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Fredia Louise Franks was a 44-year-old woman of biracial White and Native American descent, residing in Neosho, Missouri, in 2001. In August of that year, she embarked on a camping trip with her 42-year-old friend, Mark Terrell Walsh, and an 11-year-old girl, who was her daughter. They traveled in a 34-foot motor home, initially staying at a campground near Table Rock Lake in Arkansas, and it is believed they later moved to the Beaver Lake area in the northwest of the state. Fredia was last offi ...Read More
Last Seen: Aug 17, 2001

Victim Details

Jan 24, 2026

Jan 24, 2026

Fredia

Louise Franks

44

45

5'6 inches

120 lbs

Biracial, Native American, White

Female

Aug 17, 2001

Beaver Lake

Arkansas

Beaver Lake

Stone County Sheriff's Office

417-357-6117

06/01/2026