Gina Brooks Abduction 8/05/89 MO
GINA BROOKS DOB: Nov 28, 1975 Missing: Aug 5, 1989 Age Now: 30 Sex: Female Race: White Hair: Blonde Eyes: Green Height: 5'0" (152 cm) Weight: 108 lbs (49 kg) Missing From: FREDERICKTOWN MO United States Age Progressed Gina's photo is shown age-progressed to 28 years. She was last seen riding a bicycle at about 10:00 p.m. The bike was later found abandoned on High Street. A light blue, gray or green station wagon was seen at the same time as a witness heard a scream in the neighborhood and the sound of a car driving off. Gina has small white scars on her left shin. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fredericktown Police Department (Missouri) 1-573-783-3660 Or Your Local FBI http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=727561&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US

Details of Disappearance Brooks was last seen riding her ten-speed girls' bicycle in her hometown of Fredericktown, Missouri on August 5, 1989, between 10:00 and 10:30 p.m. She was on a way to a friend's house when she disappeared. A battered light gray, green or blue station wagon with Missouri license plates was seen in her vicinity at the same time two witnesses heard a scream of "help me!" in the neighborhood. A vehicle was heard driving away from the general location shortly afterwards. Brooks's bicycle was found abandoned on a residential lawn on High Street, five blocks from her home, later in the evening. There was no sign of Brooks and she has not been seen again. Three men were implicated in Brooks's disappearance in 1998. Nathan D. "Danny" Williams was charged with Brooks's murder in 1999. Investigators stated that Williams was identified by a witness as the man who was seated in the back of the station wagon with Brooks the night she was abducted. Witnesses also identified Bryant Squires as the driver of the station wagon; he has since died of cancer and AIDS-related complications. He allegedly made a deathbed statement to nurses implicating Williams and himself in Brooks's abduction and murder and in other crimes. Timothy R. Bellew, a friend of both Williams and Squires, was initially implicated in Brooks's disappearance as well. Bellew admitted he lied to Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) agents about the location of Brooks's remains. Bellew claimed Brooks was buried in an abandoned meat freezer on his father's 96-acre property, but extensive searches of the area through 2001 have not produced any evidence. Williams pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charge against him in 1999. Authorities believe that he was the person responsible for killing Brooks in 1989 by slitting her throat, and Squires and Bellew helped him cover up the crime. Both Williams and Bellew have records of sex offenses and other crimes. Bellew was charged with second-degree murder in Brooks's case. The murder charge against Bellew was dropped for lack of evidence in 1999, and he was charged instead with lying to investigators about where Brooks's body was buried. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. In 2003, the murder charge against Williams was also dropped. Authorities still believe the men were involved in Brooks's presumed murder, but stated there is not enough evidence to convict them at trial. Williams had also been charged in the 1975 murder of a young woman; that charge was also dropped for lack of evidence in 1998, ten days before the trial was set to begin. Williams is still in prison for an unrelated rape conviction. Brooks has never been located. Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: Madison County Sheriff's Office 314-783-6140 Last updated December 20, 2005; details of disappearance updated.

Other missing child cases in recent years ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 01/12/2007 UPDATE: at 5 p.m. Other prominent missing child cases in the St. Louis Metro Area in recent years include: Bianca Noel Piper, disappeared March 10, 2006. Bianca, 13, was let out of the car to walk about a mile to her home in Lincoln County near Foley — something a mental health professional had suggested and her mother had done before to let her calm down after a quarrel. She has not been seen since. Call the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office, 636-528-8546, with information. Cermen Lamount Toney Jr., disappeared Nov. 6, 2005. Cermen, 4, and his baby-sitter, 19-year-old Anquiaette M. Parker, who was eight months pregnant, were last seen in the State Park Place area near Collinsville. Call Illinois State Police, 618-346-3700, with information. Christian Ferguson, disappeared June 11, 2003. Christian, 9, was last seen in an SUV with his father, Dawan Ferguson. The father called 911 and told police that the SUV was stolen when he stopped to make a phone call at Skinker & Page. The vehicle was found two hours later, but Christian wasn’t inside. Call North Patrol detectives, 314-444-0072, with information. Shawn Hornbeck, disappeared October 6, 2002. Police announced that he was found on Jan. 12. Shawn was 11 at the time he disappeared. He had been last seen riding his bicycle about half a mile from his home in Richwoods, Mo., in Washington County. Call the Washington County Sheriff’s office, 573-438-5478, with information. Heather Kullorn, disappeared July 15, 1999. Heather, 12, was baby-sitting the infant daughter of family friends in Richmond Heights. The baby’s father said he came home to find the infant alone and Heather gone. Call Richmond Heights police, 314-645-3000, with information. Donna Jean Mezo, disappeared February 18, 1992. Donna, 16, was last seen near a fast-food restaurant in Belleville. Her boyfriend was questioned by police and took a lie-detector test, but was himself found dead a few months later. A suicide note was found with the body, but the gun he’d been shot with was in a nearby lake. Call 618-234-1212 with information. Arlin Henderson, disappeared July 25, 1991. Arlin, 11, went to ride his bicycle near his house in Lincoln County, near Ethlyn, Mo. He has not been seen since. In 2001, Joshua Spangler confessed to killing Arlin at the behest of two other men, pleaded guilty to murder and testified against them. He later recanted, admitted he made up the story and pleaded guilty to perjury. Call the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, 636-528-8546, with information. Gina Dawn Brooks, disappeared August 5, 1989. Gina, 13, was abducted by two men in a station wagon as she rode her bike near her home in Fredericktown, Mo. A murder charge was filed against Nathan D. "Danny" Williams, a convicted child rapist, in 2003, but it was dropped for lack of evidence. Call Fredericktown police, 573-783-3660, with information. Scott Allen Kleeschulte, disappeared June 8, 1988. Scott, 9, was last seen playing in the neighborhood near his home in St. Charles shortly before a thunderstorm. Call St. Charles police, 636-949-3300, with information. For more information, and photos of what these children may look like now, visit the website of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, at http://www.missingkids.com/ http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/46723C3A7C0E70E786257261006345F9?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2C%22donna%22+AND+%22mezo%22