Scott Kleeschulte Abduction 6/08/88 MO
SCOTT KLEESCHULTE DOB: Apr 11, 1979 Missing: Jun 8, 1988 Age Now: 26 Sex: Male Race: White Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Height: 4'4" (132 cm) Weight: 60 lbs (27 kg) Missing From: ST. CHARLES MO United States Age Progressed Scott's photo is shown age-progressed to 24 years. He was last seen around 4:30 p.m. before a thunderstorm walking down Ken Drive towards West Adams. He has freckles across his nose, 3 little moles on his face and a small scar on his chin. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Charles Police Department (Missouri) - Missing Persons Unit - 1-314-949-3300 http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=709798&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US

Details of Disappearance Kleeschulte was last seen at approximately 4:30 p.m. in his hometown of St. Charles, Missouri. He was walking down Ken Drive towards West Adams at the time. A heavy thunderstorm affected the St. Charles area on the day of Kleeschulte's disappearance. A witness told authorities that Kleeschulte had been seen walking before the storm hit the neighborhood and afterwards. He has never been heard from again. Authorities searched numerous man-made tunnels and caves in the area and also dredged streams in an effort to locate Kleeschulte, but no evidence was produced. Some people believe that Kleeschulte drowned in a flash flood which affected the region after the massive storm, but authorities and his family members believe he was abducted. Investigators once thought that Kleeschulte's case was related to the 1991 Missouri disappearance of Charles Arlin Leon Henderson, but have since discarded that theory. Both boys' cases remain unsolved. Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: St. Charles Police Department 314-949-3300 http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/k/kleeschulte_scott.html

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. AdvertisementChristian 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

Posted on Thu, Feb. 01, 2007 Devlin investigation widens to Illinois case Photos appear to show boy with gun Associated Press ST. LOUIS - The investigation of child kidnapping suspect Michael Devlin has expanded, with authorities searching one of his previous homes and investigators in Illinois looking into a possible connection to the 2003 murder of a 7-year-old boy. Meanwhile, St. Louis television station KTVI showed photos it obtained, apparently of Shawn Hornbeck, one of two missing boys found Jan. 12 in Devlin's apartment in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood. One of the photos shows a boy pointing a handgun at the camera. Devlin, a 41-year-old pizzeria manager, faces kidnapping charges in two rural Missouri counties for the abductions of Shawn and 13-year-old Ben Ownby. Shawn, now 15, was 11 when he disappeared in 2002 from near his home in Richwoods. Ben vanished Jan. 8 in Beaufort. A police source confirmed Wednesday that investigators have searched another Kirkwood rental property, a house where Devlin lived before moving to the apartment where Shawn and Ben were found. Police wouldn't discuss the findings, but landlord Graciela Hartenbach said she was told nothing was found during the search on Tuesday. In addition to the kidnappings of Shawn and Ben, a special task force made up of federal, state and local police agencies is looking into whether Devlin could have played a role in at least three other unsolved missing child cases in rural areas of eastern Missouri. Charles "Arlin" Henderson disappeared in 1991 while riding his bike on a rural road in Moscow Mills. He was 11 at the time. Bianca Piper has been missing since March 10, 2005. The girl, then 14, was last seen walking on a gravel road near her home in Foley, Mo. And Scott Kleeschulte was 9 when he disappeared in 1988 in the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles. The investigation of Devlin has also crossed into Illinois. Livingston County Sheriff Robert McCarty said investigators are looking to see whether there is a possible link between Devlin and the unsolved 2003 killing of 7-year-old Dalton Mesarchik. Dalton was abducted from the front yard of his home in Streator, Ill., on March 26, 2003. A fisherman found his body in the Vermilion River the next day. Meanwhile, KTVI did not say how it obtained the photos that appear to be of Shawn, photos that the TV station said may have been taken inside Devlin's apartment. The boy isn't smiling in any of the photos. In one picture, the boy points a gun, a bandanna over much of his face and a ball cap tilted sideways. Another shows the same boy wearing the same bandanna and flashing a hand gesture. http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/16594614.htm