Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 05/15/2009
- Missing From:
- Missing From Cleveland, Tennessee
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 02/28/1959 (65)
- Age:
- Age 51 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’8, 125 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Light brown hair, blue eyes. Marsha’s maiden name is Rader and some accounts refer to her as Marsha Rader Brantley.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Marsha disappeared from her home in Cleveland, Tennessee, sometime between late May and early June 2009. Her husband, Donnie, said she left him, but a friend reported her missing months later in November. Police searched their home but found nothing.
Marsha’s RV was missing, too. It wasn’t found until November 2012, on Donnie’s family’s property. Donnie was arrested for hiding the RV, but then also charged with Marsha’s murder in 2013. The murder charges were dropped twice for lack of evidence, but could be brought back if new evidence is found.
Marsha was a writer, worked at Lee University, and loved the outdoors. She had no children and wasn’t close to her family, so her disappearance went unnoticed for months. Because of suspicious circumstances surrounding her disappearance and the RV, police believe she was likely murdered, even though her body has never been found.
- Agency:
- Tennessee Bureau of Investigation 800-824-3463
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This person was missing Missing Since 05/15/2009