Case Description
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Melissa Jo Sermons, aged 26, disappeared on May 3, 1992, from Lakeland, Florida. She was heavily involved in rodeo culture and worked with horses. On the evening of her disappearance, she attended a rodeo in Dade City with her boyfriend, 31-year-old Elwin Lawrence "Larry" Costine Jr. After the rodeo, they went to breakfast with a friend and later returned to Costine’s trailer around 4:15 a.m. Sermons never made it back to her own residence and was reported missing when both she and Costine fai ...Read More
Last Seen: May 03, 1992
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Victim Details

Apr 12, 2010

Jul 12, 2024

Melissa

Sermons

58

26

70 inches

175 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

May 03, 1992

Lakeland

Florida

Polk County

No

8398

Polk County Sheriff's Office - Bartow

Bartow

Florida

Polk County

33830

455 Noth Broadway Avenue, Florida

8632986200

County

Law Enforcement

92-051864

Polk County Sheriff's Office - Bartow

Blond/Strawberry

Green

Green

09/29/2024


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Attention community members,
I wanted to bring to your attention that Melissa Sermons went missin... ...Read More

06/02/2023