Sharon Nelson, 63, of High Ridge was reported missing on November 4, 2015. Her body was found January 13, 2016, in the woods near the Black River by Lesterville, in an area that had recently been under floodwater. An autopsy found a gunshot wound to the head and her death was ruled a homicide.

Investigators identified persons of interest and in March 2016 two people were arrested. Thirty-six-year-old Brad Kopf was charged with first-degree murder and 40-year-old Carrie Chitwood was charged with abandonment of a corpse. A joint preliminary hearing for both was scheduled for April 6, 2016.

Few public details are available about what led to Nelson being in that remote river area or about motive. Does anyone have information about Nelson’s last movements or about activity near the Black River in late 2015?