Daughter of Stephan McGuinness and Bonnie Tarsus McGuinness.
Lived to age 5 years.
Cause of Death - Exposure and stab wounds (Homicide) Pronounced on 7 February 1974.
Five year old Siobhan McGuinness disappeared just blocks from her Missoula Montana home on the evening of February 5, 1974. She was located 2 days later about 11 miles from Missoula.
Siobhan's mother is Bonnie Tarses. She does not have a grave per se, but there is a memorial to her, Siobhan's Grove at Ewam Garden of a Thousand Buddhas in Arlee, Montana.
She was a dear friend and I am close to the family. I would be happy to get photos of Siobhan's Grove the next time I'm there if you'd like. Thank you.
Contributor: Shonna Rhein-Gariepy #49237351
Such a heartbreaking case. I recently viewed a YouTube video on Criminally Listed channel updating this case. I'm glad they identified a suspect through genetic genealogy using DNA. Sad that he had already passed in 2012 and couldn't be tried, but thankful that her family received some closure. My thoughts & prayers go out to them. Also, found a duplicate memorial for little Siobhan.
Contributed by Jeffrey Berry #49314107∼Siobhan was just 5 years old when she was kidnapped off a Missoula MT sidewalk. The next day, searchers found her under the highway, 10 miles east of Missoula, in a culvert. Siobhan was murdered. This case was solved in 2020 with DNA using genetic genealogy. The DNA belonged to a man who died in 2012.
Lived to age 5 years.
Cause of Death - Exposure and stab wounds (Homicide) Pronounced on 7 February 1974.
Five year old Siobhan McGuinness disappeared just blocks from her Missoula Montana home on the evening of February 5, 1974. She was located 2 days later about 11 miles from Missoula.
Siobhan's mother is Bonnie Tarses. She does not have a grave per se, but there is a memorial to her, Siobhan's Grove at Ewam Garden of a Thousand Buddhas in Arlee, Montana.
She was a dear friend and I am close to the family. I would be happy to get photos of Siobhan's Grove the next time I'm there if you'd like. Thank you.
Contributor: Shonna Rhein-Gariepy #49237351
Such a heartbreaking case. I recently viewed a YouTube video on Criminally Listed channel updating this case. I'm glad they identified a suspect through genetic genealogy using DNA. Sad that he had already passed in 2012 and couldn't be tried, but thankful that her family received some closure. My thoughts & prayers go out to them. Also, found a duplicate memorial for little Siobhan.
Contributed by Jeffrey Berry #49314107∼Siobhan was just 5 years old when she was kidnapped off a Missoula MT sidewalk. The next day, searchers found her under the highway, 10 miles east of Missoula, in a culvert. Siobhan was murdered. This case was solved in 2020 with DNA using genetic genealogy. The DNA belonged to a man who died in 2012.
Daughter of Stephan McGuinness and Bonnie Tarsus McGuinness.
Lived to age 5 years.
Cause of Death - Exposure and stab wounds (Homicide) Pronounced on 7 February 1974.
Five year old Siobhan McGuinness disappeared just blocks from her Missoula Montana home on the evening of February 5, 1974. She was located 2 days later about 11 miles from Missoula.
Siobhan's mother is Bonnie Tarses. She does not have a grave per se, but there is a memorial to her, Siobhan's Grove at Ewam Garden of a Thousand Buddhas in Arlee, Montana.
She was a dear friend and I am close to the family. I would be happy to get photos of Siobhan's Grove the next time I'm there if you'd like. Thank you.
Contributor: Shonna Rhein-Gariepy #49237351
Such a heartbreaking case. I recently viewed a YouTube video on Criminally Listed channel updating this case. I'm glad they identified a suspect through genetic genealogy using DNA. Sad that he had already passed in 2012 and couldn't be tried, but thankful that her family received some closure. My thoughts & prayers go out to them. Also, found a duplicate memorial for little Siobhan.
Contributed by Jeffrey Berry #49314107∼Siobhan was just 5 years old when she was kidnapped off a Missoula MT sidewalk. The next day, searchers found her under the highway, 10 miles east of Missoula, in a culvert. Siobhan was murdered. This case was solved in 2020 with DNA using genetic genealogy. The DNA belonged to a man who died in 2012.
Lived to age 5 years.
Cause of Death - Exposure and stab wounds (Homicide) Pronounced on 7 February 1974.
Five year old Siobhan McGuinness disappeared just blocks from her Missoula Montana home on the evening of February 5, 1974. She was located 2 days later about 11 miles from Missoula.
Siobhan's mother is Bonnie Tarses. She does not have a grave per se, but there is a memorial to her, Siobhan's Grove at Ewam Garden of a Thousand Buddhas in Arlee, Montana.
She was a dear friend and I am close to the family. I would be happy to get photos of Siobhan's Grove the next time I'm there if you'd like. Thank you.
Contributor: Shonna Rhein-Gariepy #49237351
Such a heartbreaking case. I recently viewed a YouTube video on Criminally Listed channel updating this case. I'm glad they identified a suspect through genetic genealogy using DNA. Sad that he had already passed in 2012 and couldn't be tried, but thankful that her family received some closure. My thoughts & prayers go out to them. Also, found a duplicate memorial for little Siobhan.
Contributed by Jeffrey Berry #49314107∼Siobhan was just 5 years old when she was kidnapped off a Missoula MT sidewalk. The next day, searchers found her under the highway, 10 miles east of Missoula, in a culvert. Siobhan was murdered. This case was solved in 2020 with DNA using genetic genealogy. The DNA belonged to a man who died in 2012.
Gravesite Details
Some of her cremated ashes are buried near the "M" on Mount Sentinel in Missoula, Montana, while some were thrown from the Higgins Avenue Bridge, overlooking what is now Brennan's Wave.
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