His close friend, Dan Dansbury, also died in November Other searches were later attempted but have turned up nothing. Authorities believe that she was murdered, but her body has yet to be found.
In , a memorial butterfly garden was dedicated to her at the Desert Discovery Center in Barstow, California. Her case remains unsolved. Physical Description: Caucasian female with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Distinctive Physical Features: Pitzer has a scar on her left chest, a scar on her elbow, a scar on her lip, and a scar on the left side of her stomach. She is missing several upper teeth and has dental implants to replace them. Clothing and accessories: She was last seen wearing a simple silver chain necklace, a watch with leopard print, gold hoop earrings, and sneakers or sandals.
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Categories : s missing person cases s missing person cases June events in California Missing person cases in the United States People declared dead in absentia. Tools What links here. Related changes. Special pages. Printable version. Permanent link. Page information. This is a very remote area. Pitzer's suitcase and clothes were scattered at various locations over a three-mile radius. One of her nightgowns was hanging in a mining shack; it had been tied in a hangman's noose and pieces of duct tape werepresent.
Some of her other belongings were found in a mine shaft, including desert boots, a swimsuit and undergarments. A mattress and sheet were also found. They were stained with human blood and body fluids. The clothing had been exposed to the weather for a long time and was of little evidentiary value. Investigators stated they had no suspects in Pitzer's case and there is no hard evidence that she is deceased, although her mother believes foul play was involved in her case.
At least two of her associaties, men connected to the investigation, have died since Pitzer's mother thinks her daughter may have been murdered as a consequence of her previous work as an informer in a federal case; her evidence helped send an Arkansas man to prison for seven years.
April still wanted to wait another week or so until Gloria had moved, and April told her mother she would be staying with Chuck in the meantime. This was the last time Gloria spoke to her daughter. As far as I can find, the last people we can confirm to have seen April alive was Barbara Killibrew, who April visited in the hospital shortly before her disappearance, and Chuck, who drove April over for the visit. Barbara claimed that April was in good spirits and excited to go home to Arkansas, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
At this point, Gloria realized it had been eight days since she could confirm anyone had spoken with or seen April.
According to Gloria, the police told her that she probably chose to disappear because of her failed marriage and depression over having her children taken away. However, the number of cases of adults who actually chose to disappear and start a new life are statistically small in comparison to those who meet some other fate foul play, suicide, accidental death, etc.
April was declared legally dead in , and almost everyone agrees there is foul play involved with her case. There have been some recent investigations surrounding sexual predators in the Newberry Springs area at the time of her disappearance, but the majority of suspicion has focused on Chuck Hollister, Dan Dansbury, and Steve Wilkinson, or some combination thereof. April was staying with Chuck before she went missing and Barbara last saw April with Chuck.
After April disappeared, Gloria tried calling Chuck for weeks with no response. When he finally responded, he told Gloria he had been helping a friend move to Oregon keep Oregon in the back of your mind and that April had left one day while he was at work, and he assumed she had taken a bus to Arkansas.
When he is interviewed by police, he provides conflicting stories. He tells another officer that April had gone to stay with Steve Wilkinson for a few days. He refused to let police search his property and changed his phone number after Gloria attempted to contact him. Three miles east of Barstow, freeway. Is it a coincidence that this graffiti pops up in Oregon while Chuck is also allegedly in Oregon? As is unfortunately the case with all three suspects in this case, Chuck has since passed away.
Many more witnesses told various stories of April being killed and her body thrown into a mine shaft. This would make locating her extremely difficult, as Barstow is home to hundreds of deep mine shafts. Because of the extreme dessert weather and amount of exposure time, there was nothing of forensic value that could be found. Since it was determined the items had been subject to so much exposure, that means they must have been in the mine for a while. Dan-Dan has also since passed away of cancer.
While he was dying in the hospital, Gloria confronted him and he denied killing April, crying and saying that she was a wonderful person. Steve Wilkinson is an interesting suspect as well.
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