Missing Army veteran, Shannon Collins, 52, was likely killed, say cops - as family questions why 'jealous' wife refuses to help investigation

Cops probing nan enigma disappearance of a cheating Army seasoned who was not reported missing for 9 months now judge he was murdered.

Shannon Collins, 52, vanished successful March 2021 aft returning to his woman and son, 24, successful Pottsville, Arkansas, from a travel to sojourn his mistress successful Tennessee, DailyMail.com tin reveal.

His family is now refusing to cooperate pinch authorities investigating nan disappearance, aft his woman Tresa told them he walked distant from nan location aft an argument.

‘We’ve done a batch of activity connected it, and we’re looking astatine is arsenic possibly he didn’t conscionable locomotion off,’ Lt. Dain Yarbrough of Pope County Sheriff’s Office said.

‘We are decidedly looking astatine nan foul play facet to it.’

Shannon’s lawsuit is being kept live by his younger relative Blake, who is convinced he will ne'er spot him again.

‘My brother's not missing. My brother's dead,’ Blake, 45, bluntly told DailyMail.com successful an exclusive interview.

‘Two people, who allegedly watched Shannon time off his ain location for nan past time, show constabulary 2 wholly different stories astir really he left.

‘Why are they lying? Why are they covering it up? At this point, my family and I person travel to our ain conclusions arsenic to what happened to Shannon.’

Police person confirmed that Shannon returned location to Pottsville connected March 11, 2021.

Tresa, 53, did not study him missing to nan police, and grounded to show his extended family that he had not returned location for complete a month.

Shannon’s relative Blake told DailyMail.com he was nan 1 who revenge a study pinch constabulary erstwhile he returned to Arkansas from surviving retired of state, 9 months aft Shannon was past seen.

Initially Tresa claimed that he had ‘left nan family’ aft an argument, and was texting her, their son, and Brittany, 33, her girl from a erstwhile relationship, from a caller number.

However, erstwhile Shannon did not respond to messages from his parents aliases 2 siblings, they began to get concerned – contempt his wife’s claims that he was successful interaction pinch her.

Blake said erstwhile he progressive nan constabulary successful his brother’s disappearance, Tresa and her children person ne'er spoken to his family again.

He confirmed that Shannon had been having an matter pinch a female successful Tennessee and that Blake believes that Shannon and Tresa had a conflict erstwhile he returned from his lover.

Blake told DailyMail.com that nan matrimony had been ‘over for immoderate time’ earlier Shannon vanished, and his relative had described his woman arsenic ‘jealous’ aggregate times during their relationship.

‘He was going to divorcement her arsenic soon arsenic their boy graduated from college’, he said. ‘She knew precisely wherever he was, and that he was progressive pinch different woman.

‘Then she sat astatine location each week, and I judge that he came home, and she confronted him.’

Blake added that his brother’s person has spoken pinch police. He does not cognize nan woman’s identity, and has urged her to get successful touch pinch nan family straight if she has immoderate information.

He besides claims that nan past connection Shannon’s telephone ever sent was a Facebook connection to nan anonymous woman, saying ‘I’m ok’, though he doesn’t judge his relative wrote it.

Blake, who lives successful Texas, is begging anyone pinch accusation to travel forward, and believes that Shannon was killed nan nighttime that he went missing.

Speaking to DailyMail.com he said: ‘You don’t instantly presume your brother’s woman and family could’ve done thing horrible to him and are making attempts to support their actions hidden.

‘We person done everything successful our powerfulness to beryllium adjuvant and cooperative to nan constabulary investigating Shannon’s case.

‘The aforesaid cannot beryllium said astir anyone progressive successful Shannon’s contiguous family. The group who were expected to beryllium closest to Shannon cognize nan truth astir what happened, but they’ve decided they aren’t talking and are unwilling to help.’

Tresa reportedly told authorities successful her only question and reply that she and Shannon had an statement erstwhile he returned but went to furniture ‘as normal’ nan nighttime earlier he vanished.

She claims that he simply ‘walked away’ from nan house, adding that he was connected symptom medicine and whitethorn not person been reasoning straight.

Detectives confirmed that witnesser statements and compartment tract grounds confirmed some Tresa and her boy were location erstwhile Shannon arrived backmost from his trip.

Shannon’s stepdaughter, Brittany, later told constabulary that she saw him get into a conveyance pinch an chartless driver – contradicting her mother’s anterior statement.

During her interview, Tresa besides said that she believed Shannon had ‘checked himself into a intelligence facility’ but would fto them cognize he was okay.

Blake said that Tresa did thing to extremity her husband’s US Army pension payments pursuing his disappearance, and they were only halted aft he reported his relative missing.

Police opportunity location were ‘inconsistencies’ successful her grounds and served a hunt warrant connected nan location she shared pinch Shannon. Tresa past refused to speak to authorities without a lawyer.

She is presently being represented by lawyer Michael Robbins, who successfully defended Kevin Jones aft he was accused of murdering his beauty queen woman Nona Dirksmeyer successful nan ‘Murder successful Apartment 12’ case.

Robbins did not respond to requests for remark by DailyMail.com.

Lt. Yarbrough told DailyMail.com that nan FBI had now been called successful to assistance successful nan three-year-long investigation.

‘We are still looking astatine immoderate perspective we tin get to thief america further what we person already, we’ll return immoderate thief that we tin get,’ he said.

Yarbrough added that while he didn’t want to opportunity definitively that Shannon was dead, that is his moving mentation of nan investigation.

In a connection nan sheriff’s section confirmed that Shannon’s woman and boy told officers that he ‘walked away’ from nan location March 12.

‘During nan initial, and only, question and reply nan woman participated in, she gave mendacious and misleading statements to investigators,’ they added.

‘Investigators attempted to get follow-up accusation from Shannon’s woman and children but were advised that they had obtained counsel and wished to speak to investigators nary further.

‘They person provided nary accusation since to thief further nan investigation. To this date, location person been nary leads from nan public, nor family aliases friends that would propose to investigators that Shannon is surviving elsewhere aliases moreover near nan Pottsville area.’

Shannon, who served arsenic a worker successful nan United States Army National guard, took connected a transportation occupation aft he was medically discharged from nan subject astatine nan rank of Sergeant Major SGM aft 24 years of service.

He was expected to make a transportation connected nan time of his disappearance, but ne'er showed up for nan job, which his family opportunity was retired of characteristic for nan veteran.

The family met pinch Pope County charismatic Jeff Phillips this period to talk activity successful nan lawsuit but were told that they felt location is not capable grounds to bring charges.

Shannon’s family is hopeful that renewed liking successful nan lawsuit will thief bring much accusation to light, and consequence successful charges successful his case.

‘Our family is strong, and we person faith,’ said Blake ‘Faith successful God. And religion successful nan truth that nan constabulary and ineligible strategy will travel to their senses and do nan correct point to bring justness to Shannon, and bid to my family.’