Post by LadyBlue on Feb 11, 2012 1:14:56 GMT -5
The mother of a murder victim, who now lives in Tennessee, says her daughter's remains have been found in California, more than 25 years after her murder.
16-year-old Chevy Wheeler was last seen in 1985. She's the victim of serial killers Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog. The two were also convicted of murdering several others over a 14-year period.
Today, sheriff deputies in Calavera Co., California said they found a partial skull and bones behind a home once owned by the Shermanatine family.
Wheeler's mother, Paula, says the sheriff's department called her saying the believe the bones belong to her daughter. Paula Wheeler now lives in Crossville.
Yesterday, officials say they also found the remains of another victim. They say they were led to the remains with a map Shermantine made while on death row in California.
Herzog was released on parole in 2010. Officials say he committed suicide last month.
www.wbir.com/news/article/205150/2/Crossville-woman-daughters-body-found-25-years-after-murder
16-year-old Chevy Wheeler was last seen in 1985. She's the victim of serial killers Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog. The two were also convicted of murdering several others over a 14-year period.
Today, sheriff deputies in Calavera Co., California said they found a partial skull and bones behind a home once owned by the Shermanatine family.
Wheeler's mother, Paula, says the sheriff's department called her saying the believe the bones belong to her daughter. Paula Wheeler now lives in Crossville.
Yesterday, officials say they also found the remains of another victim. They say they were led to the remains with a map Shermantine made while on death row in California.
Herzog was released on parole in 2010. Officials say he committed suicide last month.
www.wbir.com/news/article/205150/2/Crossville-woman-daughters-body-found-25-years-after-murder