Angeles Hernandez, 22, of Monett, was found dead on April 6 in Verona. The death is under investigation as a homicide.
Mrs. Hernandez was born August 2, 1978, in Mexico. She was employed at Tyson Foods in Monett and was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Monett.
Survivors include one daughter, Sara Reyes Hernandez of Aurora; her parents, Jose Hernandez of Mexico and Marla Samudio of Monett; and five sisters, Jessica Hernandez, Lourdes Hernandez, Rosalinda Hernandez, and Magdalena Hernandez, all of Monett, and Guadalupe Hernandez of Purdy.
Services will be 10 a.m. tomorrow, April 11, at Buchanan Chapel in Monett with Father Allan Saunders officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery near Monett under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Home of Monett.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today, April 11, at the funeral home.
2000 Homicide of Angeles Hernandez reviewed in Lawrence County Cold Cases
ANGELES HERNANDEZ
Special to The Monett Times
Published August 13, 2007 4:00 PM CDT
New information sought in the case
Date: February 26, 2000
Victim: Angeles Hernandez, Hispanic female
Address: 609 Eighth Street, Monett
D.O.B.: August 2, 1978
Case: Homicide
Law enforcement officials have followed over 400 leads in trying to determine who killed Angeles Hernandez in the early morning hours of February 26, 2000, but so far, those leads have not revealed the identity of her killer, nor any possible motive for her slaying.
According to records from the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department, the 21-year-old Hispanic woman is known to have left her home at 609 Eighth Street in Monett shortly after 1:21 a.m., February 26, 2000. Hernandez reportedly finished her shift at Tyson Foods in Monett and went home. For reasons unknown, she left in her car at about 2 a.m.
Her dark gray 1988 Ford Thunderbird was found by a patrolling sheriff's deputy at 2:41 a.m., abandoned along the side of the road, three-quarters of a mile south of the intersection of Missouri Highway 39 and P Highway. According to previously published reports, the car had apparently skidded on a curve in the road and into a ditch.
The deputy recalled in his report the scent of her perfume lingering in the empty vehicle as he checked for its occupant, indicating that the vehicle had not been there for more than a few minutes.
But the whereabouts of Angeles Hernandez remained a mystery. Her then-five-year-old daughter went to live with relatives, not knowing the fate of her mother.
It was about a year later, April 6, 2001, that Paul Reidel, 18686 Highway P, called the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office to report finding what he believed to be human skeletal remains in his field, located behind the ADF plant in Verona. Reports indicate that detectives arriving at the scene were given a wallet, also found by Reidel, which contained the identification of Angeles Hernandez. In addition, jewelry that had been described as belonging to the victim was retrieved at the scene.
"We don't know if she left her vehicle and was trying to get somewhere or what exactly happened," said Detective Roger Kerr of the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department. "We do know that the pathologist said that she did not die a 'normal' death."
Kerr said that there was no evidence of a struggle at the scene, which to him, indicated that she knew her attacker, or that she might have been trying to get to shelter after her car broke down.
Officers even obtained blood samples from the parents of Hernandez for DNA comparison.
"Her father was living in Durango, Mexico, at the time," Kerr noted. "So investigators went to some trouble to get those samples."
In the months following the discovery of the skeletal remains, several leads came in to law enforcement officials, but again, the trail turned cold.
According to published reports, law enforcement officials had by that time followed some 280 leads in the case and had determined through interviews with family, friends and co-workers, that Hernandez would "not have gone of her own free will."
Over the next year, tidbits of information would continue to trickle in to the Sheriff's Department, only to lead to disappointment and frustration for officers unable to obtain enough evidence for an arrest.
"She had no known enemies," Kerr said. "She reportedly had no recent disagreements at the time of her disappearance."
Officials were able to reconstruct many of the details of the evening Hernandez disappeared, and were able to determine a possible motive and the exact cause of death. But her killer remains at large.
According to Lawrence County Sheriff's reports, a suspect, Jason Musgrove, was arrested in California on charges unrelated to the Hernandez death. At the time of her disappearance, he had been renting a farmhouse at 17449 Lawrence 1155 and Highway 39, close to where her vehicle was discovered. At the time of his apprehension, Musgrove had cut off his long blond hair and was living under a false name.
Local officers went to California to interview Musgrove, but nothing conclusive came from his statement. Musgrove's status is presently unknown.
"There were over 400 leads in this case," Kerr said. "And for a full month after her body was found, we had four or five people working on this case full time. I can't even begin to estimate the number of man-hours we put into investigating this crime.
"But despite the number of leads we followed up on, the bottom line is that none of them have ever led to the arrest of a suspect," he continued. "While we still have persons of interest in this case, we need more evidence, more information, to determine exactly what happened and who is responsible."
Due to time and geographical issues, the Hernandez family is no longer in contact with the Sheriff's Department seeking out answers in the disappearance and death of Angeles.
"As the leads dropped off and no further progress was made, they stopped contacting the department," Kerr said. "But I'm sure, even now, that they would like to know who killed Angeles, and why. They would like to see justice for Angeles."
Anyone having information on this case may call Kerr at 417- 466-2131.
Mrs. Hernandez was born August 2, 1978, in Mexico. She was employed at Tyson Foods in Monett and was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Monett.
Survivors include one daughter, Sara Reyes Hernandez of Aurora; her parents, Jose Hernandez of Mexico and Marla Samudio of Monett; and five sisters, Jessica Hernandez, Lourdes Hernandez, Rosalinda Hernandez, and Magdalena Hernandez, all of Monett, and Guadalupe Hernandez of Purdy.
Services will be 10 a.m. tomorrow, April 11, at Buchanan Chapel in Monett with Father Allan Saunders officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery near Monett under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Home of Monett.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today, April 11, at the funeral home.
2000 Homicide of Angeles Hernandez reviewed in Lawrence County Cold Cases
ANGELES HERNANDEZ
Special to The Monett Times
Published August 13, 2007 4:00 PM CDT
New information sought in the case
Date: February 26, 2000
Victim: Angeles Hernandez, Hispanic female
Address: 609 Eighth Street, Monett
D.O.B.: August 2, 1978
Case: Homicide
Law enforcement officials have followed over 400 leads in trying to determine who killed Angeles Hernandez in the early morning hours of February 26, 2000, but so far, those leads have not revealed the identity of her killer, nor any possible motive for her slaying.
According to records from the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department, the 21-year-old Hispanic woman is known to have left her home at 609 Eighth Street in Monett shortly after 1:21 a.m., February 26, 2000. Hernandez reportedly finished her shift at Tyson Foods in Monett and went home. For reasons unknown, she left in her car at about 2 a.m.
Her dark gray 1988 Ford Thunderbird was found by a patrolling sheriff's deputy at 2:41 a.m., abandoned along the side of the road, three-quarters of a mile south of the intersection of Missouri Highway 39 and P Highway. According to previously published reports, the car had apparently skidded on a curve in the road and into a ditch.
The deputy recalled in his report the scent of her perfume lingering in the empty vehicle as he checked for its occupant, indicating that the vehicle had not been there for more than a few minutes.
But the whereabouts of Angeles Hernandez remained a mystery. Her then-five-year-old daughter went to live with relatives, not knowing the fate of her mother.
It was about a year later, April 6, 2001, that Paul Reidel, 18686 Highway P, called the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office to report finding what he believed to be human skeletal remains in his field, located behind the ADF plant in Verona. Reports indicate that detectives arriving at the scene were given a wallet, also found by Reidel, which contained the identification of Angeles Hernandez. In addition, jewelry that had been described as belonging to the victim was retrieved at the scene.
"We don't know if she left her vehicle and was trying to get somewhere or what exactly happened," said Detective Roger Kerr of the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department. "We do know that the pathologist said that she did not die a 'normal' death."
Kerr said that there was no evidence of a struggle at the scene, which to him, indicated that she knew her attacker, or that she might have been trying to get to shelter after her car broke down.
Officers even obtained blood samples from the parents of Hernandez for DNA comparison.
"Her father was living in Durango, Mexico, at the time," Kerr noted. "So investigators went to some trouble to get those samples."
In the months following the discovery of the skeletal remains, several leads came in to law enforcement officials, but again, the trail turned cold.
According to published reports, law enforcement officials had by that time followed some 280 leads in the case and had determined through interviews with family, friends and co-workers, that Hernandez would "not have gone of her own free will."
Over the next year, tidbits of information would continue to trickle in to the Sheriff's Department, only to lead to disappointment and frustration for officers unable to obtain enough evidence for an arrest.
"She had no known enemies," Kerr said. "She reportedly had no recent disagreements at the time of her disappearance."
Officials were able to reconstruct many of the details of the evening Hernandez disappeared, and were able to determine a possible motive and the exact cause of death. But her killer remains at large.
According to Lawrence County Sheriff's reports, a suspect, Jason Musgrove, was arrested in California on charges unrelated to the Hernandez death. At the time of her disappearance, he had been renting a farmhouse at 17449 Lawrence 1155 and Highway 39, close to where her vehicle was discovered. At the time of his apprehension, Musgrove had cut off his long blond hair and was living under a false name.
Local officers went to California to interview Musgrove, but nothing conclusive came from his statement. Musgrove's status is presently unknown.
"There were over 400 leads in this case," Kerr said. "And for a full month after her body was found, we had four or five people working on this case full time. I can't even begin to estimate the number of man-hours we put into investigating this crime.
"But despite the number of leads we followed up on, the bottom line is that none of them have ever led to the arrest of a suspect," he continued. "While we still have persons of interest in this case, we need more evidence, more information, to determine exactly what happened and who is responsible."
Due to time and geographical issues, the Hernandez family is no longer in contact with the Sheriff's Department seeking out answers in the disappearance and death of Angeles.
"As the leads dropped off and no further progress was made, they stopped contacting the department," Kerr said. "But I'm sure, even now, that they would like to know who killed Angeles, and why. They would like to see justice for Angeles."
Anyone having information on this case may call Kerr at 417- 466-2131.
Angeles Hernandez, 22, of Monett, was found dead on April 6 in Verona. The death is under investigation as a homicide.
Mrs. Hernandez was born August 2, 1978, in Mexico. She was employed at Tyson Foods in Monett and was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Monett.
Survivors include one daughter, Sara Reyes Hernandez of Aurora; her parents, Jose Hernandez of Mexico and Marla Samudio of Monett; and five sisters, Jessica Hernandez, Lourdes Hernandez, Rosalinda Hernandez, and Magdalena Hernandez, all of Monett, and Guadalupe Hernandez of Purdy.
Services will be 10 a.m. tomorrow, April 11, at Buchanan Chapel in Monett with Father Allan Saunders officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery near Monett under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Home of Monett.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today, April 11, at the funeral home.
2000 Homicide of Angeles Hernandez reviewed in Lawrence County Cold Cases
ANGELES HERNANDEZ
Special to The Monett Times
Published August 13, 2007 4:00 PM CDT
New information sought in the case
Date: February 26, 2000
Victim: Angeles Hernandez, Hispanic female
Address: 609 Eighth Street, Monett
D.O.B.: August 2, 1978
Case: Homicide
Law enforcement officials have followed over 400 leads in trying to determine who killed Angeles Hernandez in the early morning hours of February 26, 2000, but so far, those leads have not revealed the identity of her killer, nor any possible motive for her slaying.
According to records from the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department, the 21-year-old Hispanic woman is known to have left her home at 609 Eighth Street in Monett shortly after 1:21 a.m., February 26, 2000. Hernandez reportedly finished her shift at Tyson Foods in Monett and went home. For reasons unknown, she left in her car at about 2 a.m.
Her dark gray 1988 Ford Thunderbird was found by a patrolling sheriff's deputy at 2:41 a.m., abandoned along the side of the road, three-quarters of a mile south of the intersection of Missouri Highway 39 and P Highway. According to previously published reports, the car had apparently skidded on a curve in the road and into a ditch.
The deputy recalled in his report the scent of her perfume lingering in the empty vehicle as he checked for its occupant, indicating that the vehicle had not been there for more than a few minutes.
But the whereabouts of Angeles Hernandez remained a mystery. Her then-five-year-old daughter went to live with relatives, not knowing the fate of her mother.
It was about a year later, April 6, 2001, that Paul Reidel, 18686 Highway P, called the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office to report finding what he believed to be human skeletal remains in his field, located behind the ADF plant in Verona. Reports indicate that detectives arriving at the scene were given a wallet, also found by Reidel, which contained the identification of Angeles Hernandez. In addition, jewelry that had been described as belonging to the victim was retrieved at the scene.
"We don't know if she left her vehicle and was trying to get somewhere or what exactly happened," said Detective Roger Kerr of the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department. "We do know that the pathologist said that she did not die a 'normal' death."
Kerr said that there was no evidence of a struggle at the scene, which to him, indicated that she knew her attacker, or that she might have been trying to get to shelter after her car broke down.
Officers even obtained blood samples from the parents of Hernandez for DNA comparison.
"Her father was living in Durango, Mexico, at the time," Kerr noted. "So investigators went to some trouble to get those samples."
In the months following the discovery of the skeletal remains, several leads came in to law enforcement officials, but again, the trail turned cold.
According to published reports, law enforcement officials had by that time followed some 280 leads in the case and had determined through interviews with family, friends and co-workers, that Hernandez would "not have gone of her own free will."
Over the next year, tidbits of information would continue to trickle in to the Sheriff's Department, only to lead to disappointment and frustration for officers unable to obtain enough evidence for an arrest.
"She had no known enemies," Kerr said. "She reportedly had no recent disagreements at the time of her disappearance."
Officials were able to reconstruct many of the details of the evening Hernandez disappeared, and were able to determine a possible motive and the exact cause of death. But her killer remains at large.
According to Lawrence County Sheriff's reports, a suspect, Jason Musgrove, was arrested in California on charges unrelated to the Hernandez death. At the time of her disappearance, he had been renting a farmhouse at 17449 Lawrence 1155 and Highway 39, close to where her vehicle was discovered. At the time of his apprehension, Musgrove had cut off his long blond hair and was living under a false name.
Local officers went to California to interview Musgrove, but nothing conclusive came from his statement. Musgrove's status is presently unknown.
"There were over 400 leads in this case," Kerr said. "And for a full month after her body was found, we had four or five people working on this case full time. I can't even begin to estimate the number of man-hours we put into investigating this crime.
"But despite the number of leads we followed up on, the bottom line is that none of them have ever led to the arrest of a suspect," he continued. "While we still have persons of interest in this case, we need more evidence, more information, to determine exactly what happened and who is responsible."
Due to time and geographical issues, the Hernandez family is no longer in contact with the Sheriff's Department seeking out answers in the disappearance and death of Angeles.
"As the leads dropped off and no further progress was made, they stopped contacting the department," Kerr said. "But I'm sure, even now, that they would like to know who killed Angeles, and why. They would like to see justice for Angeles."
Anyone having information on this case may call Kerr at 417- 466-2131.
Mrs. Hernandez was born August 2, 1978, in Mexico. She was employed at Tyson Foods in Monett and was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Monett.
Survivors include one daughter, Sara Reyes Hernandez of Aurora; her parents, Jose Hernandez of Mexico and Marla Samudio of Monett; and five sisters, Jessica Hernandez, Lourdes Hernandez, Rosalinda Hernandez, and Magdalena Hernandez, all of Monett, and Guadalupe Hernandez of Purdy.
Services will be 10 a.m. tomorrow, April 11, at Buchanan Chapel in Monett with Father Allan Saunders officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery near Monett under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Home of Monett.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today, April 11, at the funeral home.
2000 Homicide of Angeles Hernandez reviewed in Lawrence County Cold Cases
ANGELES HERNANDEZ
Special to The Monett Times
Published August 13, 2007 4:00 PM CDT
New information sought in the case
Date: February 26, 2000
Victim: Angeles Hernandez, Hispanic female
Address: 609 Eighth Street, Monett
D.O.B.: August 2, 1978
Case: Homicide
Law enforcement officials have followed over 400 leads in trying to determine who killed Angeles Hernandez in the early morning hours of February 26, 2000, but so far, those leads have not revealed the identity of her killer, nor any possible motive for her slaying.
According to records from the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department, the 21-year-old Hispanic woman is known to have left her home at 609 Eighth Street in Monett shortly after 1:21 a.m., February 26, 2000. Hernandez reportedly finished her shift at Tyson Foods in Monett and went home. For reasons unknown, she left in her car at about 2 a.m.
Her dark gray 1988 Ford Thunderbird was found by a patrolling sheriff's deputy at 2:41 a.m., abandoned along the side of the road, three-quarters of a mile south of the intersection of Missouri Highway 39 and P Highway. According to previously published reports, the car had apparently skidded on a curve in the road and into a ditch.
The deputy recalled in his report the scent of her perfume lingering in the empty vehicle as he checked for its occupant, indicating that the vehicle had not been there for more than a few minutes.
But the whereabouts of Angeles Hernandez remained a mystery. Her then-five-year-old daughter went to live with relatives, not knowing the fate of her mother.
It was about a year later, April 6, 2001, that Paul Reidel, 18686 Highway P, called the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office to report finding what he believed to be human skeletal remains in his field, located behind the ADF plant in Verona. Reports indicate that detectives arriving at the scene were given a wallet, also found by Reidel, which contained the identification of Angeles Hernandez. In addition, jewelry that had been described as belonging to the victim was retrieved at the scene.
"We don't know if she left her vehicle and was trying to get somewhere or what exactly happened," said Detective Roger Kerr of the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department. "We do know that the pathologist said that she did not die a 'normal' death."
Kerr said that there was no evidence of a struggle at the scene, which to him, indicated that she knew her attacker, or that she might have been trying to get to shelter after her car broke down.
Officers even obtained blood samples from the parents of Hernandez for DNA comparison.
"Her father was living in Durango, Mexico, at the time," Kerr noted. "So investigators went to some trouble to get those samples."
In the months following the discovery of the skeletal remains, several leads came in to law enforcement officials, but again, the trail turned cold.
According to published reports, law enforcement officials had by that time followed some 280 leads in the case and had determined through interviews with family, friends and co-workers, that Hernandez would "not have gone of her own free will."
Over the next year, tidbits of information would continue to trickle in to the Sheriff's Department, only to lead to disappointment and frustration for officers unable to obtain enough evidence for an arrest.
"She had no known enemies," Kerr said. "She reportedly had no recent disagreements at the time of her disappearance."
Officials were able to reconstruct many of the details of the evening Hernandez disappeared, and were able to determine a possible motive and the exact cause of death. But her killer remains at large.
According to Lawrence County Sheriff's reports, a suspect, Jason Musgrove, was arrested in California on charges unrelated to the Hernandez death. At the time of her disappearance, he had been renting a farmhouse at 17449 Lawrence 1155 and Highway 39, close to where her vehicle was discovered. At the time of his apprehension, Musgrove had cut off his long blond hair and was living under a false name.
Local officers went to California to interview Musgrove, but nothing conclusive came from his statement. Musgrove's status is presently unknown.
"There were over 400 leads in this case," Kerr said. "And for a full month after her body was found, we had four or five people working on this case full time. I can't even begin to estimate the number of man-hours we put into investigating this crime.
"But despite the number of leads we followed up on, the bottom line is that none of them have ever led to the arrest of a suspect," he continued. "While we still have persons of interest in this case, we need more evidence, more information, to determine exactly what happened and who is responsible."
Due to time and geographical issues, the Hernandez family is no longer in contact with the Sheriff's Department seeking out answers in the disappearance and death of Angeles.
"As the leads dropped off and no further progress was made, they stopped contacting the department," Kerr said. "But I'm sure, even now, that they would like to know who killed Angeles, and why. They would like to see justice for Angeles."
Anyone having information on this case may call Kerr at 417- 466-2131.
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