Cleashindra Hall, known to her friends and family as Clea, was an ambitious young woman, eager to start her internship at a Boston pediatrician’s office. She was a senior in high school at the time of her disappearance, two weeks from graduation, and as an honors student about to go on to Tennessee State University’s pre-med program, she had a very bright future. She was a reliable, level-headed girl, and was very close with her family.
While she was still in school, Clea held an after-school job with Dr. Larry Amos, in his home office, typically being picked up by her parents at the end of each day. Clea’s parents recall that she enjoyed her job with Dr. Amos, rarely complaining. Clea did mention to them before, though, that she believed he may be involved in some sort of shady business based on the checks she signed for him and other financial documents she sorted through on a daily basis. Dr. Amos was also known to be an extremely cheap man– almost any time he contracted work on his house or office, he would pick out something that he didn’t find up to standards, and never ended up paying. However, with all of this aside, Clea seemed happy and content with her job and only had good things to say.
On May 9, 1994, Clea showed up to her job at Dr. Amos’ home office as usual. Dr. Amos reports that all went as usual– Clea helped him sign some checks, file some documents, and do her usual tasks. Nearing the end of the night, around 8 p.m, Clea realized she may need to stay a little later than usual, so she called her mother, Lauren Hall, to tell her to expect a phone call when she was ready to be picked up. Lauren would never hear from her daughter again.
According to Dr. Amos, Clea left his office sometime after 8:30 pm, leaving through his garage and getting into a car of whom he assumed, at the time, was her mother’s. While Clea’s mother grew panicked, she was assured by those around her that Clea had probably left to go with friends after her job, and being an 18-year old about to graduate high school, decided that she didn’t need her parents’ approval. Her mother, however, knew that this would be out of character and not something her daughter would do. On the morning of May 10th, Clea’s family called the police in order to file a missing person’s report, being told that they needed to wait 24-hours after her disappearance to report her as missing. Later, the report was filed.
There are three main theories on what happened to Clea. First, some believe what is perhaps the simplest answer– Clea tried to walk home by herself, as she lived very close to Dr. Amos’ office, and was then abducted. No evidence for this theory has been found, and this leaves the question as to why Dr. Amos would report seeing Clea get into a car. Second, some believe that Clea may have decided to run away. Clea’s home life has been described as very strict, and many times with runaway cases, strict households leave children running away in their teenage years. However, everyone who knew Clea has said that this is not something they could picture her doing.
Lastly, many suspect that Dr. Amos was involved in Clea’s disappearance. Dr. Amos was the last person to have seen Clea and is considered to be a person of interest by the police. His ex-wife, upon agreeing to meet with Clea’s parents, has said that he is abusive and violent. Dr. Amos’ home was searched following a warrant 2 weeks after her disappearance, but investigators found no sign of a struggle– her parents argue that two weeks would have been plenty of time for Dr. Amos to clean up the crime scene and that the police should not have waited that long to investigate. As of 2021, Dr. Amos is still considered a subject, the police believe her case involves kidnapping, and the investigation is still open.
Clea’s family still fights for answers and demands an explanation from the police department as to why Clea’s case took so long to process and why they have not gotten anywhere. They strongly believe that Dr. Amos has something to do with her disappearance, and they are thoroughly disappointed that the police have not looked further into his involvement. Although they will likely never see her safe return, they pray that she is out there somewhere, living her dream of being a pediatrician.
I saw this case in tv today and it left me wondering did they ever dig up that hole that had that awful smell and lots of flies that was covered up by concrete. While gathering evidence from that home they never mentioned the hole but only searching inside the home. I’m confused as to why that hole would not be dug up if it wasn’t.