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Gloria Jean Barnes
Gloria Jean Barnes is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2025. She is wanted in connection with murder.
She is described as 1.57 m tall, weighing about 77 kg, with brown hair. Born on 14 July 1961, she would now be 65.
Place and date on the notice
Springfield, Missouri · 13 July 1997
Case details, as published by FBI
The Springfield Police Department, Missouri, is seeking information in the homicide of Gloria Barnes, a White, female, 35 years old, who was last seen on July 11, 1997 in Joiner, Arkansas. Barnes’s remains were recovered on July 13, 1997 in the back parking lot of the Seven Gables Truck Stop in Springfield, Missouri. The victim sustained excessive blunt injury to the head and face and postmortem stab wounds to the breast and upper leg. Her body was found in a blue furniture mat/blanket. The victim did not have identification on her when found, but was tracked back to her last location, a pay phone in Joiner, Arkansas. The victim was reportedly traveling across the country and staying with relatives. Anyone with information regarding this case should contact the Springfield Police Department.
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