Occupation: Convenience Store Clerk Date of Birth: July 8, 1960 Height: 5'7" Weight: 117 pounds Marital Status: Unrevealed Characteristics: Caucasian female, Light brown hair, green eyes
Case:
Details: Cheryl Kenney vanished while leaving the convenience store she worked at on February 27, 1991. She clocked out of the store at 10pm, but never arrived home nor did she get in her car--it was still in the store parking lot. She has never been found.
Suspects: Cheryl's disappearance may be connected to the disappearance of Angela Hammond and the murder of Trudy Darby.
Extra Notes: This case first aired on the February 5, 1992 episode.
Results: Unsolved. Although Trudy's killers were later arrested and convicted of her murder, Cheryl and Angela's disappearances remain unsolved.
Nevada, Mo. -- Investigators from several law enforcement agencies are still investigating the Feb. 27, 1991, disappearance of Cheryl Ann Kenney from an Austin Boulevard convenience store. The "missing person" case turned cold many years ago, but on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, Nevada Police Chief Graham Burnley announced that his department was going to open a cold case investigation, led by Nevada Police Sgt. Jeff Baker in cooperation with the Vernon County Sheriff's Office, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Baker said after the NPD announced it was reopening the investigation, calls from the public with tips and information came pouring in but tapered off after about four months. Baker said that he has personally followed about 25 leads and the other agencies have taken other leads to their conclusion.
Investigators have re-interviewed people questioned during the initial investigation and conducted first-time interviews with others. Baker said that an investigation of this sort is difficult. "Going back 20 years is rough, especially when you didn't have anything then," he said.
That lack of information has made the case hard all along, but Baker said new information has been followed up on, and he's preparing to follow another lead, now. "I don't know where it will lead," he said, "it may be a dead end."
Regardless of where the new lead takes him, Baker said, "we're going to keep looking. Hopefully, someone will come forward."
That is what Joshua Darnell, Kenney's son, hopes as well.
Darnell, 31, of Catalina, Ariz., has been very active in pressing for answers about his mother. Darnell was 10 when Kenney went missing and has spent a lot of time in the past years trying to find out what happened. He made a trip back to Nevada last year on the 20th anniversary of his mother's disappearance to stage a rally and help get the word out about his mother and the investigation.
Darnell has "been in constant contact" with the Nevada Police Department and said they have been very cooperative over the last year. Darnell and his sister Kristi have also had the help of radio and TV and the Missouri Missing organization.
Right now Darnell is trying to get some larger news organizations to look at the story. "I want to get some word back out there," he said, because "I think the answer is somewhere there around home."
With or without media attention the investigation will go on, said Baker. "We're going to keep it open and keep at it," he said.
Anyone with information regarding the Cheryl Ann Kenney case or any crime can contact the Nevada Police Department at (417) 448-2710 or contact the TIPS hotline at (417) 448-5117.
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One of my readers sent me this case and I eventually got a chance to look into it. Right away, the charts popped for me and I had a pretty good idea of what happened. If you look at the following charts you will see how clear they are. In the first chart I drew, which was for the time she checked out of work, you can see the first house ruler in the sixth house, reflecting the fact that she was at her place of employment. Notice that the ruler is disposed of by Mars in the eighth house and that Mars also rules the seventh house. Right before she left work, either while she was still in the store or just upon leaving the store, she ran into this person. Mars in the eighth house describes a criminal, a violent person with a history of violent crimes. Mars in the sign Gemini gives this person a knife which was used as a weapon. The sign Gemini being disposed of by the planet Mercury implies a thief or a person who uses his hands to take what doesn't belong to him. Mars by itself implies a male. Mars in Gemini is asexual but it also implies something young. I believe this person to be a young man who lived as a criminal and lived a life of crime. Mars in Gemini is disposed of by Mercury in Pisces in the fifth house so it's a pretty good guess that this person was a drug abuser and may well have been an addict. Mercury is under the Sun's beams so this person was afraid for his life, afraid he might die if he didn't get drugs, perhaps, or being threatened by other criminals. In any event, he was in fear for his life.
Venus, which marks our victim, is disposed of by Mars, so she is at his mercy. Everything that happens to her from this moment forward will be dictated by this criminal. Notice also that the Moon is in the tenth house so she was abducted in a public place, most likely her workplace and she had not left the property when she was approached. It is very possible that there were witnesses. But there is an interesting twist. The Sun rules the tenth house and it is placed in the fifth house so the witness was most likely the person this man was afraid of. The debt collector, most likely. Mars co rules the second house as well so this makes sense here. He went after the first victim he could find in the hopes of getting the money he needs to pay his drug debt and all the while under the eye of the drug dealer. So it is possible that this person did not act alone but that he and his drug dealer took her for her money. That is exactly what it looks like. Was this payday for Cheryl? Would she have just cashed a check? Would they have seen this or known this?
It is amazing how astrology charts work. In relation to what happens to us, it's an interesting study for sure. Notice how the rulers change at between 10 and 11 pm that night. By 11 pm, the first house has moved off of Libra and is now ruled by Scorpio. The seventh house is now ruled by Venus. And notice where the rulers are. Mars, with co rules, Scorpio is in the eighth house, where it has been all along but is now the ruler for the victim and not the assailant. In that event, it shows us her death pattern. Pluto is in the first house, showing an act of violent on the body of the victim. Mars, which rules the first house at this point, is in the eighth, showing forceful death. The eighth house ruler, Mercury, is in the fourth house. The tenth house ruler is in the fourth house, too, showing us that she was murdered in a public place. And at this same hour, Venus, which now rules the assailant, is in the fifth house, showing him to be "partying" or having a good time. It is very probable that he has gotten the much needed drug and was "getting high".
Taking a closer look at the chart we need to dope out the descriptors to determine where Cheryl was murdered. Since her body has not been found, it would be good if we could figure out where she was dumped, as well. The sign Leo on the tenth house cusp can indicate a government building and the sign Leo can indicate a park or recreational area. The Moon in Virgo can imply personal care and cleanliness so this may well be a bathroom in a public park. This is underscored by the placement of the tenth house ruler, the Sun, in the sign Pisces. Pisces works with this theory by describing bathing places or places with water sources. So this is a public park with showers and toilets. There are government buildings on the park property, such as a ranger station, a weigh station, a storage shed for DOT or any other government maintained structure. This where they took her and killed her and probably also while they were doing drugs.
Pluto in the first house disposed of by Mars in the eighth shows that she died as the direct result of an assault on her body. This could involve a weapon but it can also indicate a beating. In this event, I think maybe both a beating and then a weapon were involved. Mars in Gemini implies something that flies through the air, which can mean a bullet. But Pluto in Scorpio can mean a physical assault. So I am not sure exactly what transpired here. But I do know that all the indicators show me a murder. Both the fixed star Hoedus and the fixed star Bellatrix are hanging around Mars in this chart and these stars often show a sexual assault. It is very possible that Cheryl was raped before she was killed. Another indicator is the exact conjunction between Pluto and the fixed star Unukalhai, which describes drugs. I think all the pointers describe this assailant as a criminal and drug abuser who was after Cheryls' money.
It is obvious, however, that even if she was killed in a public park bathroom, she was not left there. She would have been found long before now if she had been left in this very public location. However, if there are closed parks in the area that have not be serviced or maintained in many years, a search might be done there just to be sure. In any forensic chart, when the death has been established, you then use Saturn as the marker for the body. This is regardless of whether Saturn has been a marker in the chart so far or whether or not Saturn is part of the death pattern. It is just always used a lead in the search for the bones.
Notice how close Saturn is to the node in the third house. The third house shows us the body in transport, being carried or driven somewhere. The close proximity to the node tells me that they took her to a place they were familiar with. This would be a place they had "planned on", which can also indicate the possibility that they had used the place before. This, in turn, can give indication that they had killed and dumped other victims as well. Saturn in Aquarius right away gives us a place that has been recently dug up. So is this a cemetery? Is this a place where construction is under way? Or had other graves been dug not long in the past? Saturn in Aquarius describes an area that is sandy and desert like with gravel and dirt. This area would have places that had been dug up or turned for some reason. The entire area would be situated near an airstrip, commercial or private and should have a radio tower somewhere nearby. If there are woods nearby (and there may be) this would be a dry wooded thicket with sandy ground and little undergrowth. Tall, spindly trees with sparse foliage.
The north node in Capricorn (as well as Saturn being disposed of by Uranus in Capricorn) indicates that this is where there are more graves. This is a graveyard of sorts. Other victims may be found in this same place. In looking for the area, you should travel south of the area where Cheryl was first abducted.
In an attempt to describe her killer, I will again mix up traditional readings with my own interpretations and hope I get something right. This person is defined by Venus in Aries. As I already said, this is a criminal, a drug abuser, a person who lives a life of crime. Venus in Aries also describes someone who is on the run, hiding, living in hiding from the law. He may very well have a secret hideout in the area. This man is going to be small and thin. He would have a nice head of hair, soft and thick and possibly wavy. He is going to have long, sweeping eyebrows that are prominent on his face and expressive eyes. He has a dreamy or "drugged up" appearance, always sort of "spacey" and "out of it". He has a short, straight nose and thick, bow shaped lips. Florid color in the lips and face; a tendency to blush. Dimple in the cheek or chin and a scar somewhere on the cheek or forehead. This is a shameless man with a weakness for self indulgence and his addiction controls him. Normally timid, he is aggressive in his quest for money and drugs and has done this before. He feels desperate a lot of the time and is capable of disgraceful actions and habits. Although he knows what he does is wrong, he is out of control; a "desperado". He is most likely already in jail for another crime.
It is suspected that the cases of several other convenience store clerks that are either missing or have been found murdered are linked to this case. Although I cannot tell if this is the case from a single chart for a single event, I would guess that this is possible. The charts do appear to show other women or victims buried at this same site. In particular, the Angela Hammond case has been linked to this one. Hammond was abducted from another city in Missouri so the link is a strong one. You can see my analysis of the Hammond case HERE
On the night of September 7, 1996, Shakur attended the Mike Tyson - Bruce Seldon boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After leaving the match, one of Suge's associates spotted 21 year-old Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, a member of the Southside Crips, in the MGM Grand lobby and informed Shakur. Shakur then attacked Anderson. Shakur's entourage, as well as Suge and his followers assisted in assaulting Anderson. The fight was captured on the hotel's video surveillance. A few weeks earlier, Anderson and a group of Crips had robbed a member of Death Row's entourage in a Foot Locker store, precipitating Shakur's attack. After the brawl, Shakur went to rendezvous with Suge to go to Death Row-owned Club 662 (now known as restaurant/club Seven). He rode in Suge's 1996 black BMW 750iL sedan as part of a larger convoy including many in Shakur's entourage.
At 10:55 p.m., while paused at a red light, Shakur rolled down his window and a photographer took his photograph. At around 11:00-11:05 p.m., they were halted on Las Vegas Blvd. by Metro bicycle cops for playing the car stereo too loud and not having license plates. The plates were then found in the trunk of Suge's car; they were released without being fined a few minutes later. At about 11:10 p.m., while stopped at a red light at Flamingo Road near the intersection of Koval Lane in front of the Maxim Hotel, a vehicle occupied by two women pulled up on their right side. Shakur, who was standing up through the sunroof, exchanged words with the two women, and invited them to go to Club 662. At approximately 11:15 p.m., a white, four-door, late-model Cadillac with an unknown number of occupants pulled up to the sedan's right side, rolled down one of the windows, and rapidly fired twelve to thirteen shots at Shakur. He was struck by four rounds, with bullets hitting him in the chest, the pelvis, and his right hand and thigh. One of the rounds apparently ricocheted into Shakur's right lung. Suge was hit in the head by shrapnel, though it is thought that a bullet grazed him. According to Suge, a bullet from the gunfire had been lodged in his skull, but medical reports later contradicted this statement.
At the time of the drive-by Shakur's bodyguard was following behind in a vehicle belonging to Kidada Jones, Shakur's then-fiancée. The bodyguard, Frank Alexander, stated that when he was about to ride along with the rapper in Suge's car, Shakur asked him to drive Kidada Jones' car instead just in case they were too drunk and needed additional vehicles from Club 662 back to the hotel. Shortly after the assault, the bodyguard reported in his documentary, Before I Wake, that one of the convoy's cars drove off after the assailant but he never heard back from the occupants.
After arriving on the scene, police and paramedics took Suge and a fatally wounded Shakur to the University Medical Center. According to an interview with one of Shakur's closest friends the music video director Gobi, while at the hospital, he received news from a Death Row marketing employee that the shooters had called the record label and were sending death threats aimed at Shakur, claiming that they were going there to "finish him off". Upon hearing this, Gobi immediately alerted the Las Vegas police, but the police claimed they were understaffed and no one could be sent. Nonetheless, the shooters never arrived. At the hospital, Shakur was in and out of consciousness, was heavily sedated, was breathing through a ventilator and respirator, was placed on life support machines, and was ultimately put under a barbiturate-induced coma after repeatedly trying to get out of the bed.
Despite having been resuscitated in a trauma center and surviving a multitude of surgeries (as well as the removal of a failed right lung), Shakur had gotten through the critical phase of the medical therapy and was given a 50% chance of pulling through. Gobi left the medical center after being informed that Shakur made a 13% recovery on the sixth night. While in Critical Care Unit on the afternoon of September 13, 1996, Shakur died of internal bleeding; doctors attempted to revive him but could not impede his hemorrhaging. His mother, Afeni, made the decision to tell the doctors to stop. He was pronounced dead at 4:03 p.m. (PDT) The official cause of death was noted as respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest in connection with multiple gunshot wounds. Shakur's body was cremated. Some of his ashes were later mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of Outlawz.
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This man was so controversial and interesting I was drawn to this case out of sheer curiosity. His godfather was a black panther (I was around back then, actually traveling through Newark the day after the riots), his sister did prison time for shooting a state trooper, his stepfather was on the FBIs "Most Wanted" list, so although he started out studying acting, is it any surprise that he became a "social activist" rap singer who made controversial music? I don't have time or date information for it but Shakur had been robbed and shot on a a previous ocassion but whether that had anything to do with his murder is still unclear. I wish I had time information on that event to make a comparison. I apologize for the long lead in on this case but I thought background information might help anyone considering the charts in this case. I am assuming that some of you who read the blog do your own charts. In this case, because of his background, my curiosity was definitely aroused about his birth chart. I do not have the exact time of birth which is a big drag but I can get an overview from it none the less. So the first chart I read was for his birth date and it was totally fascinating!
The first telltale aspect that stands out for me is Mercury exalted in Gemini right behind the Sun, trine to Mars in Aquarius, which is conjoined the Node. This man had a humanitarian mission and a message. Mercury is under the Sun's beams which means he was sure to draw fire for this "thinking" and spoken words and might even be "in danger" as result of his outspokenness. The Sun in Gemini with Mercury and Venus also in Gemini shows a talented "talker", a communicator, a lyricist and writer. He had a talent for getting his message across and, from the position of the Node, this was a part of his destiny. The position of Saturn in Taurus, the sign of the artist, lingering in an out of sign conjunction with Venus shows discipline and determination. The Jupiter in Scorpio opposing Saturn also shows a tendency to "live it up", to "break the rules" and to not follow advice. He often thought he was right and that there was "nothing to worry about". Life was a party in a fashion and he used parties to push his product. Another standout position is the Moon in Pisces opposing Pluto in Virgo. I mean, considering his end this is an interesting aspect. Moon in Pisces gives sensitivity, creativity and artistry but also can create illusions, deceptions and scandal. Opposing Pluto can bring violence in response to the expression of the artist. When I read the death chart, as I have already done, I will show you how this dovetails with that.
Other aspects in the birth chart I want to point out. Neptune in Sagittarius lingers around Jupiter in Scorpio in an out of sign conjunction. This points to his infamous drug and alcohol use. Neptune is also opposed to Venus in Gemini, giving him an "aura", an "image" of sorts that may not have been real. Neptune and Venus give a higher octave of beauty and charisma, bringing people into a circle of adoration and admiration. His fans were legion and they adored him, no doubt. But who he appeared to be was often not who he was. He was a master manipulator and would have made a talented politician or salesman. In a way, he was both. Since I don't have house positions (I won't read a solar from the houses) I can't tell you in what exact area of his life these influences actually played out. I am hoping to find out more about these elements from the shooting chart, which I will read next. I will also read the chart for the actual time of death, which was quite some time after he was shot. He was quite a fighter, with a strong will to live.
Right away notice that Gemini is rising at the time he was shot and that many of his birth planets are in that sign. This puts him "front and center", the object of attention. The big aspect that stands out for me is the chart ruler, Mercury in Libra in conjunction with the Node in the fifth house and widely trine to the natal Venus-Saturn conjunction as well as conjoining the natal Uranus in Libra. This event had everything to do with his music and his work and was not a personal attack. This was about his career in entertainment and the methods he was using to entertain. The presence of the Node in this interesting aspect tells me that all of this was destiny. It was a part of the evolution of his personal message. He was meant to do what he was doing and he was meant to die in the public eye. The seventh house ruler, Jupiter, is in the eighth house in Capricorn. This shows the shooter as being on the mission of killing him. Death was the purpose. They weren't trying to scare him, chase him off, or take him out for a while, but they aimed to kill him outright. That was the idea. Capricorn hints at career and business so it is likely that this was a professional hit. This person kills for a living and, by the way, Jupiter is saying he is very successful at it. Because Jupiter in Capricorn is in fall, this person did not especially enjoy his work nor did he feel that it did anybody any special good, but it was all about money. Cold hearted killing to make a living.
Jupiter is disposed of by Saturn in the eleventh, hinting that the hit was ordered by a friend or associate. The dexter trine from Saturn to Pluto shows that this was an older man who worked with Tupac in the past. The greater grand trine involving Saturn, Pluto and Venus shows creative input and partnerships. Because Saturn is disposed of by Mars in Cancer conjoined the Moon in the second house, this older man may have been a mentor or teacher to Tupac. Did Tupac have songwriting partners? Producers that also wrote music he recorded? Did he have a "partner" in his business? The co ruler of the chart is the Moon, as well, and this placement of the Moon shows two things. One, that Tupac was out "earning money" or "looking for money" on the night he was shot. But then also that he was shot over money. Whether this is the money paid to the hit man or money that someone felt cheated out of I can't be sure. Just that this event had emotional ties to money and issues surrounding finances. The sinister opposition from Moon in Cancer to Neptune in Capricorn shows that the money issue at the core of this event was hidden or carefully kept secret. Someone borrowed money, stole money, owed money, needed money. Something like this. And no one knew about it except perhaps Tupac and his partner, if , indeed, he had one.
In comparisons between the birth chart and the time of the shooting, I see right away that Pluto is sinister to a conjunction to his natal Neptune, which rules the tenth house in the birth chart. Violence for business reasons is once again indicated. Neptune as ruler of the tenth again demonstrates Tupac's charisma and mastery of illusion. Moon in the tenth in the creative sign of Pisces indicates career success in music and art; an adept at emotional expression that many people can appreciate. At the time of the shooting, the transiting Moon is sinister to a trine with the natal Moon in the tenth from the natal first house. He was at the peak of his popularity. He was at the "top of his form", so to speak, doing his best work. I was not a fan of Tupac Shakur and I don't listen much to rap, although I won't claim to hate it actually. I like more guitars in my music, personally. Tupac, along with Snoop Dog, JZ and Ice T, were and are among the artists who dominate this music. He was very popular, very successful, very gifted. And he was very much loved by fans. His chart shows that he would have been talented in any music he chose to perform; like all musicians, he chose a form and went with it. Success was a part of his destiny, but, then so appears to be his death!
And one last thing I must mention is that transiting Mars is coming to a trine with the natal trine between the Moon and Jupiter. The Moon follows Mars in close conjunction. This is what is called a translation of light and because it occurs between a transiting planet and natal planets, it shows how the event came to pass. Tupac was out partying (Moon conjunct Jupiter), he was promoting himself (Mars trining the Moon), he was probably drinking or otherwise impaired (Mars trining Jupiter) and he was a clear target. These planetary aspects indicate that he is happy and having fun and feeling full of himself. It is exactly this mood, this state of emotional affairs, that put him where he was, in the line of fire. The person who shot him waited out an opportunity and this act of self promotion combined with personal joy created just such an opportunity. I mean, Tupac was literally standing in the sun roof of the Limo shouting down girls and inviting everyone to come see him. This is so typical of musicians when they are promoting their recordings, their concerts, their tours, their image. Motley Crue used to ride around in a Limo with a jacuzzi plugged into the trunk. So as Tupac was shouting his invitation to the world, he also invited his killers to take their best shot.
The last chart I wanted to consider is the chart for the exact time he was pronounced dead. Tupac had survived a previous shooting and did not die right away this time. He could just as easily have lived through this one, too, had it be "meant to be". But he actually lived for another 6 days before succumbing to the reaper. And this chart, for this exact time, is interesting. Notice the grouping of planets in the eighth house. This is a bit telling but not conclusive. The eighth house alone does not designate death. Again, without Tupac's birth time, I can't figure the house positions of key planets and this is a debility. But the forensic chart helps us see some of the indicators. Notice Jupiter in Capricorn in the twelfth house. The twelfh house is the house of passings and endings; Capricorn is known as the sign of the "gates of heaven". Neptune is again prominent, occupying the first house of the forensic chart and indicating again that his death played a large part in his legacy, it helped shape the illusion that became his imprint on history. Pluto in the tenth house seals the deal. He became more famous because of this violent death; violence, in many ways, shaped his public image.
I know the only thing left with this case is who did it? I already saw in the charts that someone who had been a mentor, a partner, a teacher of sorts had something to do with his murder. This is actually a "hardened" person who has lived a complicated life. This, I realize, defines Tupac Shakur and is not unique in this case. But this person is also older than Tupac, a father figure of sorts who did not have a sense of humor and took everything very seriously. Slights and hurt feelings are not easily forgotten or forgiven. He may have a problem with his weight and if he is also black, he is pale for his race. He has a thin face with freckles, moles or acne scars. He is very ambitious and without reservations about how to achieve it. Killing Tupac Shakur benefited his career in some way. These are keys and clues to this person's identity that could be deciphered by people close to the singer. Because this person is a perfectionist and a great organizer, I would look closely at his manager, secretary, valet, music teacher, producer and / or personal assistant, if he had any of these. Look for someone who complained a lot, was miserly and stingy and too guarded. There was a lot of envy here. This person was really self-centered and self-promoting and did not feel that Tupac deserved what he had and was determined to take it from him. He succeeded.
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