Fredia Louise Franks

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Endangered Missing Adult



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Name: Fredia Louise Franks

Classification: Endangered Missing Adult
Date of Birth: 1957-02-18
Date Missing: 2001-08-17
From City/State: Neosho, MO
Age at Time of Disappearance: 44
Gender: Female
Race: Am. Indian
Height: 66 inches
Weight: 120 pounds
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Complexion: Medium
Glasses/Contacts Description: N/A
Identifying Characteristics: N/A
Clothing: T-shirt, jeans, tennis shoes.
Jewelry: Watch.
Circumstances of Disappearance: Unknown. Fredia was last known to have gone camping with an acquaintance, Mark Walsh, and a young child that was with Walsh. They were traveling in a 34ft motor home and stayed at a campground near Table Rock Lake. Investigators also believe that they may have stayed near Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas. On September 9, 2001, Walsh arrived in Rule, near Green Forest with the 11-year-old child, but Franks was not with them. It was later confirmed that the 11-year-old child had been kidnapped. Walsh has been arrested and charged with statutory rape, sodomy, and kidnapping. The child later told investigators that she believed she saw a decomposing body inside a cabin that they stayed in, however, she could not remember where it was located. Foul play is suspected in Fredia disappearance.
Investigative Agency: Stone County Sheriff's Dept.
Phone: [phone]
Alternate Phone: [phone]
Investigative Case #: 02-04461