Jan 24, 2007 3:24 pm US/Central
Body Identified As Missing Dallas Woman
Steve Pickett
Reporting
(CBS 11 News) MESQUITE A missing person investigation in Dallas is now a homicide investigation for the Mesquite Police Department.
Authorities have found the body of Dallas business owner Sabrina Barr in an abandoned house. The 37-year-old mother of two disappeared in October. She owned and operated two tattoo salons in Dallas, and was last seen near a truck transport center in the 9700 block of Military Parkway.
When police connected the identity of the body to Barr, it ended three months of hoping, praying and wishing by her mother. "I was hopeful," said Barr's mother, Lois Chiles. "I thought maybe she had been somewhere with amnesia. Sooner or later, someone would call and say, 'We have Sabrina Barr over here in the hospital.'"
The family now wants the killer identified.
Barr's sister, Shanta Straughter, says that the family pleaded with authorities to view her as a person in danger, not just a missing person. "I couldn't get the detectives to be cooperative with me. The response was, she's an adult, and we'll just have to wait and see," Straughter said.
Police now believe that Barr's disappearance may involve people who know her well. Lt. Steve Callarman with the Mesquite Police Department said, "Our investigators are working with the (Dallas) investigators who already built a substantial case, because the circumstances around her disappearance suggested foul play."
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