Tracy Jo Shine
Real Name: Tracy Jo Shine
Nicknames: No known nicknames
Location: Texas
Date: April 8, 1987
Bio
Occupation: Occupation Unknown
Date of Birth: December 7, 1962
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Characteristics: None known
Case
Details: Tracy Jo Shine was murdered by Michael Neal after he mistakenly believed that she had become a police informant for his illegal drug activity. Police sources report she had agreed to testify against him in a drive-by shooting in exchange for reduced charges for her drug arrest. It is believed he dismembered her body and stored the parts in a refrigerator for several months before he and his brother purchased muriatic acid and disposed of them. While Neal was incarcerated for a separate crime, evidence found in the refrigerator was linked to Tracy Jo through mitochondrinoeal DNA. He is now serving a life sentence for the crime. Her family would really prefer to give Tracy the burial she deserves, but Neal refused to identify the location of her body. He later died in prison.
Suspects: Michael Neal
Extra Notes: This case was also profiled on Forensic Files and The New Detectives.
Results: Unsolved. Shine's remains have yet to be located. Michael Neal has since died in prison.
Links:
- Tracy Jo Shine memorial page
- Prisoner pleads guilty to murder of girlfriend in '87 killing
- Unhappy Trails
- Tracy's case on the Charley Project
- Tracy Jo Shine at Find a Grave