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Search for Missing Illinois Crash Victim
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tanya Shannon vanished after a weekend car accident killed her husband. She was last seen leaving a friend's holiday party in her red dress and was believed to be riding with her husband when their car crashed as it snowed. A deputy found the wreck along a well-traveled stretch of highway early Sunday. Dale Shannon was dead behind the wheel and footprints led away from the car.
Corinne Johnson pauses as she talks about her missing sister, Tanya Shannon, at Shannon's home, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Ransom, Ill. Volunteers are expanding their search in rural LaSalle County for Shannon who vanished after a car crash that killed her husband. Shannon was believed to be riding with her husband when their car crashed about 6 miles from their home shortly after they left a holiday party in nearby Streator Sunday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The road embankment is plowed as search and rescue efforts continue near Seneca, Ill. for Tanya Shannon Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Volunteers are expanding their search in rural LaSalle County for a woman who vanished after a car crash that killed her husband Dale Shannon. Shannon was believed to be riding with her husband when their car crashed about 6 miles from their home shortly after they left a holiday party in nearby Streator Sunday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The road embankment is plowed as search and rescue efforts continue near Seneca, Ill. for Tanya Shannon Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Volunteers are expanding their search in rural LaSalle County for a woman who vanished after a car crash that killed her husband Dale Shannon. Shannon was believed to be riding with her husband when their car crashed about 6 miles from their home shortly after they left a holiday party in nearby Streator Sunday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Volunteer fire fighters probe a field as search and rescue efforts continue near Seneca, Ill. for Tanya Shannon Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Volunteers are expanding their search in rural LaSalle County for a woman who vanished after a car crash that killed her husband Dale Shannon. Shannon was believed to be riding with her husband when their car crashed about 6 miles from their home shortly after they left a holiday party in nearby Streator Sunday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Volunteer fireman Josh Taylor emerges from under a bridge through a huge snow drift as search and rescue efforts continue near Seneca, Ill. for Tanya Shannon Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Volunteers are expanding their search in rural LaSalle County for a woman who vanished after a car crash that killed her husband Dale Shannon. Shannon was believed to be riding with her husband when their car crashed about 6 miles from their home shortly after they left a holiday party in nearby Streator Sunday.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Corinne Johnson holds up her cell phone with the last message she received Saturday, from her missing sister, Tanya Shannon, at Shannon's home, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Ransom, Ill. Volunteers are expanding their search in rural LaSalle County for a woman who vanished after a car crash that killed her husband. Shannon was believed to be riding with her husband when their car crashed about 6 miles from their home shortly after they left a holiday party in nearby Streator Sunday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
In this undated family photo provided Dec. 7, 2010 by Corinne Johnson, is Johnson, left, and her sister Tanya Shannon, of Ransom, Ill. Shannon, a mother of four, vanished after a car crash that killed her husband Dale Shannon. A deputy found the wreck early Sunday, Dec. 5. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Corinne Johnson)