Simone Stephanie Ridinger. (Photo Credit: CharleyProject.org) |
For many years, Rainbow Restaurant was the last place Simone had been located at. What happened to her after she stepped out of the door remained a mystery, but in 1986, a witness would step forward and shed some light on her disappearance. The witness was an elderly man, who has now passed away. He stated he was on his way to the Cape when he was pulled over by a state trooper at a rest stop in West wood, Massachusetts, at the intersection of Route 128 and Route 109. The state trooper who stopped him had Simone in the backseat of his car. He had asked the witness to give her a ride to the Cape. The elderly man said he dropped her off at Hyannis Rotary near the airport. She was last seen walking to a nearby restaurant. His accounts have never been confirmed, but there is nothing to suggest he had anything to do with her disappearance. He stated she called herself "Sissy". It is also important to note that the man claims he picked Simone up the date after she was reported missing from the Rainbow Restaurant.
Simone was 17 years old when she vanished after work in Sherborn, MA. (Photo Credit: CharleyProject.org) |
New York's Caledonia Jane Doe. (Photo Credit: CharleyProject.org) |
A modern day Rainbow Restaurant, where Simone was last confirmed seen leaving. |
I must add that the witnesses story has never been confirmed, but if the state trooper had contact with Simone on the day she was reported missing, why didn't he come forward as a witness? How about at that restaurant she was last seen walking towards? It seems like there would be more witness accounts than there is being reported. I tried to locate where Simone was reportedly dropped off at, Hyannis Rotary, and it looks like she was very close to Cape Cod, most of her journey would have already been done. If this witness account is true, perhaps she hitchhiked again, or met someone, and went with them for a ride.
Susan Labbe vanished while hitchhiking back to her apartment in Lowell, MA. She vanished an hour and 40 minutes away from where Simone was last seen around Cape Cod. (Photo Credit: CharleyProject.org)
Susan vanished one hour and forty minutes from the Cape Cod area, where Simone was dropped off at in 1977. Their disappearances happened three years apart, not too far from each other and could be the result of hitchhiking-gone-bad. There's is no way we could ever establish a connection between the two, unless someone came forward, a suspect comes in custody or either one of the girls are found. I will say though, out of all the cases I just searched through, Susan's is the only one I came up with that has many similarities to Simone's.
Simone vanished on her way to see her mother in 1977. (Photo Credit: CharleyProject.org) |
Seven years after she vanished, her family held a memorial service for her. Her mother passed away without knowing what happened to Simone, but her friends and loved ones are still searching. I am crossing my fingers for her case to stay open and be active! I know she still has loved ones looking for her. Simone could really be out there, anywhere! Please share her story and keep her in your prayers.
If you have any information about the disappearance of Simone Stephanie Ridinger, please contact:
If you remember seeing Simone hitchiking or in the Cape Cod area, please come forward! (Photo Credit: CharleyProject.org) |
Sherborn Police Department
508-653-2424
If you have any information about the disappearance of Susan Rhonda Labbe, please contact:
Billerica Police Department
978-670-6000
OR
978-671-0900
An age progression of Susan Labbe. (Photo Credit: CharleyProject.org) |
Billerica Police Department
978-670-6000
OR
978-671-0900
Sources:
Caledonia Jane Doe
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1ufny.html
Princess Doe
www.princessdoe.org
Charley Project
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/ridinger_simone.html
Unsolved-In the News
http://unsolveditn.blogspot.com/2009/09/unsolved-simone-ridinger.html
NamUs
www.namus.gov
Account from Simone's Friend
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-563292
Susan Labbe
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/l/labbe_susan.html
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151641586910420&set=a.322350510419.196543.84676880419&type=1&theater
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned turquoise jewelry
Hello Maggie!
ReplyDeleteI just got around looking at Watts Township Jane Doe today. I could not find her on NAMUS, but I found a profile on her for Doe Network. Doe Network has a wide estimate for Jane Doe's weight, but Simone still fits in the range, along with her physical characteristics. The circumstances also fit. Clothing wise, Simone does not have much information, except that she wore a lot of jewelery, and specifically had on a turquoise necklace.
It says Jane Doe was an "A-cup", wore size 8 shoes and she had her right first molar extracted 3-4 years before her death. It would be nice to see if investigators have more details about Simone to match up with these specific things about Jane Doe. I would say it would not hurt to submit Simone as her possible match, the worse that could happen is it's wrong, but that just means you have one more person eliminated as a match in both cases. I will give you the contact info. here at the link:
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/2779
Thank you!