Jerry Sherman Hendry, 54, was last seen at his Newellton, Louisiana home on November 13, 1997. He is described as having gray hair and green eyes and was reportedly wearing a button-down shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers when he vanished. The Tensas Parish Sheriff’s Office investigated, but the case grew cold for nearly two years.

In 1999 Mary Ann Hendry, who had been a person of interest, was arrested and charged with his murder after she confessed. She said that during a drunken argument she struck him with a wooden cutting board, wrapped the body in a rug, burned it, and buried the remains near the driveway. Excavation of the Hendry property recovered only a few bone fragments and the alleged weapon; no remains sufficient to confirm the confession were found.

Jerry Hendry has never been located and his disappearance remains an endangered missing person case with a strong suspicion of homicide.