Shelly Sue Turner, 38, 9-30-06 Dayton, OH (Arrest Made)

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Case of missing mother of two produces arrest

A man police describe as her boyfriend is accused in the death of Shelly Turner, whose body has not been found.

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Dayton resident Shelly Turner, shown with her sons Luke (left) and Jake. Turner disappeared in 2006.

11:45 PM Monday, April 20, 2009

DAYTON — Homicide detectives have arrested a 54-year-old man on charges of murder and felonious assault related to the 2006 disappearance of a 38-year-old mother.

Harold Barker was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury and arrested by Dayton police at 3:35 p.m. Friday, April 17, in the 2200 block of Wayne Avenue, according to police and county jail records.

Detectives believe Barker is responsible for the death of Shelly Sue Turner, who has been missing since 2006.

Her body has yet to be found, but Lt. Patrick Welsh said Monday, April 20, that investigators are “confident” she is dead.

Welsh said there is enough evidence to show “probable cause” that Barker was involved in Turner’s death, but he would not elaborate.

Barker is not cooperating with detectives, but Welsh said he hopes Barker will tell police — through his attorney — where Turner’s body is so her family can have closure.

Turner was last seen outside Shags Tavern, 1926 Smithville Road, in September 2006.

Barker, her boyfriend at the time, was with her at Shags Tavern, according to police.

Turner’s personal belongings, including her Ford Explorer, were found at her home, police said.

Barker told police a silver car pulled up outside the bar and someone yelled Turner’s name, according to a police incident report. Barker said Turner walked to the car, handed Barker his ring and left with a guy named “Bill,” according to the report.

Barker cooperated with police after Turner’s family reported her missing. He went to police headquarters and gave investigators a photo of Turner, according to police.

Barker, who also faces a felony charge of tampering with evidence, is expected to appear in court today, April 21, at 8:30 a.m.

Barker is the first person in the county since 1985 to be indicted on a charge of murder without the presence of a victim’s body, according to the county prosecutor’s office.

Welsh said dogged investigating by Detective Shirley Rockwell, along with homicide Detective Dan Hall led to Barker’s indictment and arrest.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/case-of-missing-mother-of-two-produces-arrest-88688.html

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should this be moved to new and unsolved murder cases?

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As long as she's still missing we cannot move the thread.

What a sad story, I pray Shelly is found.

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As long as she's still missing we cannot move the thread.

What a sad story, I pray Shelly is found.


I put the thread here but then didn't know if it was the proper place.

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Man arrested on charges related to 2006 homicide of mother

Monday, April 20, 2009, 12:08 PM

DAYTON - Homicide detectives have arrested a 54-year-old man on charges of murder and felonious assault related to the 2006 homicide of a 38-year-old mother.

Harold Barker was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury and arrested on Friday at 3:35 p.m. by officers in the 2200 block of Wayne Avenue, according to police and jail records.

Homicide detectives believe Barker is responsible for the death of Shelly Sue Turner who has been missing since 2006, according to police. Her body has yet to be found, but Lt. Patrick Welsh said Monday investigators are “confident” she is deceased.

Welsh said there is enough evidence to show “probable cause” that Barker was involved in Turner’s death, but would not elaborate. Barker is not cooperating with detectives, but Welsh said he hopes Barker will tell police through his attorney where Turner’s body is so her family can have closure.

Turner was last seen outside Shags Tavern, 1926 Smithville Road, in September of 2006. She is the mother of a young toddler, according to police. Barker was her boyfriend at the time and was with her at Shags Tavern, according to police.

Turner’s personal belongings were found at her home, including her Ford Explorer, police said.

Barker told police a silver car pulled up outside the bar and someone yelled Turner’s name, according to a police report. Barker said Turner walked over to the car, handed Barker his ring and left with a guy named “Bill,” the report stated.

Barker cooperated with police after Turner’s family reported her missing, according to a police report. He went to police headquarters and gave a photo of Turner, according to police.

Barker also faces a felony tampering with evidence charge. He is expected to appear in court on Tuesday, April 21 at 8:30 a.m.

Barker is the first person in the county to be indicted for murder without the presence of a victim’s body since 1985, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s office.

Welsh said dogged investigating by Det. Shirley Rockwell, along with homicide Det. Dan Hall led to the indictment and arrest of Barker.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/daytoncrime/entries/2009/04/20/man_arrested_on_charges_relate.html

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Local Man Charged With Murder Of Missing Girlfriend
Posted: 11:42 am EDT August 24, 2009

DAYTON, Ohio -- Nearly three years after she disappeared, the boyfriend of a missing woman will go on trial for her murder.

Investigators believe Harold Baker, 55, killed Shelly Turner in September of 2006.

They said Turner, 38, was last seen outside Shag's Tavern on Smithville Road.

Although her body has never beeb found, police say they are convinced that Turner is dead.

Prosecutors said it has been over two decades since Montgomery County has indicted someone on murder charges without a body.

Right now, police and prosecutors aren't saying what evidence they will present against Barker at trial.

http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=583407

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Missing woman: the murder trial of Harold Barker opens (http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/daytoncourts/entries/2009/08/24/dayton_it_has_been_1058.html)



August 24, 2009, 03:12 PM DAYTON —Â It has been 1,058 days since Shelly Sue Turner disappeared after last being seen with her boyfriend Harold Barker, assistant Montgomery County prosecutor Janna Huber told a jury Monday, Aug. 24.
“She was last seen with the defendant,” Huber during her opening statement. “She hasn’t been seen or heard from since.”


Barker, 55, is on trial this week on charges of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence. All charges deal with Turner’s disappearance. The trial, before Common Pleas Court Judge Barbara P. Gorman, started Monday.


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Turner, 38, was last seen outside Shags Tavern, 1926 Smithville Road, on September 30, 2006. Police say that Barker, her boyfriend at the time, was with her at Shags. Turner’s belongings, including her Ford Explorer, were found at her home. Her body was never found, but police have said they are certain she is dead.


Huber said Turner was a devoted mother of young children, as well as an adult daughter, who was not sad or depressed and was in good health. Her bank account has not been touched since just before her disappearance.


She left her apartment without her identification, with just the clothes she was wearing and “not even a single dollar,” Huber said. “None of Shelly’s belongings are missing.”


But assistant county public defender Mike Pentecost said, in a brief opening statement, that while there is ample evidence that Turner is missing, there is none that Barker had any role in her disappearance.
“Pay attention to what’s not there,” Pentecost told the jury. “The evidence is not going to be there.”


Barker initially cooperated with police after Turner’s family reported her missing. He told police that a silver car pulled up outside the bar and someone yelled Turner’s name, according to a police incident report. Barker said Turner walked to the car, handed Barker his ring and left with a guy named “Bill,” according to the report.


Huber told the jury that this was false story.


Barker, 55, was arrested by Dayton police on April 17, the same day he was indicted.
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Missing woman: Defendant said he would do ‘something bad’ before she disappeared

By Lou Grieco | Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 11:03 AM

DAYTON — A week before his girlfriend vanished, Harold Barker told a bartender that he was going to do something that would return him to prison, the bartender testified Tuesday, Aug. 25.

“I could tell that he was extremely agitated and upset,” said Monica Davis, a bartender at Shag’s Tavern. “He told me he was going to do something bad and he was going to go back to jail.”

Davis said that Barker and Shelly Sue Turner were regulars at the bar, and that they usually came in every weekend. But this was the only time she ever saw Barker in the bar without Turner. He did not specify what “bad” thing he was going to do, Davis said.

Barker, 55, is on trial this week on charges of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence. All charges deal with Turner’s disappearance. The trial, before Common Pleas Court Judge Barbara P. Gorman, started Monday.

Barker told police that he last saw Turner, 38, outside Shags Tavern, 1926 Smithville Road, on Sept. 30, 2006. Turner’s belongings, including her Ford Explorer, were found at her home. Her body was never found, but police have said they are certain she is dead.

Under cross examination, Davis said that Turner and Barker seemed happy together, and told her about a month earlier that they were engaged.

Assistant county public defender Mike Pentecost asked Davis about a police report, which quoted her as saying that Barker told her that he wasn’t upset with Turner. Davis said she did not tell police that, and that must have been a mistake.

Though she usually works Friday and Saturday nights at the bar, she was off Sept. 30, 2006, which was a Saturday, Davis said.

The bartender who filled in for her, Brittany Eads, and a regular customer, William Davis, both testified that they did not see Turner or Barker at the bar that night. Eads said she had never seen either one before, but that she recognized most of the customers that night. William Davis said that he had spoken to them briefly on previous occasions, but did not know them well.

Barker initially cooperated with police after Turner’s family reported her missing. He told police they were outside the bar when a silver car pulled up outside the bar and someone yelled Turner’s name, according to a police incident report. Barker said Turner walked to the car, handed Barker his ring and left with a guy named “Bill,” according to the report.

William Davis, who goes by Bill, testified that he did give a woman a ride from the bar that night, but it was not Turner.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/daytoncourts/entries/2009/08/25/missing_woman.html

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Dayton Daily News (Ohio)
August 26, 2009 Wednesday

Missing woman's friend testifies in murder trial;
Says Shelly Turner wanted to break up with man accused of killing her in 2006.

DAYTON - Shelly Sue Turner, missing since September 2006, had tired of her relationship with Harold Barker, a friend and coworker told a judge on Tuesday, Aug. 25.

"She just wanted to end it," Apache Page said.

Barker, 55, is on trial in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court this week on charges of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence, charges stemming from Turner's disappearance.

The trial, before Judge Barbara P. Gorman, began Monday.

Page and Turner worked together at Valley Thrift, 1717 Woodman Drive in Kettering, for about six months before Turner vanished Sept. 30, 2006.

During that time, Page testified, Barker used to come in and stand around, rarely speaking but watching Turner work.

"Did that strike you as strange?" asked Janna Huber, an assistant county prosecutor.

"Yes," Page said.

Page and Turner worked together on Sept. 30, but Turner did not come to work on Oct. 3 for her next scheduled shift. Barker, however, came in, Page said.

She said Barker told her he and Turner had fought and that Turner left with some guy named "Bill."

Barker told police he and Turner were outside Shag's Tavern, 1926 Smithville Road, when a silver car pulled up and someone yelled Turner's name, according to a police incident report.

According to the report, Barker told police that Turner walked to the car, handed Barker his ring and left with a guy named "Bill."

Page said Barker came back a few times and asked about whether she had heard from Turner. But he seemed more concerned about whether police had been to the store and what investigators were asking, Page said.

On Barker's final visit to the store, Page said, she asked him what ditch he left Turner in.

"He just gave me an overall strange look," Page said.

Barker never returned to the store after that, she said.
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WHIO Local News

No Body Found But Man Gets 28 Years To Life For Her Death
By Tom Michaels - September 9, 2009 3:36 PM DAYTON, Ohio
A man convicted of killing his girlfriend gets the max.

Shelly Sue Turner's body was never found after disappearing almost three years ago.

Harold Barker, who was seen leaving with Turner from her Morse Avenue home, was convicted in her death.

Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Barbara Gorman today took the 55-year-old Barker out of circulation for a long time, 28 years to life, the maximum allowed.
http://newstalkradiowhio.com/localnews/2009/09/no-body-found-but-man-gets-28.html