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Missing Sussette Charlene Benhardt RESOLVED 
Sussette, approximately 2016 Date reported missing : 06/22/2016 Missing location (approx) : Troy, Missouri Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White Age at the time of disappearance: 50 years old Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Sussette disappeared from her home outside Troy, Missouri on June 22, 2016. She and her husband, William, were arguing at the time. The couple was in the process of a divorce, but were still living together and operated a plant nursery. The day after Sussette's disappearance, William's body was found in his truck, hidden behind some trees in Bellflower, Missouri, about 25 miles west of his home. He had committed suicide using a .357 revolver which was found by his body. Although William died of a single gunshot wound, the .357 had been fired twice. In December 2018, Sussette's skull was found in Montgomery County, Missouri, not far from where William's body had been located two and a half years earlier. Her death is under investigation. Other information and links : ncy Lincoln County Sheriff's Office 636-528-6100 September 2021 updates and sources Missouri State Highway Patrol The St. Louis Post-Dispatch The Lincoln County Journal Sussette Benhardt's Facebook pageheader 13 KRCG October 12, 2004. December 22, 2018; case resolved. |