Case Update: New information regarding Karen Spencer's disappearance
Several months ago, I did a write up on Karen Spencer's case. Recently, Lieutenant Greg Jenkins with the Miami Township Police Department reached out to me and wanted to clarify some information that has been reported about the case.
I asked Lt. Jenkins to send me this information by email so I could accurately attribute it to him. He has given me permission to share the following information, and I contacted the mod team before posting this update.
It has long been alleged that the driver of the red Datsun made the vehicle "disappear" shortly after Karen went missing. According to Lt. Jenkins, title records do not support this claim.
The driver told detectives that he traded the Datsun to Superior Acura in Fairfield, Ohio. Jenkins followed up with the Butler County Title Office and confirmed that the vehicle was traded in to Superior Acura in August of 1990 (8 months after her disappearance), sold twice, and was believed to had eventually been junked. He also provided me with copies of the title records documenting the transfers in his email.
Lt. Jenkins also said that media reports state that the Datsun driver gave "vastly inconsistent" accounts of the night Karen disappeared. The driver's recorded and written statements were transcribed by a certified transcriptionist and compared side-by-side. According to Lt. Jenkins, the comparison did not support the allegation that his statements were vastly inconsistent over the years.
Investigators also compared statements made by Karen's sister-in-law, Christy. According to Lt. Jenkins, inconsistencies were found in her accounts over the years, including details that were omitted and details that appeared in later accounts that had not originally been reported.
As someone from southern Ohio, my interest has always been in finding Karen Spencer and seeing the person responsible for her disappearance and presumed death brought to justice. Her father deserves answers.