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Henry County combed inmissing woman searchCLINTON (AP) - About 250 volunteers searched the woods and fieldsof Clinton and Henry County, lookingfor any sign of a 20-year-old woman who disappeared from a telephone booth outside a Food Barn storeThursday night.There were no developments in the search for Angela M Hammond, saidClinton police Detective Damon Parsons on sunaay “I just want to find her,’ said Hammond’s 18-year-old fiance, Rob Shafer. “I haven’t lost hope*This is the third case of a woman vanishing from a store in her hometown in west-central Missouri AndHammond’s disappearance has investigators concerned that the crimes aremore than coincidenceSince Jan 19, three women from towns within 80 miles of one anotherhave disappeared late at night from deserted stores. Two of the womenwere closing up shop The third, Hammond, had stopped to call her fiance. Parsons said there is nothing definitive to link the crimes, but “you’ve got to keep it in mind*FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza said, “The possibility that all are related is only a theory at this point but one we»are investigatingOne of the three women, Trudy Darby of Macks Creek, was found dead. The search continues far Hammond and Chery l Ann Kenney of Nevada.In Darby's case, police have conflicting descriptions of a man seen in the area. No one has been able to provide a suspect in the Kenney case Hammond’s case gives police the best lead so far And even that is asketchy description: a dirty-lookingle andwhite man with a mustachebeard, driving a 1969 or 1970 Ford pickup and wearing overallsLocal, county, state and federal authorities are sharing notes and following up leans in hopes of breakingopen tne threeThe women:.Angela M Hammond, 20. Hammond was last heard from ThursAnight when she talked to her fian from the telephone booth. She told h fiance of a truck circling the lot Th» he heard a scream and the line wedead.Hammond was bom in the KanaCity area and moved away at age Her father, Chris Hammond, lives Olathe.Cheryl Ann Kenney, 30. Kenm was last se«i Feb. 27 as she dosed Nevada convenience store. The stawas found locked, and Kenney's a was parked nearby Nevada Police Lt. Norman Tunssaid Sunday that authorities have is ruled out that Kenney, depressed ov her mother’s recent death, mayleft on her ownDarby disa;19 from the CamdeTrudy Darby, 42County convenience store where sh workedlitveIDlorsuopA
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Sedalia Democrat
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Mon, Apr 08, 1991
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