In the spring of 1992, 16-year-old Shannon Aumock had run away from her group home just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. A chronic runaway and member of the foster system since she was 3 years old, Shannon wasn’t reported missing and eventually was legally relinquished from Child Protective Services’ care. One month after her disappearance, on May 27, 1992, the search for another missing local girl would uncover a body that wouldn’t be identified for nearly 20 years. For more than two decades, Shannon’s case has kept police on their toes as they navigated her tragic life and a cluster of similar cases in the area to continue to try and uncover the person and reasoning behind her even more tragic end.
Courtesy of Detective Stuart Somershoe of the Phoenix Police Department
Episode Info
If you have any information about the murder of Shannon Aumock, you’re asked to contact Silent Witness Anonymously at 480-948-6377 or 480-837-8446.
A school portrait of Shannon from 1988 or 1989, when she would have been 12 or 13 years old. Photo Courtesy: Detective Stuart Somershoe of the Phoenix Police Department
Photos of the clothing found on Jane Doe’s body on May 28, 1992, were circulated to the public in hopes of generating tips. Photo Courtesy: Detective Stuart Somershoe of the Phoenix Police Department
Two sketches of Jane Doe and her clothing were drawn and released to the public in 1992. Photo Courtesy: Detective Stuart Somershoe of the Phoenix Police Department
Two sketches of Jane Doe and her clothing were drawn and released to the public in 1992. Photo Courtesy: Detective Stuart Somershoe of the Phoenix Police Department
A 2011 article by detective Stuart Somershoe about Shannon’s case and identified written after her positive ID in February 2011 (Part 1) Photo Courtesy: Detective Stuart Somershoe of the Phoenix Police Department
A 2011 article by detective Stuart Somershoe about Shannon’s case and identified written after her positive ID in February 2011 (Part 2) Photo Courtesy: Detective Stuart Somershoe of the Phoenix Police Department
Two photos of teenage Shannon were widely circulated upon her identification in 2011. Photo Courtesy: Detective Stuart Somershoe of the Phoenix Police Department
Two photos of teenage Shannon were widely circulated upon her identification in 2011. Photo Courtesy: Detective Stuart Somershoe of the Phoenix Police Department
The new headstone Stuart Somershoe had engraved for Shannon after they exhumed her on March 22, 2011, for a proper burial and funeral service with her birth mother and friends. Shannon’s grave had previously been unmarked for the 19 years she was unidentified. Photo Courtesy: Detective Stuart Somershoe of the Phoenix Police Department