Missing Roxanne Paltauf Austin TX

The Crime Library ^ | David Lohr

[richandfamous]

February 5, 2007

AUSTIN, Texas (Crime Library) — Tomorrow will be the seven-month anniversary of 18-year-old Roxanne Paltauf's mysterious disappearance. The case, which gained national attention on America's Most Wanted this past weekend, is becoming a hot topic on Internet message boards and blogs alike.

Yesterday evening, I had the opportunity to speak with Roxanne's mother, Elizabeth Harris, about the circumstances surrounding her daughter's disappearance and this is how she described the situation:

"I had talked to her the night before she disappeared. She was staying with her boyfriend at the Budget Inn Hotel on I-35 in Austin. They were celebrating their second anniversary. They were going to spend a couple of days at the hotel, cause she still lived here at home, and I didn't approve of him, so he didn't come around here."

When she was unable to locate her daughter, Elizabeth filed a missing persons report with the Austin Police Department. From the start, she was dissatisfied with the investigation.

"The first impression the police officer gave me was 'I have a big caseload. This is adding more to my caseload.' He acted like it was an imposition for him to deal with my daughter."

Back at the hotel room, Roxanne left behind her clothing, shoes, purse and cell phone. According to comments made to authorities by the boyfriend, she had nothing but the clothes on her back when she walked out of the room.

Back at the hotel room, Roxanne left behind her clothing, shoes, purse and cell phone. According to comments made to authorities by the boyfriend, she had nothing but the clothes on her back when she walked out of the room.

"It was unlike her to leave her cell phone. She kept it with her at all times. The clothes he (the boyfriend) gave me a few days later were not my daughter's. Neither her sisters nor I had ever seen them before. Oddly enough, he (the boyfriend) did not immediately return her cell phone."

According to Roxanne's phone records, over three hundred calls were placed from July 8, 2006, the day of her disappearance, to July 12, 2006, the day her boyfriend returned the cell phone to her mother. Of those calls, several were placed to a cell phone number in New Mexico, which, as it turns out, is the boyfriend's ex-girlfriend, who we shall henceforth refer to as Jennifer.

Roxanne's mother described her contacts with Jennifer:

"I spoke with her once, but she (Jennifer) said she didn't want to get involved. She said she was getting her life straight. She had been in a woman's shelter because of him. I heard he told her he was in trouble, but she wouldn't open up."

Last night, I spoke briefly with Jennifer. She was evasive to questions about her ex-boyfriend and refused to share any information about the calls placed to her cell phone.

"I thought it was complete," Jennifer said. "That they found her. Actually, a detective and her family called me several months ago. I don't have any new information. I don't know anything. I live in a totally different state now. I spoke with him around that time, but it was a little weird. He made calls to my phone that day, but I never answered. I had nothing to say to him. I was trying to get him out of my life."

According to Jennifer, she never answered calls from her ex-boyfriend on the day Roxanne disappeared; however, cell phone records paint a different picture. Between July 8, 2006 and July 9, 2006, there were 22 calls placed from Roxanne's cell phone to Jennifer's cell phone, ranging from 1 to 49 minutes in length. For someone who had nothing to say, she took long enough not to say it. (more at link)
Louis Walls criminal record:

[dancinglady51]

hi i would like to talk to roxannes mother my sister is the one that help her and now she is dead

[dancinglady51]

to all that is out there hellooooooooo i think that my sister is the one that helped her mother yes she was a prostitute and yes her nude body was found days later can any one get me in touch with roxannes mother
her loving sister laura

[lizzy64]

Hello All,
Here’s another update on Roxanne Paltauf Missing since 7-7-06

I received a email from a student at UT on Friday
Below is some of what he wrote......................

Dear Ms. Harris,

I am a graduate film student at the University of Texas at Austin.
With your participation, we could make a short documentary about your
missing daughter. My highest hope is that it would lead to the safe
recovery of your daughter

Well, I met with him, Andy,
Nice young man.....
We went over details on how this would be done and we , Our family, have agreed to do this....
He has 3 months to complete it
It is a class assignment
In the end it will be a short 10 minute documentary about our Roxanne,
The who, what ,when, why, and how on the disappearance on Roxanne

Who knows what this could leads to........., hopefully Answers

I believe whole hearted that God bring people and situations in our lives to helps get through difficult time, and now he has sent another blessing our way
another chance to keep the light shinning on Roxanne, who is the shinning light in our hearts....
There’s not a second of the day that she is not on my mind, in my thought, and in my prayers,

I also want to say thank you all of you who continue to pray for Roxanne, and your sweet comments Regarding Roxanne,
I know sometimes I don’t respond back, but I do Read them all, IT just hard at times
It hard not knowing the next step I should take to find her....., but here we go again on a new mission.......

Thanks everyone and God Bless
Elizabeth Harris and family

[lizzy64]

Hello All,
Here’s another update on Roxanne Paltauf Missing since 7-7-06

I received a email from a student at UT on Friday
Below is some of what he wrote......................

Dear Ms. Harris,

I am a graduate film student at the University of Texas at Austin.
With your participation, we could make a short documentary about your
missing daughter. My highest hope is that it would lead to the safe
recovery of your daughter

Well, I met with him, Andy,
Nice young man.....
We went over details on how this would be done and we , Our family, have agreed to do this....
He has 3 months to complete it
It is a class assignment
In the end it will be a short 10 minute documentary about our Roxanne,
The who, what ,when, why, and how on the disappearance on Roxanne

Who knows what this could leads to........., hopefully Answers

I believe whole hearted that God bring people and situations in our lives to helps get through difficult time, and now he has sent another blessing our way
another chance to keep the light shinning on Roxanne, who is the shinning light in our hearts....
There’s not a second of the day that she is not on my mind, in my thought, and in my prayers,

I also want to say thank you all of you who continue to pray for Roxanne, and your sweet comments Regarding Roxanne,
I know sometimes I don’t respond back, but I do Read them all, IT just hard at times
It hard not knowing the next step I should take to find her....., but here we go again on a new mission.......

Thanks everyone and God Bless
Elizabeth Harris and family

[AnnaZ]

Saw this week's Chronicle. So sorry that this tragedy carries on unsolved. Prayers for all concerned.

[MamaB]

The story is being told on the ID network. I really feel for the family. Those 2 thugs know more than they are saying. Why did he have her driver’s license?

[dmacint]

I hope that this young lady is found so that the family will have closure. However, she should have known better than to get involved with an unemployed low-life like Walls (when you lay down with dogs, you will catch flees). If she had listened to her mother, then she could have avoided putting her family through this type of torment and stress. I am surpised that the police cannot solve this case since the two suspects are both idiots. I mean, how many places can these two morons (Walls and Moore) think of to hide a body. I think a $25,000 reward would probably solve this case because there is someone out there who knows where she is besides these two morons. Sadly to say, I do not think that she is still alive.