Woman Helps Solve ’93 Missing Person Case By Turning In Her Husband
September 28, 2010 at 2:16 pm by MorbidPITTSBURGH – Bittersweet news for the friends and family of Laura Thompson, the 15-year-old single mother who went missing back in ’93. Thompson was last seen by her parents getting into a car with some men to go play cards and she was never heard from or seen since — most assuming she had simply run away. She is still listed on National Center for Missing and Exploited Children website along with an age progressed photo, but it is looking like she has been found. Two months ago, Shannon Marshall went to police and informed them that Thompson was dead. She had been raped and murdered and she had been present when her soon-to-be ex-husband, 39-year-old Joseph Marshall Jr., dug up her body back in ’93. She also claimed another man, 38-year-old Sean McDonough, was also involved and had been the one who raped the girl before she was murdered. Marshall helped police with their investigation into her claims, wearing a wiretap for a month, and on Monday both men were in police custody charged with murder. Police have not located Thompson’s remains, but say they are pretty sure they know the location. They are bringing in cadaver dogs and a dig team to help locate them.
Tags: Cold Case, Murder, Mystery, Pittsburgh, Rape, runaway
























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