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Shelley Sikes

Case from Texas City, TX dated May 24, 1986

Victim Details

Shelley Sikes

Female

White / Caucasian

Texas City

TX

1986-05-24

19

Shelley

Sikes

07/06/2026

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Missing Pieces: Shelley Sikes

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Shelley Sikes, a 19-year-old woman from Texas City, disappeared on May 24, 1986, while driving home from her job at Gaido's restaurant on the Galveston Seawall. Her car was discovered the following day on Interstate 45 near Dickinson, but she was never found. Despite extensive investigations, her body was never recovered, and she was presumed dead.

Two men, John Robert King and Gerald Zwarst, were convicted in connection with her disappearance. King was driving Zwarst's car when he ran Si ...
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