Right 3: Age-progressed by NCMEC to 16 years; 22 years; 28 years
Right 3: Age-progressed by NCMEC to 16 years; 22 years; 28 years
Name: Sarah Arielle Skiba
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Case Classification: Lost, Injured, Missing
Missing Since: February 7, 1999
Location Last Seen: Granby, Grand County, Colorado
Date of Birth: July 27, 1989
Age: 9 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 4'5"
Weight: 80 lbs
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Hazel
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Red mark on the bridge of nose
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Sarah, her father, Paul Skiba and his employee, Lorenzo Chivers were last seen on February 7, 1999, when Paul Skiba and Lorenzo Chivers went to a moving job in Morrison, CO, and Paul's daughter came along. Paul Skiba operated Tuff's Moving located on the 7000 block of Raleigh Street, Westminster. The three apparently completed this moving job and returned to Tuff's Moving. Sarah made a phone call that they were returning home.
When they weren't heard from again, Paul's ex-wife and a friend went to the moving company lot in Westminster and found the moving truck parked with bullet holes, blood, hair and a piece of scalp.
A DNA test revealed that blood found in a moving van belonged to Paul and Sarah Skiba, the scalp to Paul. Chivers, who has also not been seen since, was the father of a son and daughter the same age as Sarah.
Police theorize the three were killed at the lot and the truck was used to dispose of their bodies. It was then driven back to the lot and parked. Chivers' personal vehicle was found at the apartment complex parking lot of 3809 West 68th Avenue, Westminster (several blocks from Tuff's Moving) and Skiba's personal vehicle was found in an apartment complex parking lot at the 3100 block of Arkansas, Denver.
Vehicle Description:
Year: 1978.
Make/Model
:
Chevrolet
moving truck approx. 25 feet long
Color: White
Other
: Vehicle has a Red Crescent on both sides
Investigators are asking anyone who saw this vehicle on Sunday, February 7, 1999 to please call.
Agency Name: Westminster Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Sgt. Tim Clark
Agency Phone Number: 303-658-4250
Agency E-Mail: police@westminsterco.gov
Agency Case Number: 99S288 or 99-02080
NCIC Case Number: M189767312
NCMEC Case Number: 860296
NamUs Case Number: 6660
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 03-16-2024 - By: kb
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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