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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

Tricia Lynn Reitler











Reitler, date, approximate 1993; Age-progression at age 43 (date, approximate 2017); Larry DeWayne Hall
Date Missing 03/29/1993
Missing From
Marion, Indiana
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 02/09/1974 (48)
Age 19 years old
Height and Weight 5'3 - 5'5, 105 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A silver ring, an Indian-style leather strap necklace and a watch with a large face with Roman numerals.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Reitler has a small, unfinished tattoo on her left ankle, and her ears are pierced. She has previously fractured her hand.
Details of Disappearance Reitler was a freshman psychology major at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana in 1993. She was a good student with a high grade point average. She was last seen at approximately 8:00 p.m. on March 29, 1993.
Reitler was writing a term paper that evening, and decided to take a break. She walked to Marsh Supermarket, which was approximately half a mile from the university's campus. She purchased a soda and a magazine and left the store, intent on returning to her dormitory in Bowman Hall.
She never made it there and has never been seen or heard from again.Reitler's bloodstained jeans, shirt and shoes were discovered in a field near Seybold Pool and Center Elementary School, which is located between Marsh's Supermarket and the campus.
Investigators said six or seven unidentified people were playing basketball in the Center School playground adjacent to the pool at the time Reitler disappeared, but none of the possible witnesses have come forward with information regarding her . Authorities believe that Reitler was taken against her will while walking back to campus. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance.
Donald W. Grenier was considered a possible suspect in Reitler's at one time. Grenier was arrested in 1999 and charged with the abduction and molestation of a young girl from the Marion area. His home was searched for evidence connecting him to Reitler's and the 1987 Indiana disappearance of Wendy Felton, which seemed to share common traits.
Nothing was discovered in the search and Grenier has since been cleared of involvement in both Reitler and Felton's s. Grenier has always maintained his innocence in both s.
Tony R. Searcy, a habitual criminal offender, has also long been considered a possible suspect in Reitler's . He has denied all involvement and authorities have never arrested Searcy in connection with Reitler's disappearance.
Another possible suspect emerged when authorities discovered materials related to Reitler's in a van owned by Larry DeWayne Hall several months after her 1993 disappearance. Hall resided with his parents in the 300 block of Grant Street in Wabash, Indiana at the time.
Investigators found maps, ether, photos and newspaper articles concerning Reitler inside Hall's vehicle. A photograph of him is posted with this summary. He was arrested in December 1994 and charged with abducting Jessica Roach, a teenager whose remains were discovered in an Indiana cornfield in 1993.
Hall signed a statement confessing to Reitler's kidnapping and murder, but he later recanted and was never charged in connection with her disappearance due to a lack of evidence. Investigators searched an area of Grant County, Indiana near the Mississinewa Reservoir for Reitler's body. Hall led them to the scene, saying he'd buried her body there, but no evidence was located.
Hall is presently incarcerated in a psychiatric prison in North Carolina, serving a life sentence for Roach's kidnapping. He is still considered a suspect in Reitler's presumed abduction. He confessed to the murder of Laurie Depies, who disappeared from Wisconsin in 1988, and implied he was involved in the 1988 disappearance of Paulette Webster from Illinois. Police believe he may have killed thirty to forty women, but he hasn't been charged in any s besides Roach's.
Reitler's remains open and unsolved. She has never been located. Her family lived in Olmsted Township, Ohio, southwest of Cleveland, at the time she disappeared. She is the oldest of four children in a conservative Christian family. Her parents believe she is deceased.
Investigating Agency
Grant County Sheriff's Office
765-662-9836
Marion Police Department
765-662-9981
Other
Grant County Sheriff's Office
Sun Newspapers
The News-Sentinel
The Chronicle-Tribune
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer
NamUs
The Daily Mail
CNN
The Lafayette Journal and Courier
The Akron Beacon-Journal
News 5 Cleveland
Find a Grave
The Belleville News-Democrat

Missing Person Photos

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 unknown. 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 to 5 percent 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. A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images 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.

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