Daughter of Cecil Shine and Virginia Brimberry, sister of David L Shine.
Tracy Jo Shine was born on 12/7/62 and was murdered by her boyfriend, Michael Durwood Neal on or about August 8, 1987. He supposedly dismembered her and put her in a 55 gallon drum full of acid. He has been in prison since 1985 for another attempted murder and talked about Tracy's murder, but thought that since we didn't have a body, we couldn't do anything.
However, the Harris County Sheriff's Department Cold Crime Squad finally was able to get some DNA results from a single hair found in the refrigerator that contained Tracy's body originally. The grand jury finally indicted Neal in March of 2000. The trial date was set for November 28, 2000, before Judge Joan Campbell, 248th Criminal District Court, Harris County, Texas. In January 2001, Michael Neal, 44, already serving a life sentence for aggravated assault, pleaded guilty to the murder Tracy Jo Shine and got a 45-year sentence.
Michael Neal has spent most of his life in prison and had only been released in January of 1985 when my daughter met him. By August of that year she was dead.
Tracy loved unicorns and her favorite color was yellow. Tracy was involved in the Brownies and Junior Girl Scouts. Tracy took jazz dancing for many years as a child and went to the High School of Performing and Visual Arts in the 10th grade. She was very passionate about her dancing and loved dogs.
Unfortunately, Tracy began taking drugs while attending HSPVA and from that point own had a very turbulent life. She was having a real problem with drugs when she was murdered but if Tracy's life was not taken, she might have had a chance to clean up her life and return to the sweet person she was before. Now she will never have the chance.
These are Traci's Mother's thoughts. Posted out of respect for her.
Tracy Jo Shine was born on 12/7/62 and was murdered by her boyfriend, Michael Durwood Neal on or about August 8, 1987. He supposedly dismembered her and put her in a 55 gallon drum full of acid. He has been in prison since 1985 for another attempted murder and talked about Tracy's murder, but thought that since we didn't have a body, we couldn't do anything.
However, the Harris County Sheriff's Department Cold Crime Squad finally was able to get some DNA results from a single hair found in the refrigerator that contained Tracy's body originally. The grand jury finally indicted Neal in March of 2000. The trial date was set for November 28, 2000, before Judge Joan Campbell, 248th Criminal District Court, Harris County, Texas. In January 2001, Michael Neal, 44, already serving a life sentence for aggravated assault, pleaded guilty to the murder Tracy Jo Shine and got a 45-year sentence.
Michael Neal has spent most of his life in prison and had only been released in January of 1985 when my daughter met him. By August of that year she was dead.
Tracy loved unicorns and her favorite color was yellow. Tracy was involved in the Brownies and Junior Girl Scouts. Tracy took jazz dancing for many years as a child and went to the High School of Performing and Visual Arts in the 10th grade. She was very passionate about her dancing and loved dogs.
Unfortunately, Tracy began taking drugs while attending HSPVA and from that point own had a very turbulent life. She was having a real problem with drugs when she was murdered but if Tracy's life was not taken, she might have had a chance to clean up her life and return to the sweet person she was before. Now she will never have the chance.
These are Traci's Mother's thoughts. Posted out of respect for her.
Daughter of Cecil Shine and Virginia Brimberry, sister of David L Shine.
Tracy Jo Shine was born on 12/7/62 and was murdered by her boyfriend, Michael Durwood Neal on or about August 8, 1987. He supposedly dismembered her and put her in a 55 gallon drum full of acid. He has been in prison since 1985 for another attempted murder and talked about Tracy's murder, but thought that since we didn't have a body, we couldn't do anything.
However, the Harris County Sheriff's Department Cold Crime Squad finally was able to get some DNA results from a single hair found in the refrigerator that contained Tracy's body originally. The grand jury finally indicted Neal in March of 2000. The trial date was set for November 28, 2000, before Judge Joan Campbell, 248th Criminal District Court, Harris County, Texas. In January 2001, Michael Neal, 44, already serving a life sentence for aggravated assault, pleaded guilty to the murder Tracy Jo Shine and got a 45-year sentence.
Michael Neal has spent most of his life in prison and had only been released in January of 1985 when my daughter met him. By August of that year she was dead.
Tracy loved unicorns and her favorite color was yellow. Tracy was involved in the Brownies and Junior Girl Scouts. Tracy took jazz dancing for many years as a child and went to the High School of Performing and Visual Arts in the 10th grade. She was very passionate about her dancing and loved dogs.
Unfortunately, Tracy began taking drugs while attending HSPVA and from that point own had a very turbulent life. She was having a real problem with drugs when she was murdered but if Tracy's life was not taken, she might have had a chance to clean up her life and return to the sweet person she was before. Now she will never have the chance.
These are Traci's Mother's thoughts. Posted out of respect for her.
Tracy Jo Shine was born on 12/7/62 and was murdered by her boyfriend, Michael Durwood Neal on or about August 8, 1987. He supposedly dismembered her and put her in a 55 gallon drum full of acid. He has been in prison since 1985 for another attempted murder and talked about Tracy's murder, but thought that since we didn't have a body, we couldn't do anything.
However, the Harris County Sheriff's Department Cold Crime Squad finally was able to get some DNA results from a single hair found in the refrigerator that contained Tracy's body originally. The grand jury finally indicted Neal in March of 2000. The trial date was set for November 28, 2000, before Judge Joan Campbell, 248th Criminal District Court, Harris County, Texas. In January 2001, Michael Neal, 44, already serving a life sentence for aggravated assault, pleaded guilty to the murder Tracy Jo Shine and got a 45-year sentence.
Michael Neal has spent most of his life in prison and had only been released in January of 1985 when my daughter met him. By August of that year she was dead.
Tracy loved unicorns and her favorite color was yellow. Tracy was involved in the Brownies and Junior Girl Scouts. Tracy took jazz dancing for many years as a child and went to the High School of Performing and Visual Arts in the 10th grade. She was very passionate about her dancing and loved dogs.
Unfortunately, Tracy began taking drugs while attending HSPVA and from that point own had a very turbulent life. She was having a real problem with drugs when she was murdered but if Tracy's life was not taken, she might have had a chance to clean up her life and return to the sweet person she was before. Now she will never have the chance.
These are Traci's Mother's thoughts. Posted out of respect for her.
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