Police search local waters in 20-year-old missing person’s case

By Melanie Lekocevic

Capital Region Independent Media

EARLTON — Nearly 20 years after Audrey May Herron went missing, state police conducted a search of several bodies of water following a tip that was reported in the long unresolved missing person’s case.

The New York State Police in Catskill worked with the New York State Police Underwater Recovery Team to conduct a search of Maurer’s Lake and Potuck Reservoir on May 5.

Both are located on Schoharie Turnpike in Earlton, with a portion of the search area in the Catskill Creek in South Cairo.

“This was a result of information that was reported in relation to the Audrey Herron missing person case from 2002,” according to a statement released by state police Monday afternoon.

The underwater search did not yield any new clues in the two decades’ long case.

“No evidence or information was developed from this search,” according to state police.

Audrey May Herron went missing Aug. 29, 2002, at around 11 p.m. She was last seen driving westbound on state Route 23 in the town of Catskill after leaving her job at the former Greene County Long-Term Health facility in Jefferson Heights. When she left work that evening, she was wearing dark green medical scrubs and a blue turtleneck, police reported at the time.

Herron, a mother of three whose children are now adults, was driving a 1994 black Jeep Grand Cherokee with New York license plate X233UV. The vehicle has never been recovered despite an extensive investigation that has spanned nearly 20 years.

She was 31 years old when she went missing. Over the years police have reported the investigation into new leads, but none have yielded information leading to the discovery of what happened to Audrey May Herron in 2002.

The case has also received extensive publicity nationwide, but still remains unresolved.

For years family and friends held motorcycle rides in Herron’s honor and to shine a light on her case and keep her memory alive.

Law enforcement is asking anyone with information about the case to call the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Catskill at 518-622-8600.

Obituary: Charles E. Lampman

In Obituaries, Obituaries - Greenville, The Greenville Pioneer

November 30, 2022

Charles E. Lampman, 83, of Bartonville, Illinois, passed away Wednesday morning, Nov. 23, 2022, at his daughter’s residence in Washington, Illinois.

Also known to family and friends as Jackie Place, he was born June 30, 1939, in Albany, New York, to Alathea Lampman and Charles Place. He was raised in Gilboa, New York, by his paternal grandmother Grace until the age of 10. In 1949, he traveled alone by train from Schenectady, New York, to Chicago, Illinois, to then be raised by his maternal Aunt Edna and her husband Orville Meischner in East Peoria, Illinois.

After graduating from East Peoria High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy serving from 1959-1961 aboard the USS Boston. Upon returning to the area, he worked at Block & Kuhl where he met the love of his life, Sandra Harkins. They married on May 22, 1966, making their home in Bartonville, Illinois, and raising their two children, Randy and Sarah.

He was very active in the community, serving on the Oak Grove School Board, Bartonville Fire & Police Commission, and he also served on the Bartonville American Legion Rifle Squad and was a member of the 32-degree Scottish Rite. He had an over 45-year career at L.R. Nelson, working his way up from the floor to tool-and-die engineer, retiring in 2007. He was a proud member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

Chuck had several passions, including carpentry and woodworking. At heart, Chuck was a farmer. He enjoyed tending to his large backyard garden as well as his family’s beloved Spruce Grove Farm in Greenville, New York.

He was a former member of the Bartonville Christian Church and later Creve Coeur Christian Church. Chuck’s devout faith in God was shown in all that he did.

He was an adoring father and grandfather, never missing a moment to show love and encouragement.

He will be dearly missed by his daughter, Sarah (Don) Hoffman, and his grandsons, Benjamin and Luke Hoffman, all of Washington, Illinois. Cousin Ronnie (Karen) Klose of Long Island, New York. Several nieces and nephews, especially Michael Siatkowski of East Jewett, New York, and Kathy Seltzer of Newport, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sandra, son, Randell Lampman, his parents and two sisters.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, or to The Community Partners of Greenville, New York, to aid in the restoration of the Greenville Presbyterian Church (Prevost Hall), at P.O. Box 252, Greenville, NY 12083.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at Davison-Fulton Bartonville Chapel. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Lutheran Cemetery. Davison-Fulton Bartonville Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Police search local waters in 20-year-old missing person’s case

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