Missing Person PI Received Anonymous Letter in 2009 Case

Investigators in Pennsylvania are trying to determine whether an anonymous letter claiming to have information about a woman who disappeared three years ago is a hoax or a vital clue regarding her whereabouts.

Toni Lee Sharpless vanished around 4 a.m. on Aug. 23, 2009, after driving away from the Philadelphia home of former 76er Willie Green after a night of drinking. A friend in the car with Sharpless was kicked out along the way, and police have had almost no clues as to what happened to Sharpless, a nurse and mother, except that her license plate was last electronically recorded in nearby Camden, N.J. Her black Pontiac Grand Prix has never been seen since.

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But an anonymous letter sent to the private detective working on Sharpless’ case late last month claims the missing woman, who would now be 33, was killed after a fight with a Camden police officer, the Philadelphia Daily News reported.

“What happened to (Toni), I don’t really know. All I know is she had a run-in with the police and I was paid much-needed cash to get the car to a shop in Boston,” the letter, written on a piece of yellow legal paper, reads.

The writer claims to have helped ditch Sharpless’ car in Boston in 2009 for about $5,000 at the request of a friend.

“I came back to Camden a day later and (the friend) told me that the car was not stolen, but missing. He said a friend of his, a cop in Camden, got into a fight with a girl, she died and he needed to get the car out of Jersey,” the letter reads.

The vehicle identification number (VIN) the writer included for the Grand Prix was accurate, private detective Eileen Law told the newspaper.

Law said there are some holes in the author’s account, but admits it was the first clue in the cold case in some time.

The writer also said the friend asking for help disposing of Lawless’ car wanted to know if he or she knew anyone looking for a “paper-trip,” jargon meaning a new identity, by using Sharpless’ Social Security card.

The writer claims to have driven Sharpless’ car to an auto-body shop outside of Boston, removing the license plate and recording the VIN.

After her disappearance, Sharpless’ cell phone was never used again and her bank account never accessed.

Police in Sharpless’ hometown of Chesco have been contacted by the private detective about the letter but Camden police said they were unaware of the possible clue.

Police have maintained that Willie Green, who now plays for the Los Angeles Clippers, has always cooperated with the investigation. Crystal Johns, who was the last person to see Sharpless before the nurse kicked her out of the car, passed a polygraph.

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