November 9, 2021– UNDERGROUND MYSTERIES
 
A few days ago, I stumbled across a woman’s Facebook post pleading for help to find her sister, Terry Marie Shepler, who mysteriously vanished sometime in the 1990’s, most likely around 1997, at the age of 21. I reached out to the original poster and asked her for more information on her sister’s disappearance, and then I did some digging online and made some phone calls to see what I could find.

Terry Marie Shepler was born on June 16, 1976 to Gerry Shepler and Starr Shepler. She grew up in Chamersburg, Franklin County, which is in the mid-southern region of Pennsylvania. Shepler is mentally challenged, with the mentality of a small child. She attended a special needs high school, Franklin County Special Education Center, and she requires full time caregiving. Her sister states that she would need to remind her to shower, and that she could not communicate that well. Shepler’s family had kept in regular contact with her until her disappearance. When Shepler was about 20 or 21, she went to live with a man named Carl, who was known in the town as “Uncle Carl”. Shepler’s sister states that Carl was taking advantage of her sister. Her family does not remember where exactly they resided, but they know it was somewhere in Carlisle. Shepler’s family went to visit or find her around 1997, only to learn out that Carl had passed away and that she was no longer living there. So, where did she go? That is when the mystery began. For unknown reasons, a missing person report was not filed immediately. However, Shepler’s sister has been trying to file a report for several years. The dilemma is that she resides states away, and she cannot go in person to fill out the report.

I called a few police departments myself to see if I could get this case filed. First I called the Carlisle Police Department, and I was informed that Shepler had an interaction with police in 2017, as she was a witness to a motor vehicle accident. The record states that at the time of the incident, she was living at 252 Mount Rock Road in Newville, Pennsylvania. Therefore, I was unable to file a report with that jurisdiction. Shepler’s sister states that it is highly unlikely she was a spoken witness to an accident at her level of disability, and she feels that there is a chance someone had been using her identity. There is also a chance that she was just at the scene of an accident and that an officer had obtained her identification. I am more inclined to believe that it was in fact her at the scene of the accident. However, anything is possible. I then contacted the Newville Police Department and was told that the 252 Mount Rock Road address is actually handled by the State Police of PA. I spoke to an officer at the State Police who then explained that Shepler’s sister can come to the police station to file a police report, and that she can also call in and have a welfare check done on her at the 252 Mount Rock Road address. That is currently being done, and I will update this article accordingly once the welfare check is complete. However, Shepler’s sister believes that is a very old address, one that she lived at before she was with Carl.

The address in which is listed was built in the year 1700. I searched the parcel history to see when it was last sold and to get other tenants’ names, whom I will not mention here (for their privacy).

Shepler’s sister believes that something awful has happened to her sister. She states that their mother passed away in 2015 and that Shepler would not have missed her funeral, as she was a “Momma’s girl”. She also did not attend her father’s funeral, who passed away in 2001.  Shepler’s sister also states that their mother told her that Shepler informed her that she had a baby boy, prior to 1997.

In 1997, Shepler was still receiving Social Security benefits. It is unknown if she is still collecting benefits, and to which address the checks are mailed (or if there is a pay card, to which address is on file). After her case is assigned a detective, the detective will be able to check into her SSI history, which will serve as a large clue.

Have you seen Terry Shepler? She has curly brown hair and brown eyes, and she is about 5’9″ tall. In 1997 she was said to have weighed about 190 pounds, had her hair cut short, and had a significant amount of facial acne and freckles. Since there is speculation that she may have had a child, she may have a C-section scar or signs of having been through labor.  Unfortunately, Shepler’s family does not have a photo of her. I will try to dig through her old yearbook for a photo, and if I find one, I will update this article accordingly.

At this moment, I do not have a police department for you to call, as there is no official police report. Please call your local police department and reference this article if you have any information on Terry Shepler’s whereabouts, or if you have seen her since 1997. You can also comment on this post or send me an email to info@doenaming.com, and I will forward the lead to both the police and to Shepler’s sister.

Shepler’s sister wants the public to know that if she is located, she would love for her to come live with her, so she can care for her. She understands that right now she could be living in a group home or even a ward of the state, but they will cross that bridge if and when the time comes.

SOURCE:
Terry Shepler’s sister
Newville PD
PA State Police
Carlisle PD
Google Maps
Zillow
Radaris
True People Search
Ancestry.com
Spokeo
Intellius
Been Verified
PeopleFinders
PeopleFinder
Whitepages
Public Records
Deed / Parcel history at https://www.ccpa.net/2675/Public-Records-Documents
Landex.com

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