On Friday October 17, 1975 in Springfield, Missouri 9 year old Shirley Jane Rose walked home from her Grandparents home on S West St. to her home on Scenic between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. A path that she had taken many times without any problems. But when the 9 year old never made it home her family got worried. Her mother then called the Springfield police and there was an intense search for the young girl by police, citizens, family, and friends.
Witnesses reported that they saw her speaking with a man in a blue 1969/1970 Chevy or a 72 Ford Torino. Neither were confirmed.Later she was supposedly reported on the same street, but the car was not there.
On Saturday December 13, 1975 two months after Shirley disappeared two men looking for beaver dams a mile below McDaniel Lake found a shallow grave. Inside was the body of Shirley Jane Rose. She had been strangled to death, the shirt used to strangle her was still tied around her neck.
In 1982 Judge Clough revealed some information he had acquired about the case he had gotten from a client when he was an attorney. He could not reveal who it was, but hopes they would come forward. His client had told him he had kidnapped the girl in hopes of trading her for drugs or drug money. The search for the girl came too soon and intense it caused him to panic and decide to kill her. He brought her to her grave, made her watch and let her know she was going to die. He then strangled the girl to death and buried her. There was more than one person involved.
SOURCES:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14538840/shirley_jane_rose_murder/
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2018/10/17/springfield-police-ask-tips-1975-kidnapping-murder/1669484002/
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2018/10/17/springfield-police-ask-tips-1975-kidnapping-murder/1669484002/
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