Account
Dec 22, 2009
Mar 11, 2019
Jerry
Hendry
81
54
70 inches
150 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
In the small community of Newellton, Louisiana, the disappearance of Jerry Sherman Hendry in the autumn of 1997 left a lasting scar and a perplexing mystery. Hendry, a 54-year-old man with gray hair and green eyes, was last seen at his home on November 13, 1997. He was reportedly wearing a button-down shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers at the time he vanished. In the initial stages of the investigation, there was little to no information about his whereabouts, and the days turned into weeks with no sign of Jerry Hendry. His sudden disappearance without a trace left his family and the local community grappling with unanswered questions and growing concern for his well-being. The Tensas Parish Sheriff's Office was tasked with the investigation, but the case quickly grew cold due to a lack of leads. The investigation into Jerry Hendry's disappearance took a dramatic turn nearly two years later. In 1999, his wife, Mary Ann Hendry, who had been a person of interest from the beginning, was arrested and charged with his murder. The arrest came after she confessed to a horrific version of events. Mary Ann claimed that during a drunken argument with her husband, she struck and killed him with a wooden cutting board. She further alleged that she wrapped his body in a rug, burned it, and then buried the remains in their yard near the driveway. This shocking confession seemed to provide a breakthrough in the case, offering a grim explanation for Jerry's prolonged absence. Despite the confession, the search for Jerry Hendry's remains yielded frustratingly little evidence. Law enforcement officials, armed with shovels and backhoes, conducted an extensive excavation of the Hendry property, digging up a significant portion of the land. However, their exhaustive efforts only uncovered a few bone fragments, not enough to definitively confirm Mary Ann's story or provide a proper burial. The alleged murder weapon was also recovered. The ultimate outcome of the criminal proceedings against Mary Ann Hendry is not widely documented, leaving the legal resolution of the case unclear. To this day, Jerry Sherman Hendry has never been located, and his case is considered an endangered missing person case with the strong suspicion of a homicide. The lack of a body and the ambiguous legal conclusion have left the case in a state of limbo, a painful and unresolved chapter in the history of Newellton.
Nov 13, 1997
Newellton
Louisiana
Tensas Parish
3409
Tensas Parish Sheriff's Office
Saint Joseph
Louisiana
Tensas Parish
71366
203 Hancock Street, Louisiana
3187663961
County
Law Enforcement
98-000606
Tensas Parish Sheriff's Office
8224
Gray or Partially Gray
Green
Green
05/24/2026
