Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 08/14/2005
- Missing From:
- Missing From Post Falls, Idaho
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 12/29/1959 (65)
- Age:
- Age 45 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’2, 110 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A pink and white pajama top and blue flannel pajama bottoms. She usually wears jeans, sneakers, a blue coat, earrings, a bracelet with pendants, a black Mickey Mouse watch, several diamond and turquoise rings, and three gold chains, one of with a friend charm and another with a “I love Mommy” charm.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Roxann’s nickname is Roxi. She has moles on her neck, breast and right buttock, a skin discoloration on her neck and a scar on her right arm. Her ears and nose are pierced and she has scars on her abdomen and both feet. Roxann had blonde highlights in her hair at the time she went missing, and some agencies give her hair color as blonde. She may use the last names Baker, Lamonte and/or Luper.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Roxann Tolson vanished from her home in Post Falls, Idaho, on August 14, 2005. Her husband, William, said she was gone when he returned from errands, but waited four months to report her missing. This raised suspicions, especially since William then sold many of Roxann’s belongings, cashed her checks, and used her medications. He also sold her car and emptied her bank account.
A taxi driver claimed to have driven Roxann to the airport, but police found his story untrue. Police also noted Roxann left behind personal items she likely would have taken if she left willingly. This, along with the husband’s actions, led investigators to suspect foul play.
William and his son, Larry, were charged with illegally using Roxann’s prescriptions after her disappearance, but this was unrelated to the missing person case. Larry passed a lie detector test and is not a suspect, but William gave conflicting accounts of what happened and remained a person of interest.
Larry described a troubled marriage with domestic violence, stating that he’d defended his mother from his father. He believes his father was responsible for his mother’s disappearance, possibly accidentally during a fight. Neighbors reported a loud argument at the Tolson home around the time Roxann disappeared.
Even a visit from an FBI agent to William’s deathbed in 2014 failed to elicit a confession. Roxann Tolson’s disappearance remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Post Falls Police Department 208-773-3517
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This person was missing Missing Since 08/14/2005