of their home. Authorities were suspicious and secretly attached a tracking device to Brad's truck; they discovered Valiree's remains a month later after he drove the truck to her burial site.
Brad was arrested and charged with murdering Valiree. He claimed she had died from an accidental overdose of Paxil, an anti-depressant drug she'd been prescribed for behavioral problems, and he panicked and tried to conceal her death. Authorities, however, believe he intentionally smothered her. In 2000, Brad was convicted of murdering his daughter and was sentenced to 56 years in prison.
Brad is also considered a possible suspect in Pleasant's ; he was the last person to see her before she vanished and he refused to cooperate with the police in her or take a polygraph test. Pleasant's brother stated his sister was terrified of Brad. Brad worked in building construction at the time of Pleasant's disappearance; her brother theorizes he killed her and put her home in one of the foundations.
The investigation into Pleasant's disappearance was reopened after her daughter's murder, and her family held a double memorial service for her and Valiree. No charges have been filed, however, and Pleasant's disappearance remains unsolved.
Some agencies give the date of Pleasant's disappearance as October 1, 1992.
Investigating Agency
Spokane Police Department
509-477-5980
Other
The Doe Network
SpokaneNet
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Washington State Missing Persons
The Idaho Spokesman-Review
NamUs
Forensic Files Season 6, Episode 25: Bagging a Killer

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Resources for Missing Persons

According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day. Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends. Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.

Missing Person Case Updates with Photos