Cari Lea Farver, a 37-year-old mother, was last seen in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on November 13, 2012, and has not been heard from since. Her mother reported her missing on November 16, just days before she was supposed to attend her half-brother's wedding, where her son was a participant. Farver also missed the funeral of her father, with whom she was very close, a month after her disappearance. At the time she went missing, she was a reliable employee at West Corp.
and did not give any notice before she stopped coming to work.
Almost two months after her disappearance, on January 10, 2013, Farver's vehicle was discovered abandoned in Omaha, Nebraska, near her boyfriend's apartment complex. For years, her family and her boyfriend, Dave Kroupa, received thousands of text messages and emails from her accounts, suggesting she had abruptly moved away and was stalking Kroupa. The messages were often threatening, and Kroupa and his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Shanna "Liz" Golyar, both reported Farver to the police for harassment. Golyar even claimed her own house was set on fire by Farver, resulting in the death of her pets.
The investigation took a significant turn when authorities discovered that all the messages were being sent by Liz Golyar, who had a brief, overlapping relationship with Dave Kroupa at the same time as Farver. Investigators found Golyar's fingerprints in Farver's vehicle. Furthermore, a memory card from one of Golyar's old phones contained photos of what appeared to be a decomposing human foot with a tattoo matching one Farver had, as well as a photo of Farver's vehicle taken after her disappearance but before it was found by police. Golyar had also used an app that allowed her to schedule the sending of text messages, explaining how she could be with Kroupa while he was receiving messages supposedly from Farver.
In December 2016, Shanna "Liz" Golyar was arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of Cari Farver. Authorities believe Farver was stabbed to death in her SUV within 24 hours of her disappearance and that Golyar subsequently burned her body. During her trial, Golyar maintained her innocence, with her defense suggesting Farver might not be dead. However, she was convicted of first-degree murder in August 2017 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. She also received a sentence of 18 to 20 years for the arson of her home. The case is a chilling example of a deadly obsession and a meticulously planned cyberstalking plot to cover up a murder.Last Seen: Nov 13, 2012
