HUNTINGTON, W.Va.— In a shocking development, Shannon Patrick Overstreet, a prison inmate in West Virginia, has been indicted on murder and other charges in connection with the disappearance of his infant daughter. The young girl has been missing for over two years, leading to an extensive investigation by local and federal authorities.
The indictment was handed down by a grand jury in Cabell County, which charged Overstreet with murder, death of a child by a parent by child abuse, and concealment of a deceased human body. The Huntington police revealed this information in a news release on Friday.
The police statement did not delve into the specifics of the evidence. Still, it indicated that investigators had gathered substantial proof pointing towards Overstreet’s guilt in the death of his daughter, Angele Nichole Overstreet. Furthermore, the evidence suggested that Overstreet was involved in the concealment and disposal of her remains.
Angele Nichole Overstreet was last seen in May 2021 when she was three months old. Her sudden disappearance prompted a wide-ranging investigation that involved multiple law enforcement agencies. The Huntington police department, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, and state police from West Virginia and Kentucky contributed to the probe.
Overstreet is serving a sentence of two to 10 years at the Huttonsville Correctional Center. He had previously conceded that the state possessed enough evidence to convict him of malicious wounding and forgery. These charges stemmed from an incident where Overstreet attacked his mother, striking her in the head. He also fraudulently signed her name on a check and cashed it. Intriguingly, these crimes occurred in the same month that his daughter was last seen, according to a report by The Herald-Dispatch.
In May 2021, the police appealed to the public for assistance locating the missing infant. West Virginia Child Protective Services had reported her missing after conducting a check with Overstreet regarding custody issues in Kentucky. Overstreet had claimed that he had handed over the girl to agency workers two weeks prior. However, investigators could not verify this supposed custody exchange, adding another layer of complexity to this convoluted case.