Missing Woman: Cleashindra Hall--AR--05/09/1994

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CLEASHINDRA HALL

DOB: Mar 30, 1976
Missing: May 9, 1994
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Eyes: Brown
Race: Black
Age Now: 29
Sex: Female
Weight: 120 lbs (54 kg)
Hair: Black
Missing From:
PINE BLUFF
AR
United States

Cleashindra was last seen at approximately 10:30pm on May 9, 1994. She was wearing a two piece short set with navy blue stripes and polka dots, white cosk, and white tennis shoes. She has a surgical scar behind her right knee and one of her front teeth is slightly chipped.

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT

Arkansas Missing Children Services Program
Office of the Attorney General 323 Center St., Ste. 200 Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-1020 or 1-800-448-3014

OR the

Pine Bluff Police Department 501-543-5100

Print a poster: http://www.missingkids.com/missingki...archLang=en_US

Print a poster: http://www.projectjason.org/aan/AAN_CleashindraHall.pdf  

Family Website: http://www.arwar.org/Cleashindra_Hall.html

From the website:

"The circumstances of Clea's disappearance are suspicious. She was last seen by her employer, Dr.Larry Amos, who's office is located in his home at 5309 Faucet Road, Pine Bluff, AR. Clea called her mother at around 8pm too check in. She told her mom that she would call her when her shift was over so that her mother could pick her up. The call never came. Her mother phoned Larry Amos and was told that Clea left work at approximately 8:30pm when her ride arrived but he didn't see who she supposedly left with. She was not a troubled teen and all was well within the family. Clea was excited about her upcoming prom, graduation, and college. She was ranked number one in her class and was scheduled to give the commencement address at her graduation which was just a few weeks away. She is NOT a runaway.

It has been 10 years since her disappearance but her family has remained diligent in their search. Every month they publish her photograph in the local paper and plead for information. She is so loved and so very missed by her parents and brothers. It is so heart breaking that such a beautiful, intelligent, young woman is lost to us. It is not only a loss for this family but for the entire community. Clea deserves justice. Someone, some where knows where she is. Someone, somewhere has information that may help this grieving family. Someone, somewhere has the courage and the strength to come forward. Please contact us with ANY information, even if it seems trivial it could be a piece of the puzzle. Grant this family and community peace. We need your help."

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Pine Bluff remembers missing children


By Mark Friedman/OF THE COMMERCIAL STAFF
Monday, May 10, 1999 12:00 AM CDT

To Laurell Hall, Sunday felt like it did five years ago.



On May 9, 1994, her 18-year-old daughter, Cleashindra Hall, vanished from Pine Bluff. She was last seen at 5309 Faucett Road, where she did clerical work.

"It never gets any easier," Laurell Hall said. Hall said she often wonders if her daughter is hungry. And when it's cold outside, she wonders if her daughter is warm.

Hall said she hasn't given up hope of seeing her daughter again.

Two percent of long-term missing children are returned home, said Colleen Nick, whose 6-year-old daughter, Morgan, was kidnapped from a little league ball field in June 1995.


Nick said there is still a chance that her daughter and Cleashindra Hall will be in that 2 percent.

Hall recently became a part of Nick's organization called Team Hope, which counsels parents of missing children around the country.

"When your child is missing, there is a pain in your heart that nothing can take away," Nick said at a "Service of Hope" ceremony held at St. Peter's Rock Missionary Baptist Church Saturday.

During the ceremony, Laurell Hall played a video that showed snapshots of Cleashindra Hall from when she was an infant to the poster announcing her disappearance.

Cleashindra Hall, a senior honor student at Watson Chapel High School, was days away from graduating in May 1994.

Laurell Hall said she couldn't believe that nobody knew where her daughter is.

Pine Bluff Police Chief Brad King said the detectives will follow up any new leads. Anyone who has any information about Cleashindra Hall's disappearance is urged to call the Pine Bluff Police Department Detective Division at 870-543-5111.

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NICK'S MOTHER TALKS TO ONES REMEMBERING CLEASHINDRA HALL


By Marilyn K. James
Monday, May 8, 2000 12:00 AM CDT

SPECIAL TO THE COMMERCIAL


"How incredible it is that a person can disappear off the face of the Earth. How in the world do we function? We do. We believe everyday is a day we'll get them back. We truly believe in our hearts that our kids will come home," said Colleen Nick as she spoke at the candlelight prayer service commemorating the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of Cleashindra Hall.

With music playing softly, family, friends and supporters assembled at St. Peter's Rock Missionary Baptist Church Saturday to remember Miss Hall who mysteriously disappeared on May 9, 1994. She is the daughter of Willie and Laurell Hall of Pine Bluff.

"We're here to honor Cleashindra, this is the sixth anniversary of her missing," said Lt. Rick Pritzen,of the Pine Bluff Police Department, as he opened the prayer service.

Mrs. Hall, who began by thanking those in attendance, said, "In the sixth year since Clea has been missing, it seems our community has become complacent in thinking that children don't just disappear. Looking at the handful of people in attendance, it doesn't seem to be a priority in this community to come out and show support." Mrs. Hall said that until people realize that it could happen to them, they're in the dark. "I wish you could go to Alma to see what the community does for a child missing. Mrs. Hall said the sixth anniversary is Tuesday but thought more people would attend if it was held on Saturday.


She sang "While Riding Through the Storm."

Carol Robinson, who works in the state attorney general's office with the victim's assistance program said, "The strength of this family is what spurs us all on."

Robinson summarized a few of the programs available in the outreach division of her office. One, the crime victim's program, assists families of violent crimes. Robinson said they paid $2 million to those families last year. Another is missing and exploited children, which provides resources for parents and circulates photos of missing children. "We have to pass tougher laws, we have to pray about this and unite together," she said.

Nick, whose daughter, Morgan was abducted from a ballpark at Alma on June 9, 1995, said she came to support the Halls. "The Halls and I didn't find each other till Morgan was missing almost a year. I came to let them know I care. Sometimes you feel you are the only one; coming together is very empowering. I discovered when you break the isolation from losing a child, it breaks the ice for all of us."

"You need someone to care like you, but no one cares like you. I care like you do. I know what it feels like to not hug your child in the morning or tuck them in at night. There are a lot of empty seats here tonight but there are some who care," Nick said referring to those in attendance.

Nick said Mrs. Hall will be going to Washington to speak to the Justice Department about missing children. According to both Nick and Mrs. Hall, older missing children don't get the same resources as younger children. Mrs. Hall said because her daughter was 18 and considered an adult, certain resources were unavailable. "I had to call the FBI myself."

Nick encouraged the Pine Bluff Police Department and the community to not give up and to "make sure Clea has an opportunity to come home."

Also in attendance was Margaret McClain of Jonesboro, whose daughter Heidi Al-Omary was internationally abducted by her father and taken to Saudi Arabia. "With Mother's Day so close, I felt I had to be here to support Laurell."

As the lights were dimmed and the candles' flames lighted the room, the St. Peter's Rock Praise Team Dancers, adorned in white attire danced to ''We Shall Behold Him." Jillian Warren, a dancer and 11th-grader at Dollarway High School, said she remembers Cleashindra. "She was a member of the choir and youth department at the church."

Each member of the congregation was given a candle as the Rev. H.C. Curry, pastor, said "Right now for the Hall family it is dark, by holding up your lit candle you can make it brighter for them, with a lot of other candles, you can light up the world. That's why we're here tonight, to help them light up their world. When there is hope there is light, the more light the brighter it gets. God is the giver of light, with Him in our lives it gives us the ray of hope that will light up our lives."

As the service came to a close, people were directed to the rear parking area to observe the release of pink balloons with a picture of Cleashindra and contact information.

Mrs. Hall will be out distributing flyers and would gladly welcome help from the public. She is asking supporters to show their support by putting out pink bows.

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TIME IS NO HEALER FOR MISSING GIRL'S FAMILY


By Donna Loyd / Of the commercial staff
Thursday, May 10, 2001 12:00 AM CDT

Laurell Hall remembers the last time she saw her daughter, just like it was yesterday.



"I dropped her off at work. She didn't have a car, her purse, any money, ID, anything," she said of her 18-year old daughter, Cleashindra. The family called her "Clea."

That was May 9, 1994, seven years ago.

Mrs. Hall dropped Clea off at work at 5309 Faucett Road, where Clea did clerical work. Clea hasn't been seen or heard from since.

"It's hard to put it into words, Mrs. Hall said. "After seven years, it's hard to imagine that nobody seems to know where she is, or if they do, they won't come forward," she said.


"How can they live with themselves?" she asked.

Cleashindra Hall was two weeks away from her high school graduation. The weekend before she disappeared, she had attended her senior prom and a sorority dance. That Sunday had been Mother's Day, Mrs. Hall said, and Clea had given her a gift and card at church that day.

"Clea was funny," Mrs. Hall said. "She loved children. She was always trying to baby-sit for people. Her plan was to be a pediatrician."

Clea was "a typical teen-age girl," her mother said, who liked to talk on the phone and spend time with her friends. But she was also very involved in school and church activities.

"She liked music," Mrs. Hall said. Clea was in the school and church choirs as well as in the school band, Mrs. Hall said.

"She like to read. I guess that's why she was an honor student. If she didn't feel like doing anything, she would read."

So much has happened to the Hall family since Clea disappeared, Mrs. Hall said.

Both of Clea's grandmothers have died in that time. She now has a niece named after her middle name, "Denise."

Capt. Ivan Whitfield of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Pine Bluff Police Department, said Clea's disappearance is still "an open case," and he has been reviewing it, checking to see if anything else can be done.

"We're still looking at leads, and hoping for more information," Whitfield said.

In the past, the Hall family has held prayer vigils to remind the public about Clea's disappearance. But this year, they won't, Mrs. Hall said. The family will probably "just release some balloons from home," she said.

"We did the service to remember Clea, but also to remind people about all the children who are missing," Mrs. Hall said.

Mrs. Hall has joined with other parents to help each other through the experience.

She has worked on projects with Colleen Nick, mother of Morgan Nick, who disappeared six years ago in Alma, and who a stateside notification system is named for.

Both participated in the "Arbor of Hope" project, kicked off Tuesday in Little Rock. The project includes the names of 500 children missing from Arkansas.

This year, Mrs. Hall did a safety fair at a local discount store, reminding parents that the same thing can happen to them."One lady came up to me and said she thought Clea had been found," Mrs. Hall said.

"People have forgotten."


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COLD CASE: WHERE IS CLEASHINDRA HALL?



Continuing in our cold case series, nine years ago a Pine Bluff honor student was at her part-time job one minute—then gone in the next.

18-year-old Cleashindra Hall left no trace, no trail, but Pine Bluff police firmly believe someone murdered her. And despite never finding her body, the investigation continues today.

It is as if time stands still in one Pine Bluff neighborhood. Nine years later, pink bows on Cleashindra’s house hang as a now permanent fixture. Her family says they keep changing them out because they don’t want anyone to think that they have faded in their search for their “Clea.”

Cleashindra Denise Hall was 18 years old when she disappeared May 9, 1994 without a trace. An honor student at Watson Chapel High School, she was about to graduate and head to Memphis State University to pursue her dream of becoming a pediatrician.

Cleashindra’s mother, Laurell Hall, says knows someone must be out there that knows something about her daughter.

“There’s no way she could just vanish without someone knowing something, “ Hall said. “And you know people talk about closure all the time… we want more than closure, we want the truth… about what happened to Clea.”

Cleashindra’s mom says her daughter was last seen at the home and office of Doctor Larry Amos. She worked as a part-time clerk at the office and typically called her mom and asked for a ride around 8:30 at night. The night she disappeared—that call never came.

Throughout the years after her disappearance, Larry Amos has told police that he saw Cleashindra look out the window around 8:30 and then leave. He assumed her parents picked her up.

Sergeant Rowland Dorman was one of the first detectives involved. He says the case is one of the most difficult he’s dealt with because of the lack of evidence. He says he hasn’t ruled anyone out as a suspect and firmly believes someone Cleashindra knew murdered her.

Dorman said, "We'd love to see Cleashindra found, but at this point in time I do not believe she will be found alive."

Over the years, Dorman has followed hundreds of leads, issued search warrants, and even searched for her body in nearby woods. The first few years he said he would lay awake wondering what else he could do, where he hadn’t searched. He now says he’s done everything he can and hopes someone will come forward.

Cleashindra’s family hopes the numerous articles and ads will inspire someone who something to call police. They’ve spent over $16 thousand dollars putting their daughter’s picture in the paper, every month on the ninth.

It’s a never-ending campaign her family is willing to wage with the hope, that one day Cleashindra or her killer is found.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Cleashindra Hall, call Pine Bluff police at 1-870-543-5100.

You can remain anonymous. Police say this is a solvable case, if more people come forward.


Written By: Monika Rued, Web Producer
Created: 5/23/2003 9:24:22 PM
Updated: 5/23/2003 9:39:30 PM

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From: 411Gina.org
http://www.411Gina.org - $2 Million in Rewards Offered for Missing Persons

NEWS FLASH: THE $2 Million Dollar Story

$2 MILLION DOLLARS IN REWARDS for information leading to the recovery of or the arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for the disappearance of said missing person.

$100,000.00 REWARD EACH FOR 20 MISSING PERSONS FOR 20 DAYS, NOVEMBER 5th - 24th, 2006.

Twenty Missing Persons:

Christy Lynn Garrard
Missing from Boaz, AL
August 14, 1998

Jesse Florez
Missing from Phoenix, AZ
September 14, 2001

Cleashindra Denise Hall
Missing from Pine Bluff, AR
June 9, 1994

Lola Katherine Fry
Missing from Greenwood, IN
November 14, 1993

Harold Bradley Hensley
Missing from Plainfield, IN
January 11, 2006

Scott Michael Javins
Missing from Terre Haute, IN
May 24, 2002

Marilyn Renee McCown
Missing from Richmond, IN
July 22, 2001

Shannon Marie Sherrill
Missing from Thorntown, IN
October 5, 1986

Karen Jo Smith
Missing from Indianapolis, IN
December 27, 2000

Rayanne Turner
Missing from Indianapolis, IN
December 4, 1997

Heather Teague
Missing from Spottsville, KY
August 26, 1995

Reuben Bennett Blackwell II
Missing from Clinton, MD
May 6 1996

Kimberly Lawanda Carter
Missing from Kansas City, MO
July 5, 1984

Regina "Gina" Bos
Missing from Lincoln, NE
October 17, 2000

Jason Anthony Jolkowski
Missing from Omaha, NE
June 13, 2001

Danielle Nottingham
Missing from Princeton, NJ
January 11, 2003

Beatrice E. Elliott
Missing from Philadelphia, PA
March 14, 2005

William "Dean" Ponder
Missing from Spartan County, SC
August 28, 1993

Amos K. Mortier
Missing from Madison, WI
November 8, 2005

Alexis Patterson
Missing from Milwaukee, WI
May 3, 2002

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Today's THV - KTHV Little Rock

$100K Reward In Pine Bluff Missing Woman Case


"I wonder all the time where she is and what she's doing,” says Laurell Hall as she looks at an old picture of her daughter Cleashindra Hall. She was 18 at the time she disappeared from Pine Bluff in 1994. This year her family hoped to celebrate her 30th birthday with her.

“[It’s] sad when we've had different occasions and she's missing. Frustrating because we don't know where she is and we haven't had any clues," says Laurell.

But thanks to a cash reward offered by a Philadelphia victim’s rights advocate, new clues may be coming in to police.

"It was a surprise because I don't know him and I'm sure he doesn't know me," says Laurell.

Cleashindra is one of 20 missing people featured on the reward website. (Click on the link to right to see the site.) There's a $100,000 prize for a tip leading investigators to her.

"There is no way we could have come up with that kind of money and I'm sure the parents couldn't either," says Pine Bluff Police Lieutenant Bob Rawlinson. He says his department's been all over the south following leads in the case. He hopes the reward money can help solve the case.

"We really would like to bring closure to this for the family," he says.

Click here to watch the video.


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Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition

POLICE ASK FOR HELP IN PINE BLUFF WOMAN’S DISAPPEARANCE

Police are asking for help in solving the case of a Pine Bluff woman who has been missing for more than 11 years.



“This department is seeking information into the disappearance of Cleashindra Denise Hall,” Lt. Bob Rawlinson said. “All information will be vigorously explored and there is a substantial reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and indictment of anyone involved in Cleashindra’s disappearance.”

Cleashindra Hall was last seen on May 9, 1994, when she reportedly left a house where she had been working about 8:30 p.m.

“This case has been persistently examined and re-examined for the past 11 years and will continue to be open and actively investigated as leads develop in the future,” Rawlinson said. “Detectives have traveled throughout Arkansas as well as several Southern states in search of Cleashindra. Only when Cleashindra Hall is found and the reason for her disappearance revealed will closure come for the case, and most importantly for the family.”

He said the case was opened on the afternoon on May 10, 1994, when Laurell D. Hall contacted police and reported that her 18-year-old daughter did not return from work on May 9.

“On May 11, detectives met with Mr. and Mrs. Hall and then-Police Chief Joe Thomas,” Rawlinson said. “The meeting was to obtain background information on Cleashindra to assist in the investigation.”

The girl did clerical work for Dr. Larry Amos in his office, which is located in his home at 5309 Faucett Road, Rawlinson said.

He said Cleashindra was dropped off at the house between 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., and was wearing a navy blue and white two piece shorts set with large polka dots on the shorts and stripes on the blouse, white socks and tennis shoes, and had a white bow in her hair that was fixed in a short pony tail that day.

“Ms. Hall told detectives that Cleashindra called home shortly after 8 p.m. and asked if anyone had called for her,” Rawlinson said. “It was learned that Cleashindra did this each night and it was not out of the ordinary for her.”


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Jaleesha Hall, 5, cousin of Cleashindra Hall who disappeared May 1994, holds a candle during a prayer service held for her cousin at St. Peter's Rock Baptist Church Saturday evening.






If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.

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Geraldo Rivera is featuring the 2 Million Dollar Story on his show, Geraldo at Large. you can watch a video about Beatrice's recovery in the archive. Click on the 11/9 link. The other 19 missing persons are shown briefly. Here's the link:

Geraldo At Large - Video Archive

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Cleashindra Hall will be featured on the television program "Missing" [/hr]Cleashindra Hall will be featured on the television program "Missing" Episode M-416.

Visit USA Missing Homepage

The show will air the week of November 13, 2006, and in most areas, is shown on the following weekend.

Please check out which station airs the program in your area by visiting the following link.

Links to TV Stations airing "Missing"

Then check out the station's site (provided in the above link) for the exact day and time the show airs.

All the following adults and children will be featured on this episode.

Anthony Luzio, Andrew Slinkard, Sydney Slinkard, Nathan Slikard, Kamelia Spencer, Sujey Alvarez, William Hogan, Erica Hernandez, Ara Johnson, Alicia Hazel, Laroya Bray, Christopher Abeyta, Beatriz Rivera-Carcamo, Jacqueline Rivera-Carcamo, Sofia Lazarides, David Bertrand, Cleashindra Hall, Jeremy Grice, Briana Miles, Michael Burckley, Timmy Thompson, Tanja Hook, Jamie Barela, Victoria Cotton, Erica Fraysure, Graciela Delacruz, Emma Peterson, Kaitlyn Peterson.

The Weeks' featured cases on Television

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Cleashindra Hall - AR - 5/9/94

Pine Bluff Police Department was contacted today to determine the status of Cleashindra Halls case. Investigating Detective will call with information.

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No call back needed. This case is still open.

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Cleashindra Denise Hall





Above Images: Hall, circa 1994


Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: May 9, 1994 from Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: March 30, 1976
Age: 18 years old
Height and Weight: 5'8 - 5'9, 120 pounds

Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Hall has a surgical scar on the back of her right knee. One of her front teeth is slightly chipped. Her nickname is Clea. Hall's ears are pierced. She is right-handed and has a slender build.

Clothing/Jewelry Description: A white two-piece short set imprinted with large navy blue polka dots on the shorts and stripes on the blouse, white socks, white tennis shoes, small stud earrings, and a white bow-type ponytail holder pulling back her hair.


Details of Disappearance

Hall called her mother from her after-school job in the 3300 or 5300 block of Faucett Road in Pine Bluff, Arkansas at approximately 8:00 p.m. on May 9, 1994. Hall was employed by Dr. Larry Amos at the time, and did clerical work out of his home at that location.

Hall's family members normally gave her a ride home after her shift ended at 8:30 p.m. She told her mother that she would call again after she clocked out for the evening. Hall's mother fell asleep at their residence shortly after their conversation. She awoke at 1:00 a.m. and realized that her daughter had never called. Her mother telephoned Dr. Amos and was told that Hall departed at approximately 8:30 p.m. when her ride arrived. No one else had been scheduled to pick her up, however. Hall has never been heard from again. She did not have her purse, identification, any money, or access to a car when she vanished.

Authorities do not believe Hall left of her own accord. She got along well with her family, was ranked as the top student in her graduating high school class at Watson Chapel High School, and does not have a history of running away. Hall was also excited about her upcoming high school graduation ceremony, which took place two weeks after her disappearance. She was going to give the commencement address at her graduation a few weeks after her disappearance. She was planning to attend Memphis State University and dreamed of becoming a pediatrician.

Hall was active in school and church activities, including her school and church choirs and school band, at the time of her disappearance. She enjoys reading. Foul play is suspected in Hall's case; investigators believe she was probably murdered by someone she knew and trusted. Her case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Pine Bluff Police Department
870-543-5111
OR
870-543-5112
OR
501-543-5100

Print a poster: http://www.projectjason.org/aan/AAN_CleashindraHall.pdf