MISSING PERSON
CASE #: 2015-42
antoinette childress
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Open
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Henderson, Texas
Summary:
Antoinette Renee Childress was a 40-year-old woman who went missing from Henderson, Rusk County, Texas in October 2015. Last confirmed seen October 13, 2015, her case remains unsolved with foul play suspected. A person of interest, Felipe Villanueva, has multiple warrants and remains at large.
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Circumstances of Disappearance:
Antoinette Renee Childress was last seen on October 13, 2015, at her trailer home in Henderson, Rusk County, Texas. In the weeks preceding her disappearance, her sister Patricia Nichols received strange Facebook messages from Childress's account. The first message, approximately one month before the disappearance, said there was an emergency and Childress needed her phone number. Three weeks later, Nichols received another message stating "Sister where are I, what's going on." On October 6, 2015, Nichols received a voice message from Childress's Facebook account discussing guardian angels, but the voice was not Childress's. Nichols left home after receiving this message and did not return until November 6, at which time she discovered Childress was missing. A few days after Childress was reported missing, police found her car being driven by a man in Henderson. He was arrested on an unrelated charge and claimed Childress had sold him the vehicle, a claim her family finds difficult to believe.
Additional Details:
At the time of her disappearance, Childress was seeing Felipe Villanueva, who is considered a person of interest in her case. Villanueva has multiple warrants for his arrest on drug-related charges and driving without a license; his current whereabouts are unknown. Two women allegedly contacted Childress's sister after her disappearance claiming they knew what had happened to her, stating that Childress had been involved in using and selling drugs, that bad people were angry with her, and that she was tortured and killed as a result. This information has not been verified by police according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons Database (NamUs). Childress has a warrant out for her arrest, but she is considered a missing person rather than a fugitive. She had just gotten off probation at the time and was trying to clean up her life according to her family. Her case remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.
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Timeline of Events
Patricia Nichols returns home and discovers her sister Antoinette is missing; two women contact Nichols claiming knowledge of what happened to Childress
A few days after Childress is reported missing, police find her car being driven by a man in Henderson; he is arrested on unrelated charge and claims Childress sold him the vehicle
Antoinette Renee Childress last seen at her trailer home in Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Patricia Nichols leaves home after receiving the suspicious voice message
Patricia Nichols receives voice message from Childress's Facebook account discussing guardian angels, but the voice is not Childress's
Three weeks after initial Facebook message, Nichols receives another message from Childress's account: "Sister where are I, what's going on"
About one month before disappearance, Patricia Nichols begins receiving strange Facebook messages from Childress's account
Associated Persons
Craig C. (Brother-in-law) - Living
Patricia N. (Sister) - Living
Felipe V. (Person of Interest) - Living
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