Missing
Stephanie C. Gibson
Gibson, approximately 1995; Sketch of Gibson as she appeared in 1995 by Wesley Neville
Date and time person was reported missing : 07/08/1995
Missing location (approx) :
Peoria, Illinois
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 01/25/1947 (74)
Age at the time of disappearance: 48 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2 - 5'6, 197 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A tight-fitting black blouse with diamond-shaped designs, black spandex pants, black sneakers and earrings.
Medical conditions : Gibson is mentally disabled.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Graying brown hair, green eyes. Gibson has a tattoo of a broken heart on her upper left arm. Her ears are pierced.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Gibson was last seen departing Memories, a bar in the 800 block of Main Street in Peoria, Illinois, at approximately 2:30 a.m. July 8, 1995. She was accompanied by Arlie Ray Davis at the time of her disappearance. They rode away in his car, a light blue four-door 1979 Dodge Dart with license plates numbered MMJ 296.
Davis claimed that he and Gibson visited Kingston Mines in Illinois afterwards, but no evidence was discovered to support his statement. Gibson has never been heard from again. She resided in the 600 block of Voris Street in 1995.
Davis was convicted of the murder of another Illinois woman in the late 1990s and was sentenced to death. Prostitutes working in the Peoria area reported that Davis enjoyed strangling and beating them in the early 1990s. Investigators said that he suffered from a Gender : ual dysfunction and felt inferior towards women.
Gibson is one of several missing women from the Peoria area; others include Loretta Tinkham and Cheryl Murray. Another woman named Sheryl Murwin vanished from Peoria in 1994; her skull was found in 2001 and identified in 2003.
Authorities do not know if the cases are related, but it is possible that the women came into contact with Davis. He died after suffering a heart attack on death row in October 2002.
Davis consistently maintained his innocence in the disappearances. Several unidentified female bodies have been located in the Peoria area in recent years, but the victims are not believed to be related to the missing women's cases.
Other information and links : ncy
Illinois State Police
309-692-2100
September 2021 updates and sources
Wesley Neville
Illinois State Police
The Peoria Star-Journal
October 12, 2004. October 27, 2005; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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