Tara L Walker

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Tara L. Walker, Bound over for Trial

Tara L. Walker (Poplar Bluff, Mo) Granddaughter of Mary Lee Grobe is Bound Over for Trial after Preliminary Hearing.

Tara L. Walker 25 yr old Granddaughter of missing Butler County Woman Mary Lee Grobe was bound over for trial after her preliminary hearing in St Louis County Circuit Court Division 33 in St Louis, County. She is charged with Armed Robbery, Armed Criminal Action and Unlawful use of a Weapon, all 1st degree, during an attempted robbery of a Schnucks Market in Ladue, Missouri on December 13, 2005.

Two detectives from the Ladue Police Department and two employees of Schnucks Market testified at the preliminary hearing.

Tara Walker was one of the spokesmen for the Poplar Bluff families after Mary Grobe’s tragic disappearance and was quoted many times on TV and Newspaper articles.

No trial date has been set.

St Louis County Circuit Court Division 33
Honorable Brenda Stith Loftin, Associate Circuit Judge
Justice Center, 3rd Floor
100 S Central
Clayton MO 63105
Ph 314-615-1533
Fax 314-615-2689
Christine Thompson, Division Clerk


Tara L. Walker is also charged in Carter County with Burglary-1st Degree (Felony B RsMo 569.160) Nov 26, 2005
No trail date has been set.
Missouri Case.net

IF ONLY THERE HAD BEEN A PROFESSIONAL SHERIFF WHEN MARY GROBE DISAPPEARED!

Things would have been different if Mark Dobbs was the Sheriff of Butler County, Missouri when Mary Grobe disappeared!

Butler County now has:
Major Case Squad
2 Full-time Criminal Investigators
2 crime scene technicians
Grant Money that is used for the Dept.--not for personal use/gifts
10 arrests for the 10 murders in 2005
Respectful/professional law enforcement

Mary’s life was valuable to the people who loved her. Even though the crimes against her currently remain unsolved, they helped bring about some long overdue changes to a corrupt little Southeast Missouri County; a County where the authorities turned their heads and looked the other way to allow the abuse of a poor innocent elderly widow. It was a county with a sheriff who refused to properly investigate once Mary Grobe disappeared.

Thank you Butler County for the improvements, now please solve the crimes against Mary Lee Grobe. Please make professional changes in the Public Administrator’s office (Sharron K. Payne) so the elderly Butler County residents are safe. Mary deserved so much more but now at least solve this case. What will Butler County say WHEN this happens again? SOLVE this crime before it does.

Elder Abuse

"Every year an estimated 2.1 million older Americans are victims of physical, psychological, or other forms of abuse and neglect. For every case of elder abuse and neglect reported to authorities, experts estimate that there may be as many as 5 cases not reported. Research suggests elders who have been abused tend to die earlier than those who are not abused, even in the absence of chronic conditions or life threatening disease." Elder Abuse and Neglect: In Search of Solutions

American's over the age of 50 years represent 30% of our population, 12% of our murder victims and 7% of other serious and violent crime victims.

90% of elder abuse and neglect incidents are by known perpetrators, usually family members, 2/3rds are adult children or spouses. 42% of murder victims over 60 were killed by their own offspring. Spouses were the perpetrators in 24% of family murders of persons over 60.

In most states "mandatory reporters of elder abuse" are required by law to report suspected cases of elder maltreatment. Nearly 70 percent of Adult Protective Service agencies' annual caseloads involve elder abuse.

21.6% of all domestic elder abuse reports came from physicians or health care professionals 9.4% from service providers, 14.9% are family members. They types of abuses and their percentage of frequency are below.

Neglect 58.5% Physical abuse 15.7%Financial exploitation 12.3%Emotional abuse 7.3%Sexual abuse .04%All other types 5.1%Unknown .06%

National Center on Elder Abuse, 1994 The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study: Final Report Washington, DC: Administration for Children and Families & Administration on Aging, US Department of Health and Human ServicesElder Abuse and Neglect - Overviews, definitions and insights into the increasingly common problem of elder abuse.

For additional info: Google Elder Abuse, Where is Mary Grobe?