Account
Apr 15, 2010
Jan 08, 2024
Sherry
Eyerly
60
18
62 inches
100 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
In the summer of 1982, 18-year-old Sherry Eyerly, a recent high school graduate, was working a part-time job delivering for a Domino's Pizza in Salem, Oregon. On the evening of July 4th, she was called into work and later dispatched to deliver pizzas to an address in a remote area of Salem. Tragically, she was never heard from again. Her delivery vehicle was discovered abandoned later that evening. The engine was still running, the door was ajar, and the pizzas she was meant to deliver were scattered on the ground nearby, along with her hat. Investigators found no signs of a struggle at the scene. It was soon determined that the delivery address was nonexistent, and the name given by the person who placed the order was fictitious, with the call being traced back to a local motel. The day after Sherry's disappearance, a disturbing call was made to the Domino's where she worked, demanding a ransom for her return. However, the caller never made contact again to arrange a payment. For many years, a man named Darrell J. Wilson was considered a suspect in Sherry's case. He drove a pickup truck that matched the description of a vehicle seen near where Sherry's van was found. Wilson took his own life just a month after Sherry vanished, only hours after being questioned by police. He had initially denied knowing Sherry but later admitted to being acquainted with her. Despite these suspicions, a search of his vehicle yielded no physical evidence connecting him to the crime, and investigators eventually concluded he was not involved. Years later, a significant breakthrough came in the case. In December 2007, William Scott Smith, a man already serving two life sentences for the murders of two other Salem women, confessed and pleaded guilty to the murder of Sherry Eyerly. Smith revealed that he and an accomplice, Roger Noseff, had intended to abduct a different female Domino's employee for ransom, but she was not working that night, so they targeted Sherry instead. He admitted to strangling her and disposing of her body in the Pudding River, the same location where he had left the remains of his other victims. Noseff, who Smith claimed made the ransom call, passed away from cancer in 2003 and was never charged. Despite extensive searches of the Pudding River, which has flooded multiple times since 1982, Sherry's remains have never been recovered. The confession brought a legal conclusion to the case, but for Sherry's loved ones, the pain of her loss and the absence of a final resting place remain.
Jul 05, 1982
Salem
Oregon
Marion County
No
39174
Marion County Sheriff's Office
Salem
Oregon
Marion County
97301
Melissa Ferron
Detective Administrative Specialist
100 High Street Northeast, Oregon
5035885094
County
Law Enforcement
82-10070
Marion County Sheriff's Office
Brown
Blue
Blue
05/25/2026
