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Jan 27, 2026
Jan 27, 2026
Cheryl
Huff
26
26
Unknown inches
White
Female
On a cold New Year's Eve in 1992, 26-year-old Cheryl Huff vanished from Glendale Heights, Illinois, leaving behind a life she was trying to rebuild. A mother of two, Cheryl had recently separated from her husband of seven years, Garry F. Huff, and had moved in with her parents along with her children. She was a diligent worker, holding down two jobs to support her family: one as a cashier at the Village Center Pharmacy and another at a trucking company in Addison. The evening she disappeared, Cheryl had plans to attend a New Year's party with her children. Her last known movements included leaving her job at the pharmacy to meet her estranged husband to collect a $200 child support payment from him at his rented room on Leslie Lane. She was expected to pick up her children afterward, but she never arrived, and no one heard from her again. The initial days of the investigation brought a disturbing discovery. Two days after she was last seen, Cheryl's gray 1991 Chevrolet Corsica was found abandoned. The vehicle was located near the apartment where she had intended to celebrate the new year with her friends and children. The breakthrough in the case, however, came three weeks after her disappearance when her estranged husband, Garry, was arrested. He confessed to shooting Cheryl to death on the evening of December 31st. According to his confession, an argument over how she planned to spend the child support money escalated, and he shot her multiple times. In a harrowing account, Garry detailed how he burned her body in a 55-gallon barrel in his backyard in the early hours of New Year's Day. He then disposed of her remains in a garbage bin at his workplace, Cardinal Industries in St. Charles. The contents of that bin were later taken to a landfill, and investigators believe her remains are unrecoverable. Despite this, some small bone fragments, three teeth, and a piece of human tissue that matched Cheryl's DNA were found at the dump site and inside the barrel. Garry's roommate later stated that Garry had mentioned wanting to kill his wife and burn her body on several occasions. Garry pleaded not guilty but was convicted of murder and sentenced to 80 years in prison. Following the conviction, Cheryl's parents adopted her two children. The case of Cheryl Huff is a tragic story of a young mother's life cut short by domestic violence, her body disposed of in a callous manner, leaving her loved ones with no grave to visit.
Dec 31, 1992
Glendale Heights
Illinois
Glendale Heights
Glendale Heights Police Department
05/24/2026
