Laurie Jean Depies - Missing from Menasha, WI since Aug 17, 1992

[The Kitchen Guy]

This is one of those cases that has stuck with me since the first time I heard about her disappearance. I have no idea why she has stuck in my mind but all these years later, I am still bothered by her disappearance.

http://www.missingpersons.doj.wi.gov/missingkids/laurie.jpg http://www.missingpersons.doj.wi.gov/missingkids/laurieA.jpg
Laurie as she appeared in 1992. Laurie as she might have appeared at age 32

DOB: September 17, 1971
Missing: August 19, 1992
Age Now: 36 years
Sex: Female
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 115 lbs
Missing From: MENASHA, WI

In January, 1995, according to the Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal, Larry D. Hall, a janitor from Wabash, Indiana, was being held in an Illinois jail in the kidnapping of Jessica Roach, a 15-year-old Illinois girl who was later killed. Her decomposed body, which had been mutilated by a combine, was found in Indiana. Hall's rather gruesome diary included details of young women he had abducted. Hall was also an enthusiast of Civil War re-enactments, and such a reenactment had occurred in Kaukauna, near Menasha, at the time of Laurie's disappearance. There were details of Laurie's disappearance in the diary, according to the report.

Link (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4207/is_19950120/ai_n10181856/pg_1).

The January 23, 1995 issue of the Sentinel-Journal continued the story.

The Civil War re-enactment took place Aug. 15 and 16, 1992, at the Grignon Mansion in Kaukauna, 10 miles from the site of the disappearance.

Hall's brother denied that he was in the area on that date. "Larry has never been at any kind of re-enactment in Wisconsin. I was talking about Wisconsin with my mother just this morning. She said the last time Larry was in Wisconsin was when he was 4 years old."

Link (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4208/is_19950123/ai_n10182290).

Hall was tried and convicted for the Roach kidnapping and murder, but the decision was later overturned on appeal. A jury at his second trial convicted him of the crime. Citation (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=7th&navby=case&no=952994).

Hall was never charged with Laurie Depies' disappearance and the case remains unsolved.

Hall was also a suspect in the disappearance of Tricia Lynn Reitler (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/reitler_tricia.html), a freshman at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana in 1993. She was last seen at approximately 8:00 p.m. on March 29, 1993. Reitler walked to Marsh Supermarket, which was approximately one-half mile from the university's campus. Reitler purchased a soda and left the store, intent on returning to her dormitory in Bowman Hall. She never made it there and has never been seen or heard from again.

While there was circumstantial evidence in Hall's possession, he was never charged with the Reitler disappearance. Several items of Reitler's clothing were found at a nearby school, but her body has never been located.

If Hall was involved in the disappearance of Laurie Depies and Tricia Lynn Reitler, he was very good at disposing of evidence.

Where is Laurie? Where is Tricia? I do not know, and I also do not know why this bothers me so much.

There is a website for Laurie Depies (http://www.lauriedepies.com/), but it has not been updated since June, 2005.

[packy]

How creepy that he had details in a diary, some names and also places of work etc. I wonder what time frame his diary covered. Also there is a Larry Hall that helped cover a murder and knew a Jeremy Scott that may be involved in another murder in which a husband of the victim has been convicted. I wonder if it is the same Larry Hall. But I haven't tried to research it.

Another link about the case you brought here. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4207/is_19950120/ai_n10181856

[The Kitchen Guy]

That article is the one that I linked in my post, it's from the Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal in January, 1995, as is the other one.

I'm sorry you can't get to the circuit court citation without joining. I was able to get to it last night, I suppose through a back door. It was distressing to see the circus court overturned the first conviction but in another source, I found he had been convicted in a second trial.

He was a busy boy, but without bodies, there's nothing more than circumstantial evidence against him, I guess.

[Jrenee]

Such a sad story, I am so glad I found this wonderful place. Where you can still read and remember all those murdered and missing.

It is untelling how many this one killed....

[dojewo]

That article is the one that I linked in my post, it's from the Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal in January, 1995, as is the other one.

I'm sorry you can't get to the circuit court citation without joining. I was able to get to it last night, I suppose through a back door. It was distressing to see the circus court overturned the first conviction but in another source, I found he had been convicted in a second trial.

He was a busy boy, but without bodies, there's nothing more than circumstantial evidence against him, I guess.
Is this the circuit court site you are looking for?


http://wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl

[The Kitchen Guy]

Finding Body Raises Hope of Closing Missing-Person Case

Updated: Nov 28, 2008 06:59 PM

Link: WBAY-TV Green Bay, Wisconsin (http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=9428042)

By Emily Matesic

The investigation after the discovery of human remains in southern Brown County will now move to Madison.

Hunters found a skeleton partially buried in a field just off county highways Z and NN in the Town of Morrison earlier this week.

We're told on Monday the remains will be transported to the State Crime Lab for examination.

Investigators hope the discovery will bring closure to some family. There are several high-profile cases of people missing in Northeast Wisconsin for more than five years.

There are Yvone Rickman and Areerat Chuprevich missing from Brown County, Cheryl Spaeth missing from Manitowoc County, Carol Jean Pierce from Door County, and Laurie Depies from Winnebago County.

It's inevitable that the discovery of human remains in a field in Brown County will bring local missing persons cases to the forefront of discussion. In fact, the father of Amber Wilde, a U.W.-Green Bay student who disappeared ten years ago, tells us this week's find was the topic of discussion at Thanksgiving dinner.

"You always get a big lump in your throat and you get goose bumps," Steve Wilde said.

But Mr. Wilde tells us after an extensive search of a field just outside of Wittenberg last December turned up no sign of his daughter, it's hard for him to get excited about what was found this week.

"You'd rather be excited when they call you and tell you they found it and it is your daughter versus getting excited that maybe it's your daughter and being depressed when it's not."

Like Amber's father, investigators at the Brown County Sheriff's Department try not to get too excited about solving old cases when remains are found, but they would like to put an end to the suffering of at least one family who is missing a loved one.

"Some of the cases we've got open, one is eight years old and the other is a couple years old, and we'd like to bring resolution to those cases and closure to the families," Lieutenant Ken White said.

According to investigators, that closure could take some time since they have no idea at this time of whose remains they found.

[The Kitchen Guy]

Families Anticipate ID of Skeleton Found

Link: WISN-TV Milwaukee (http://www.wisn.com/news/18166303/detail.html)

WEST BEND, Wis. -- A discovery of a human skeleton laying in a shallow grave in Brown County leaves one family hopeful.

Ten years ago, 19-year-old Amber Wilde disappeared. She was four months pregnant and was a pre-med student at the University of Wisconsin -- Green Bay. Her car turned up one week later, but there were no further clues that explained what happened to the woman.

“Every time this happens we say ‘ please, is it me?’ Last night I picked up Amber's picture and I said 'is that you out there?'” said Jane Wilde, who is Amber’s grandmother.

Hunters discovered the skeleton Wednesday afternoon. It was found near the intersection of Highway Z and Highway NN in town of Morrison in Brown County, just north of the Manitowoc County line. It was discovered in a swampy area that is now frozen.

There have been two unsolved cases of young women that were last seen within 30 miles of the skeleton site.

The remains will be transported to a forensic anthropologist in Madison on Monday.

Six years later flyers of Amber’s disappearance are still hung in Wilde’s front lawn.

However, she said she can’t get her hopes up.

“You hope that something will come of this for some family. It would be wonderful if it's our family, but, Laurie Depies has been missing longer,” she said.

Depies, 21, disappeared six years before Amber Wilde. She vanished after leaving work at the Fox Valley Mall.

Wilde remembers Depies’ disappearance vividly.

“I worked at a convenience store in town, and I still remember getting Laurie’s flier and putting it in the window at the gas station,” she said.

Wilde said she is praying for a quick identification of the remains so that one family, maybe hers, can get some closure and lay the mystery of their disappearance to rest.

“Gosh, what a Christmas present that would be for somebody this time of the year now,” she said.

[Nut44x4]

Remains are those of Areerat Chuprevich
http://www.htrnews.com/article/20081203/GPG0101/81203020/1978

[Grande]

Catch lauries abductor on August 3rd, 2009 9:17 pm

That day laurie had an argument with Adam from the gap, in the food court , he told her to dump her boy friend whom she bought a ring for just moments before. Adam told Laurie she would be more pleased with him. - the language user was far more graphic. Adam had plans to meet others at the mills apartments at 9:15 that night but showed at 11:00 and was shaking - making off the wall comments - he drew a picture of two persons having sex - and some form of stabbing - the local police still have the drawing on file today - just ask them ! Adam has a criminal record, was in rawhide boys ranch, has confided to as many as 3 persons that he was responsible for Laurie’s disapearing - threatened people from that party - claimed he was a serial killer - and threatened numerous persons that bare witness to his evidence trail . - this is only the tip of the Iceberg - the da had several items to charge Adam with - but not murder - Adam disposed of his car and many other things - who do you think did it ? Check the public records - call the pd and get the data - it should be fairly clear

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[Grande]

The data is showing up on August 7th, 2009 8:53 pm

Nice, already found some public records to support some of those accounts, check the web link . What else do you have ? Can anyone else help to track what happened at that time or any of the people ?

I assume of corse that the Adam in question is Adam Cline.

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