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Fredia Louise Franks was 44 and living in Neosho, Missouri, when she vanished while on a camping trip in August 2001. She travelled in a 34-foot motor home with 42-year-old friend Mark Terrell Walsh and her 11-year-old daughter. They camped near Table Rock Lake in Arkansas and are believed to have later moved toward Beaver Lake. Fredia was last seen on August 17, 2001; by September 9 Walsh and the child had arrived in Rule, Arkansas, without her.

The child told investigators she witnessed Walsh sexually abusing her and that Fredia tried to stop him; the girl said Walsh then stabbed Fredia and she never saw her mother again. Walsh was arrested and later convicted on counts related to the child. Over the years he has given multiple, conflicting accounts claiming Fredia fell on a knife, that he slit her throat and disposed of the body in Bull Shoals Lake, and that he burned her body and dumped remains in Osage Creek. No body has ever been recovered and the investigation remains open.

Does anyone have information about the motor home, the campgrounds near Table Rock or Beaver Lake, or sightings of Fredia after August 17, 2001?