Name: Averie Grace Evans
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: November 5, 1990
Location Last Seen: Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Date of Birth: December 15, 1978
Age: 11 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 101 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scar on top of nose and above right eyebrow.
Dentals: Not available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Black jeans, a black sweater and a blue denim vest.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Averie Evans disappeared from Natchitoches on November 5, 1990, while selling candy door to door.
A neighbor, Phillip DeSelle, was arrested in January 1991. He admitted to enticing Averie into his house by telling her he wanted to buy candy from her. When she came into his kitchen he struck her, then strangled her. DeSelle put Averie's body in a plastic bag and tied it with a nylon cord. He then placed her body and bicycle in the trunk of his car and took them to an isolated road off Sibley Lake. He put Averie's body in a big trash bin near a public boat launch and threw her bicycle over a nearby bridge. In exchange for admitting to killing Averie, he was given the lesser charge of manslaughter and kidnapping. DeSelle was released from prison in 2015.
The landfill where the trash was dumped was searched but nothing was found.
Agency Name: Natchitoches Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 318-352-8101
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 4097
NamUs Case Number: 4097
FACES Case Number: 443
NamUs
LSU FACES Lab
The Advocate - Jul. 10, 1991
WMAZ-TV News
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 01/10/2024 - By: hb
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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