Chalice Paul
Real Name: Chalice Paul
Nicknames: Chalice Barnett (first married name); Chalice Jessica Alford (birth name) Chalice Barrett-Paul (stage name)
Location: Key West, Florida
Date: Summer 1981
Bio[]
Occupation: Former Flight Attendant and Actress
Date of Birth: August 31, 1947
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 125 lbs.
Marital Status: Married
Characteristics: Caucasian female with Curly brown hair and blue eyes. She has a slim build, and round birthmark under her left breast.
Case[]
Details: In May 26, 1980, thirty-two-year-old Chalice Alford Barnett married professional race driver John Paul Sr. at Lime Rock Park in Salisbury, Connecticut. Within a year the two had separated after she was living with John in Roswell, Georgia and moved to Palm Beach, Florida in the at the end of 1980. She disappeared in the summer of 1981 allegedly in Key West, Florida. Chalice Paul was casted to be in Burt Reynolds film, Sharky’s Machine being filmed in Atlanta in the summer of 1981. John visited her in Atlanta and convinced her to come with him to Key West, Florida, so that they could have a quick second honeymoon before her filiming. She vanished sometime that summer of 1981 but John never bothered to contact her family about her disappearance. Her family never reported her missing either.
John claimed she vanished voluntarily. When her best friend was able to contact John Paul in 1982 in Atlanta over the phone he told her he left Chalice in Key West. One of Chalice Paul's sisters, who gave several conflicting reports and version of events about her last sighting of Chalice could be complicit to her disappearance.
John Paul Sr married Jeanette Hope Ruben Haywood, sister of famous racer Hurley Haywood, who’s first name is Harris, while John Paul Sr. was still legally married to Chalice Paul. She filed for divorce in Atlanta, GA, dropped the divorce filing ten days later, then refiled for alimony instead.
Chalice was missing, not reported by her husband and family then four months after marrying “Hope” he goes to Haiti to acquire a divorce with Chalice as you don't need your wife present! During the early 1980s, he was the mastermind behind a drug smuggling ring and tried to kill his boat captain he used for smuggling marijuana, Stephen Carson, for a senseless crime as Stephen Carson never testified against John Paul. Stephen Carson spent 14 months in a New Orleans jail because he refused to give up information and names on his drug smuggling operation. He was held for Contempt of Court Charges then released and returned back to St. Augustine area. John Paul Sr was tipped off Carson could be a liability so he tried to abduct Carson from a boat dock and then shot him five times in the back, kidney, and leg. Fortunately, Stephen survived.
In 1983, John fled the United States to avoid trial. In January 1985, he was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland along with his current wife Hope Haywood Paul with their infant daughter, Adrienne Jade in tote. Interpol was working the FBI on locating him.
In 1987, he was convicted of attempted first-degree murder and criminal conspiracy in St. Johns County, Florida. He was sentenced to twenty five years in federal prison; he served half his sentence of twelve and a half years. While in a holding cell in St. Augustine prior to his sentencing he was awaiting trial for his attempted murder charges, he tried to escape by squirting hot sauce and molasses into the eyes of a corrections officer outside, scaled the wall and the tower told them they would be shot so they retreated. He was paroled in 1999 and moved to Wellington, Florida to his son John Paul Jr and wife Patricia "Trish" Paul's house.
Shortly after John was released from prison, he put an advertisement in the paper looking for a mate to sail around the world and Colleen Wood responded. John Paul Sr started dating Colleen Wood. Colleen vanished in December 2000 after she told family members that she would be going on a trip with John. She too was last seen in Key West with John Paul Sr.
John was questioned by Detective Mark Shotwell with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, homicide division while John Pauls sailboat,
"Island Girl" was in dry dock in Islamorada and was questioned regarding Colleen Woods disappearance but denied any involvement.
He has since left the United States and is wanted for parole violation, tax evasion and a personal of interest in the Colleen Wood disappearance. He has never been charged in either Colleen or Chalice's cases for alleged murder.
Suspects: John Paul is the prime suspect in Chalice's disappearance
Extra Notes: John Paul's case first aired on August 9, 2002 on Unsolved Mysteries. Chalice was not mentioned in the segment. At the time. Colleen Wood's disappearance was the focus of their story as she was an active investigation. ID Network show Disappeared collected research from Chalice's best friend after she found out about Colleen Wood’s disappearance in 2009 by Googling John Paul Sr’s name. Then the 2012 release of "Dark Voyage" the Colleen Wood reenactment story was aired but production did not combine both womens disappearance in their coverage.
Results: Unsolved. John had fled in his sailboat to the Caribbean islands and spotted in Jamaica, then sailed to New Zealand, Australia, was identified in Fiji so fled to Spain, Italy, Britain and then relocated in Phuket, Thailand. He opened a dive shop with his female partner who was a Thai descent dive master. US Marshal Service in Fort Lauderdale will accept any tips or sightings of John Paul Sr. Both Chalice and Colleen remain missing.
Links:
- Website about Chalice's Disappearance
- Facebook Page about Chalice
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- Websleuths Discussion of Chalice