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Cherie Barnes Missing Person Case

Last seen in Saint Louis, Missouri on Jan 07, 1987

Victim Details

Apr 15, 2010

Oct 20, 2022

Cherie

Barnes

41

2

48 inches

80 lbs

Black / African American

Female

Jan 07, 1987

Saint Louis

Missouri

St. Louis City

39175

St Louis Metropolitan Police Department

St. Louis

Missouri

St. Louis City

63103

Janet McKern

Detective

1915 Olive St, Missouri

3142311212

Local

Law Enforcement

94-060619

St Louis Metropolitan Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

No

08/02/2026


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In the fall of 1986, two-year-old Cherie Nicole Barnes moved with her mother, Elizabeth Ann Turek Vasser, and her stepfather, Larry Vasser, from Nashville, Tennessee, to Missouri. The family settled in St. Louis, but the situation was troubled. Elizabeth, also known as Sissy, was reportedly forced into prostitution by her husband. The young girl, a biracial child with brown hair and brown eyes, was last seen on January 7, 1987. On that day, she was with her stepfather in Kansas City, Missouri. T ...
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Last Seen: Jan 07, 1987

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  • Cherie Nicole Barnes - The Charley Project
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