Missing
Cynthia Jo St. John
Cynthia, approximately 1995; Roger St. John
Date and time person was reported missing : 02/27/1995
Missing location (approx) :
Fairbanks, Alaska
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 10/21/1958 (62)
Age at the time of disappearance: 36 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2, 100 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Blonde hair, hazel eyes. Cynthia's maiden name is Watson. She may go by her initials, C.J.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Cynthia was last seen in Fairbanks, Alaska on February 27, 1995. She was employed at a McDonald's restaurant there, and she last had contact with her parents on December 22. She was in Denver, Colorado at the time and called her parents to ask them to wire $500 to her in Fairbanks. She has never been heard from again. Her parents, Clinton S. "Speck" Watson and Lyla Mae Watson, reported her missing.
Clinton and Lyla were shot to death in Mississippi, where they lived, in May 1995. Cynthia's husband, Roger St. John, was charged with their murders, but police couldn't find him.
Later that month, Roger committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in a hotel room in Little Rock, Arkansas. He left a fourteen-pageheader suicide note, confessing to killing the Watsons. He stated he had made several failed attempts at suicide before, and that the Watsons had mistreated Cynthia and driven her to take her own life.
The note didn't say where Cynthia's body was. Roger's statement about his wife's death has not been verified, and investigators believe he may have murdered her as well. A photo of Roger is posted below this case summary.
There's been no sign of Cynthia since February 1995. She is missing under suspicious circumstances and foul play is suspected.
Other information and links : ncy
Fairbanks Police Department
907-451-5100
September 2021 updates and sources
Alaska Department of Public Safety
The Biloxi Sun-Herald
The Hattiesburg American
The Daily Sitka Sentinel
October 12, 2004. July 10, 2017; picture added, Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: and Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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