OH CHERYL COKER: Missing from Riverside, OH - 2 Oct 2018 - Age 46 *Found Deceased*

Ohio mother Cheryl Coker disappeared after dropping daughter off at school

Cheryl Coker was last seen on October 2, 2018 dropping her daughter off at school in Riverside, Ohio. Her car was found in a parking lot half a mile away from her home two days later.

www.nbcnews.com

Detective Travis Abney of the Riverside Police Department told Dateline that police have evidence to believe that after she dropped her daughter off at school at approximately 7:30 a.m., Cheryl returned home.

Cheryl works as a crash technician and her employer, KLD Associates, is flexible about letting her work from home, Matthew told Dateline, so it wouldn’t be unusual for her to go home instead of to work.

That day, however, nobody was able to contact Cheryl. She did not show up for work at the office or do any work from home, Matthew told Dateline. Her family became worried and posted on social media trying to figure out where she might be.

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CHERYL COKER: Missing from Riverside, OH since 2 Oct 2018 - Age 46

Detective Travis Abney of the Riverside Police Department told Dateline that police have evidence to believe that after she dropped her daughter off at school at approximately 7:30 a.m., Cheryl returned home. That day, however, nobody was able to...

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[GrandmaBear]

Kind of skimmed back just a bit to recall some--not all of it and didn't hit everything but in this one they named him their only suspect, the estranged hub, and here we are all these yrs. later with no charges...

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

https://www.wdtn.com/news/cheryl-coker-7-years-on-investigation-still-active/

Cheryl Coker: 7 years on, investigation still active​

The 7th anniversary of the mysterious disappearance of Cheryl Coker is this Thursday.

October 2, 2025, marks seven years since the 46-year-old woman was last seen alive. She had dropped one of her daughters off at school.

Coker’s remains were found a year and a half after her disappearance, on April 25, 2020, by a mushroom hunter on Waynesville Jamestown Road in Caesercreek Township, approximately 15 minutes from the Cokers’ home.

It is important to note, Coker had filed for divorce from her second husband, William Coker, on Sept. 21, 2018, ten days before her disappearance.

Officials publicly named Bill as their main suspect on February 19, 2019, following surveillance video footage from Oct. 2, 2018.

The footage showed a person in an all black outfit parking Coker’s SUV in the Kroger parking lot approximately three hours after she dropped off her younger daughter. The person then walks away. Roughly 20 minutes later, there was a 911 call from the Cokers’ neighborhood.

“There was a guy dressed in black, with a black hoodie on. As he walked across in front of me, he hid his face,” said the caller.

A second video, from Spinning Hills Middle School, later showed the same person walking to the Cokers’ backyard.

A third video showed Bill at the same Kroger later that night with what appeared to be an elbow injury.

Bill spoke to a different local station but denied 2 NEWS’ request for comment at the time.

As of Oct. 2, 2025, no charges have been filed and the case is still under investigation by the Riverside Police Department.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I doubt they will ever have more evidence if that's what they are waiting on.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/8-years-since-cheryl-coker-disappeared/

8 years since Cheryl Coker disappeared​

Friday marks eight years since Cheryl Coker disappeared.

Coker went missing after dropping one of her daughters off at school on Oct. 2, 2018.

In 2020, her remains were found about 15 minutes from her home in a wooded area.

Her disappearance was ruled a homicide. In 2019, police named Coker’s husband as their main suspect, but he has not been charged.

If you have any information regarding her disappearance or death, call Riverside police at 937-233-1801.

 

[Kimster]

This is the one where the suspect (husband) tried to increase her life insurance AFTER she went missing. I guess they settled out of court. I'd love to know what this guy has been up to since....