A Texas A&M University student who had been feared murdered after disappearing nearly seven years ago has been found alive and working in Kentucky, according to authorities.
Brandi Stahr went missing in October 1998, and police spent hours searching for her body in wooded areas. They questioned a serial rapist and murderer about her just hours before he was executed last year.
But a telephone tip led investigators to Florence, Ky., where Stahr has been working for the last five years at a Sam's Club, said Texas Ranger Frank Malinak.
"We thought we were dealing with a missing persons case," Malinak said. "But, in actuality, we were dealing with a person who did not want to be found and was in hiding."
Stahr, 27, hid from her family after she and her mother, Ann Dickenson, got into an argument over bad grades she received during her sophomore year and her family stopped paying for school.
For the last five years, Stahr worked under her real name, using her Social Security number. But police said they were unable to locate her that way because they don't have access to IRS records.
Dickenson and Stahr haven't reunited yet, but have talked on the phone. Stahr told her sister the family should not bother visiting, but her mother said nothing will stop her.
"We're going. I'm going. Even if I have to sit out in a (Sam's Club) parking lot to see her," Dickenson said.
Although Stahr committed no crime in her disappearance, investigators spent a lot of money and time looking for her, Malinak said.
"The responsible thing to do would have been to let someone know you're OK," Malinak said. "There are going to be people expending man-hours and effort, trying to find a missing person."
I'd say this was the best news a family could have after fearing their loved one was dead. Glad she is alive and well, but sad that there is no relationship between a mother and her child. The tears she has cried and no remorse sounds like from her own child. I hope they can forgive one another and make up for lost time.
What a great story.
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HOW'S THAT HOPE AND CHANGE WORKING OUT FOR YA ??????
If that was my kid, I would be geting fired up when I seen her.
Apparently some thing bad enough happened between them for the child to react that way, sounds a bit more than money but you never know. She has chosen to not talk to her mother for a long time and didn't care if her mom knew she was alive or not. Of Course that is between them, if I chose not to talk to my parents and just move off that is my perogative.
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
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