Find Our Missing - Episode 5 - Evelyn Shelton & Alexis Patterson

 
Evelyn Shelton - 44 year old woman - Spartanburg, SC - missing since May 21, 2011

Evelyn was a kind woman who was the oldest of three children. She was a devoted sister and great friend. However, Evelyn had a problem with holding down a job and a troubled love life. At the age of 29, she was divorced. Evelyn met a man named Stacy Dickinson and she remarried. Evelyn soon fell ill and had to give up her job as a clerk at an insurance firm. She was on disability for over a year. This caused Stacy stress and their marriage was struggling. Evelyn began to get better and was soon back to feeling herself again. She joined a new church and met a man who was married and began an affair. Stacy found out about it and soon divorced Evelyn. Evelyn was heartbroken and left with money problems. She was going to lose her home and decided to take in a roommate. Lori Edwards moved in but Evelyn still had money problems. They later moved into an apartment. Lori saw Evelyn often because they both had an active church life.

Evelyn was known to enjoy male attention and had it often. Sadly though, it was always married men. Evelyn be-friended a man by the name of Johnny Sanders who went to the same church as Evelyn. Friends said that Johnny had an interest in Evelyn and they dated but soon broke up. Evelyn borrowed money from Johnny and they spent lots of time together.

On May 20th of 2011, Evelyn told her roommate that she was going to Johnny's house for bible study on a Saturday night. Evelyn called her cousin on the way to Johnny's house to chit chat. Her cousin advised her not to go there because she was leading Johnny on to think she was in love with him. Evelyn didn't listen and went to Johnny's house.

Lori knew something was wrong on May 21st when Evelyn didn't come home. She then called Tim (Evelyn's brother). Tim went to the police on May 22nd to file a missing persons report. Lori told police where Evelyn went that night and police then arranged to meet with Johnny Sanders. Johnny was sweating and looked sick when the police came to the boarding house where he lived to question him. He told police that Evelyn was reading and got a text message and suddenly said that she had to leave. She was in a hurry, grabbed her things and left. That was the last time Johnny Sanders heard from Evelyn. The police were not sure that Sanders was telling the true. They went to Johnny's apartment to bring him in for a polygraph test. They got to the boarding house and Johnny looks asleep on the bed. As they tried to wake him, they realized that Johnny was dead! The key person in this case has die due to complication with his heart. Johnny was a recovering addict and had diabetes. Apparently, it was just simply his time. Later that week, Evelyn's car was found three block away from Johnny's apartment with an empty gas tank. Then a man who  Evelyn had a planned date with the night after she went missing, found her wallet in a drain pipe not far from where her car was found. Her ID, credit cards and check book were wet but still in tack. Perhaps her disappearance had something to do with the relationships that she had with married men. No one knows what really happened. Evelyn Shelton's case is open and active. However, there have been no leads in the case since she disappeared on May 20, 2011.

If you have any tips on the disappearance  of Evelyn Shelton, please contact the Spartanburg Police department at (864) 596-2376


Alexis Patterson - 7 year old girl -  Milwaukee, Wisconsin - missing since May 2,

Alexis was a bright 7 year old girl who lived with her mother, Iyannaha Patterson and her stepfather Leron. Iyannaha was a single mother at the age of 16. Kenya Campbell was the father of Alexis and he was always in and out of prison. Iyannaha raised Alexis well and took very good care of her. She later met Leron and the two were married. Leron had a son who came to live with family. One May 2, 2002, Alexis wanted to bring snacks to her second grade class at Hi Mount Elementary school. Iyannaha told Alexis to finish her homework the night before. The homework was complete so Iyannaha told Alexis that she could not bring the snacks to school. Alexis was upset but left for school. At 3:00pm on May 2nd Iyannaha said that Alexis never made it home. She asked other children who had gotten off the bus if they had seen Alexis and they all said no. Iyannaha then went to Hi Mount to ask if the teacher knew where Alexis was. the school said that she never arrived at school that day. Iyannaha was in a state of panic! She rushed home to call the police and report Alexis missing. Day after day the police combed the area. The FBI was called out to assist on day five of the search. But there were no leads. The police began to turn to the family for answers. Iyannaha and Leron took polygraph text and questioned. Leron didn't pass the test but Iyannaha did. Rumors began to surface about the case. Kenya Campbell (who was in jail at the time) said that word on the street was that Leron was involved in drugs and Alexis was caught up in "grown folks business".

This is a very common situation when drug trafficking is involved. Children and adults are kidnapped and murdered all the time over drug debits. Leron admitted to having a drug problem. Leron had served time in prison for drug trafficking and robbery. I fact, her was involved in a deadly shooting of a police officer but only served two years in prison because he testified against his partner who was the trigger man.

Years later they have been no leads in the case. Iyannaha and Leron were divorced because she felt that he was hiding information from her. This is a very sad case because this family is deeply hurting for closure.

If you have any tips or information about Alexis Patterson, please contact the Milwaukee Police department at: (414) 935-7263

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/alexis-s.-patterson