Dayton Police Make Little Headway in Heather Walker Murder Case

June 27, 2008

On the evening of February 9, Heather Walker had friends pick her up at her parents' house on Gummer Avenue and take her to a convenience store on East Third Street. Heather never made it home that night and failed to contact her parents in the ensuing days. Concerned, Heather's parents contacted police and attempted to file a missing person report. The police, however, declined to take the report; citing Heather's previous history of running away.

Undeterred by the lack of cooperation from local police, Heather's parent's made up flyers and posted them throughout the area, hoping that someone might recognize their daughter and provide them with clues to her whereabouts. In the interim, Heather's case went uninvestigated and unreported on.

The case took a tragic turn on April 26, when a crack addict found Heather's decomposing body hidden in a trash bin between abandoned buildings, just three blocks from the convenience store where her friends had dropped her off.

Investigators have had few leads to follow and the Montgomery County Coroner's Office is now reporting that...

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