Tip Leads To New Search For Renee Pernice

Kansas City Mother Missing Since Early January

POSTED: 4:36 pm CDT September 24, 2009
UPDATED: 4:55 pm CDT September 24, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A new tip sent Kansas City police on another search Thursday for missing Northland mother Renee Pernice.

Pernice hasn't been seen since Jan. 1.Investigators believe Pernice is dead. Her estranged husband, Shon Pernice, is believed to be the last person to have seen her, police said."We think this is going to get a resolution," said Rick Pretz, Renee Pernice's father.Pretz said he and the rest of Renee's family are convinced she has been killed.Shon Pernice, who was a firefighter in Independence, has been charged in unrelated crimes, but not in connection with his wife's disappearance.

Pretz said he's pleased that police haven't forgotten about his daughter."It's nice to know that the public is giving tips and that the police are out there looking," Pretz told KMBC's Peggy Breit.Renee Pernice's parents have posted a $25,000 reward for information in the case."Finding Renee is worth $25,000 to the first person with a tip good enough that enables us to find her," Pretz said.Investigators did not disclose where Thursday's search took place.

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Renee Pernice, Still Missing

Shon Pernice!  You have a lot of questions to answer!  Your wife and the mother of your children has been missing over 15 days now!  Why are you not out looking for her?  Why are you not willingly talking to police?

The case of missing mother, Renee Pernice, is ringing the same bells as the case of another man by the same S.P. intials!  I believe in the premise of "innocent until proven guilty", however, Shon Pernice's absence from searches and questioning is raising a lot of eyebrows.

A fellow blogger, years ago, commented during the Laci Peterson case on the handbook that Scott Peterson, Mark Hacking, Michael Peterson and several others at the time have followed.  She affectionately called it "Spousal Murrrrder Theater"!

From "Observations of a Misfit":

November 18, 2006

I Love You to Death - Reprise

Sam and Marilyn Sheppard
Jeffrey and Colette MacDonald
Eric and Pegye Bechler
Michael and Jennifer Blagg
Michael and Kathleen Peterson
Bruce and Jana Koklich
Greg and Kristin deVillers
Scott and Laci Peterson
Mark and Lori Hacking

What do these couples have in common?

• Proclaimed by friends and family to be doting lovebirds.
  
• Affluent, professional, well educated and living in nice neighborhoods.
  
• Statistically very low chances for victimization by strange assailants.
  
• The victims were found dead under suspicious circumstances, murdered, or vanished without a trace.
  
• Most of the victims were pregnant at the time of their murder.
  
• The accused or suspected spouse was guilty of major deception, chronic infidelity or was carrying on an extramarital relationship at the time of their spouse’s “disappearance” or murder.
  
• All of the accused staged dramatic scenarios (staged domestic homicides, per FBI parlance) to deflect suspicion.
  
• None of the couples had a history of abuse or domestic violence. The Bechlers and the Koklichs ran businesses together. Most were first marriages where the couple met in college.
  
• In most cases, there were severe financial problems that were not disclosed until after an investigation of the crimes, and large life insurance policies on the missing or murdered spouse.
  
• What were previously close family relationships among in-laws and siblings were irreparably divided by the incidents. The family of the victim tirelessly pursued justice and actively assisted the prosecution.
  

The Scorecard:
Sheppard – conviction was overturned, accused passed away rather young.
MacDonald – convicted of multiple murders; was eligible for a parole hearing in 1991, still working on an appeal based on DNA evidence, but don’t expect to see him strolling on the beach anytime soon.
Bechler – convicted (without the body of his wife ever being found) - currently serving a life sentence.
Blagg - convicted of murdering his wife, but has not been charged or tried for his daughter's murder.
Michael Peterson – convicted and sentenced to life without parole.
Bruce Koklich – convicted of second degree murder (with no body found), sentenced to 15 years to life.
Kristin Rossum – sentenced to life.
Scott Peterson - convicted of double murder and condemned to death.
Mark Hacking - pled guilty and is serving an inexact amount of time.
Oh yeah, they loved them to death!

Shon Pernice!  Check the scoreboard!

Although it's stated that none of the above cases had a history of domestic violence, I would further clarify and say that there were probably no reports made to authorities, but I would bet the house that there were underlying tensions in these couples' relationships.

According to reports, the family of Renee Pernice are close to certain that she has met with foul play, and they seem to be accepting the inevitable on the grounds that she would never leave her children behind and leave her home willingly.  They are unfaltering in that statement.  They want her home, they want questions answered, and they want justice.  They, as well as four children,  deserve that much.


PS...Loretta, all the fame and fortune all of us Misfit offshoots have made from blogging, we owe to you!
Stone Cold Guilty - The People vs Scott Lee Peterson by Loretta Dillon

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Renee Pernice

Renee Pernice, 35, and a mother of 3 children has been missing from her Kansas City home since Friday, January 2. The last person to see her was her husband, Shon Pernice, who reports that she left the house that morning on foot, but he "can't remember" where she said she was going. Their children were not at home at the time, spending the night with neighbors. Her cell phone has been found approximately 15 miles from the home.

It is reported that the couple had previous problems in their marriage, Renee had filed for divorce in 2005 but withdrew her petition. Shon Pernice, a firefighter, was a veteran from the Iraqi war and was getting ready to deploy once again to Iraq. He immediately hired a lawyer and has not been charged or named as a person of interest in Renee's disappearance.

The area that she would frequent has been the target of searches using ground personnel, canine and horses. So far nothing has been found, but all signals are pointing to foul play being involved.

Pernice's mother, Linda Lockwood, spoke to FOX 4 News and said she fears the worst. Through tears, she said, "It's been too long for her to not have contacted any of us, so we feel like something bad has happened. She would never, never, never leave her kids and just not say anything to anybody. There's no way."

Renee is a teaching nurse at a local hospital and by all accounts it is totally out of character for her to leave her home, leave her children, and walk away from her life. She is close to her family members and keeps in close contact with them, so for her not to call after this long is quite suspicious.

What do we have going on here? Without pointing fingers, could it be another military man gone mad? There seems to be a correlation lately with serving in the military and murdering spouses. What should be done to help our returning vets assimilate back into their lives, their homes and their marriages so that more children are left without a mother?

Or do we have another possible "Drew Peterson" statement that she ran away to be with another man?

Baldwin(Shon Pernice's lawyer) said Pernice feels helpless.

“He misses her; he wants her back even if she chooses not to be with him; she needs to be there for the kids,” he said.

What we do know from all reports is that Renee Pernice most likely did not just walk out of her home last Friday. She had way too much going on in her life with a successful career and 3 young children who friends say were her life.

As the days go on, the chances of finding Renee alive are very slim, her family and friends are aware of that. What about 3 young children without a mother? Who should be held accountable for their loss?

If indeed this is another case of spousal murder, we have another abuser who has followed the pattern.

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