JR Shoemaker

I'm using the video below by And Then They Were Gone because the gal who does these videos is good at doing her research - even though it's obvious that like most people, she is not aware of Illuminati abductions and is an armchair detective. She's a skeptic, especially about psychics and that's okay...I love proving skeptics wrong on that front.

The disappearance of Victor Dewight Shoemaker, called JR, remains one of the most baffling and mysterious missing person cases in West Virginia history.

JR was five years old when he went to visit his grandfather, Oscar Wolford for a family reunion. Oscar's mobile home was located in Kirby (south of Augusta) near the Short Mountain Wildlife area in West Virginia.

At 8 am, on Sunday, May 1st, JR and two of his cousins, 8-year-old Lloyd Wolford and 9-year-old Tommy Martin, went outside to roam the woods. When they reached an abandoned trailer at 8:30 a.m., Victor said he was hungry and wanted to go home. JR's cousins did not want to return so JR set off for his grandfather's on his own. That was at approximately 8:30 am. The boys had been instructed not to play near any abandoned trailers and to keep an eye on JR since he was the youngest of the three.

Sometime later, Tommy and Lloyd returned to the trailer, but there was no sign of JR.

JR's parents, Victor and Nettie had struggled for many years to conceive a child so JR was their only child.
To say they were helicopter parents would be an understatement. Nettie especially seldom let JR out of her sight. But she knew the boys had played safely in the small area behind their grandfather's trailer many times and JR knew how to get back to Oscar's trailer without any problem at all. He had a good sense of direction and had done it countless times before.

Victor and Nettie stated the cousins were acting strangely when they returned. Victor Sr. attempted to question them but the boys gave the wrong location of JR's disappearance, likely because they'd get in trouble for going to an abandoned trailer when they'd been told not to and were supposed to be keeping an eye on JR. The two boys later changed their story and provided the correct location of Victor's disappearance, about half a mile from his grandfather's home.

The two children were given a lie detector test and a play therapy exam designed especially for children, and passed. One of the boys' mothers also passed a polygraph, as did Victor's father. JR's mother was not asked to take one which I find odd just from the standpoint of normal investigative procedure.

Within an hour of JR's going missing, 400 searchers from West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and North Carolina combed the 8000 relatively low mountainside for JR.

They trudged through the rugged terrain in southwest Hampshire County in foggy and rainy weather and temperatures that dipped below zero.

A Maryland State Police helicopter equipped with infrared equipment used to detect heat swooped over the terrain and divers plunged into ponds and creeks. The search for J.R. was comprehensive but fruitless; there was no tangible evidence uncovered that could indicate where he was or what happened to him. After five days, the search was called off.

Over the next five months, National Guard and Army Reserve units used their weekend training time to continue searching for J.R. but to no avail. By all appearances, he vanished without a trace.

The road bordering the area JR disappeared in

Scent and cadaver dogs were brought in. I found the actions of one scent dog interesting. Typically, scent hounds keep their noses to the ground when tracking someone's scent. This bloodhound kept niffing the air the entire time, which indicated JR may have been carried off the mountain. The dog stopped abruptly at the road, having lost JR's scent. This usually indicates the child was put in a vehicle and driven away.

Still, I've backpacked the Appalachian Trail and those mountains are no place for a 5 year old alone. The paths are steep and twisting, the forest is thick, houses are few and far between, and a treacherously dense layer of leaves covers gullies and rocks. Additionally, there are abandoned mines in that area that would be easy to fall into and wild animals like bear and coyote in the area.

However, I was not willing to conclude as the FBI had, that JR had gotten lost and died of exposure.

“I know the woods pretty well. If he was in the woods, they would have found him,” said John Pindell, a hunter with a cabin in Short Mountain. “There’s something phony.”

I have to agree with John Pindell. I already had multiple red flags going up just during the briefing, before I ever got out in the field. I was seeing too many potential Illuminati abduction characteristics in JR's disappearance.

I work by a checklist of Illuminati abduction characteristics in determining whether or not a child's abduction is an Illuminati abduction. For known characteristics I'll use a question mark. For questionable characteristics or possibles, I'll use a question mark. This is the checklist for JR's case:

#1 Big red flag: The only time the FBI is to get involved in a missing person case is if foul play is suspected.

In JR's case the FBI stepped in (or was called in by the investigating agency) even though it had repeatedly publicly stated:
(Quote): "Investigators do not suspect foul play in Victor's case; they believe he became lost and died of exposure." Source

(Quote): "In 1994, authorities stated that they didn’t suspect foul play. They surmised that the possibility of a stranger abduction in the remote area was “one in a million” because only one main road passed through the area and the road was seldom used. They presumed that J.R. had tragically gotten lost and died from exposure. Despite claiming this, it should be noted that FBI was called in to assist in the case, suggesting that authorities at least considered foul play and may have even suspected that J.R. may have been taken across the state line." Source

Then eventually it becomes public that the FBI considers JR's disappearance (quote) "a case of the highest priority." WAIT! WHAT?!! They've said all along the possibility of JR having been abducted was 1 in a million and that they believed he wandered off and died of exposure and that NO FOUL PLAY WAS SUSPECTED.

This in spite of involved investigators apparently knowing Illuminati abductors immediately whisk their abductees over the nearest jurisdictional line, like a state line and suspected this may have been the case with JR. They're talking out of both sides of their mouths.

Red Flag #2: The death of Lisa Hannon

Back in the years of JR's disappearance, it wasn't at all unusual for someone involved in organizing a search party to be killed, usually via their car being run off the road resulting in a fatal "accident" - as I suspect Lisa Hannon's was.

The cover story was that she fell asleep at the wheel and hit a tree at full speed.

There's only one problem I see with that:

When one falls asleep at the wheel, their body relaxes and their foot eases up on the accelerator, causing the car to slow.

But if they're being chased by someone trying to run them off the road, they're driving as fast as they can to escape. So I believe Lisa Hannon was an Illuminati kill, that being their favorite kill method of that time.

Now they use far more sophisticated methods.

Red flag #3: I'd already heard rumors of Satanism being practiced in the area, from locals. While I don't base concrete evidence on rumors, this is one of the indications Illuminati abduction may be involved.

The day JR disappeared the Rev. Bobby Basham of the Hayfield Assembly of God said, "There is Satanism here." That same week, another Shoemaker - no relation - was found dead, buried in a shallow grave in his garden in a neighboring county. Highly suspicious.

Red flag #4: Satanic symbolism may be present at the abduction site. A curious structure was found in the area JR disappeared, consisting of a stick sticking upright out of the ground, a triangle built around it and 3 longs laying next to it. That had been dismantled and removed by the time I was in the field so I was unable to see it for myself. JR's aunt took it to be a protective shelter JR had tried to build but then I'm pretty sure she wouldn't know Satanic symbolism if she saw it.

The Illuminati symbol is the all seeing eye within a pyramid - a TRIANGLE. And in some Satanic symbolism a stick, rod or similar piece is stuck in the middle of the triangle, circle or whatever. This symbolism can indicate a Satanic ritual took place at that site and more "amateur" Satanic groups hold those rituals in densely wooded, remote areas like the one JR disappeared in. Since I couldn't see this structure for myself, I had to put a ? by it on the checklist.

Red flag #5: It appears the media was controlled in JR's disappearance in that in Illuminati style, it was kept very quiet and out of any national headlines. The only reason it went national eventually is that in 2004, the Charley Project enlightened the public about the still-unsolved case and shared details surrounding the disappearance in the hopes that it would refresh the public’s memories and lead to some tips being generated.

Red flag #6: The abducted child's disappearance will coincide with a satanic holiday that requires sacrifice.

This is a HUGE red flag. JR disappeared on May 1st - one of the most important satanic holidays, Belthane.
From April 19th to May 1st a 13 day period of fire, ritual, symbology, blood and sacrifice culminating in Belthane, the same day JR disappeared.

Red flag #7: The Illuminati favored child to abduct is a white, blonde haired, blue eyed child. JR had strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes.

Red flag #8: No ransom note was made for JR's return.

Red flag #9: Proper investigative protocols may not be followed. I find it highly irregular that JR's father was polygraphed but JR's mother was not. The first people to be ruled out in any child disappearance are the parents...so why wasn't Nettie polygraphed? One of the mother's of the cousins were polygraphed but none of the other cousins' relatives. Very odd.

Red flag #10: Red herrings thrown into investigation. I can't say for certain this was done but I do have to question why the FBI announced they were looking for the drive of a 1990's model black pickup truck when the actual truck in question was a dark blue truck of unknown model. After no one came forward as the driver of this black truck, in 2014, FBI supervisory special agent Greg Hebb announced that “all investigative leads have been exhausted.” Was the black truck lead a red herring thrown out by the FBI? Why did they never announce the dark blue pick up truck witnesses reported seeing, including one of the Shoemaker's neighbors?

Red flag #11: I found 4 such FEMA camps, DUMBS and secret military facilities within mere miles of Kirby where JR disappeared. It doesn't mean JR was taken to one of them but again, this is one of the markers that frequently appears in Illuminati abductions.

There was another thing I found extremely curious: JR's father Victor believes his son was abducted, brainwashed and is still alive under a different identity. Unless he was in the deep black projects or is aware of what happens to some abductees (Johnny Gosch for example) how would he have known this very thing takes place? And why would he believe that's what happened to JR when there's no evidence that's the case?

Or was this just wishful thinking on Victor's part? It's possible that's the case. The couple had tried for years to conceive JR, he was and would be the only biological child they'd likely have. They were helicopter parents to the max.
In working with families of abducted children, most families manage to grieve and then move forward with their lives. But there is that handful that just can't get past the abduction of their child and "freeze" that moment in time - as JR's parents did with his bedroom, for example. They've kept it exactly as it was the day JR disappeared, despite the fact that in over 20 years, JR has not returned.

I'm not trying to demean them in any way. They're in one of the most horrific situations a parent could find themselves in and my heart breaks for them. But the reality of cases like JR's is that is if he hasn't returned in over 20 years, the chances he will are slim to none. False hope can be a very destructive thing.

There were other curiosities I found in JR's case. The search for JR was massive and commenced within an hour of JR's disappearance, including helicopter with Infared heat seeking equipment, divers searching bodies of water, volunteer searchers on horseback, scent and cadaver dogs. Not a trace of JR was found.
But the actions of one scent dog were interesting. Normally scent dogs keep their noses to the ground when tracking someone's scent. This dog had its nose in the air, sniffing the air the entire time - indicating JR was carried out of the woods. The dog then lost JR's scent at the road, which usually indicates the person being tracked was put in a vehicle and driven away. Which means JR was abducted so no trace of him would likely be found on the mountain where he disappeared, as was the case.

The two cousins were questioned and passed lie detector tests. They also worked with a child specialist, the specialist trying to find out what they knew or didn't know.

When asked what they thought happened to JR during the initial search, one chillingly replied: “Somebody hiding behind a tree got up and grabbed him. Or shot him.”

I found their hesitancy to talk about what they might know suspicious at first too - until JR himself informed me his cousins had not known what had happened to him. They lied about where JR disappeared initially because they knew they'd get in trouble not only for going to an abandoned trailer they'd been specifically instructed not to go to, but because they hadn't watched JR as they'd been instructed to. As they grew older they began to shoulder the guilt that had they watched JR as they'd been told to, JR wouldn't have disappeared. Furthermore, according to a third cousin of JR's, even speaking about JR's disappearance became a taboo subject of discussion after the cousins' families became estranged from JR's parents. This made the boys feel everyone blamed them but wouldn't come out and say that. That feeling only intensified the older they got and the more they understood the ramifications of how they'd contributed to JR disappearing. Either way, it's pretty much a moot point now.

Lloyd Wolford, one of JR's cousins with him on the day of his disappearance passed away on March 5, 2005 at the age of 19 due to a car accident.

The other cousin, Tommy Martin is reported to have gotten into drugs and moved away from the area. I am unable to substantiate this as the families of the cousins have removed all contact information from the public domain.

I make contact with JR

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I'll attempt to explain how I work with these children, although some things are just inexplicable.

I do not contact these children. I allow them to contact me. Very often for some time after their deaths they are steal healing the trauma associated with their abductions. I've learned that if they want people here to know what happened to them, they will make contact when they are ready and able to.

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Countless hundreds of these kids have contacted me over the years, mainly beccause they want people here to know what happened to them, especially in cases like JR's where their cases went unsolved.

It's not uncommon for these kids to contact multiple psychic mediums to tell their stories, as apparently JR did. He initially made contact with me while I was working the John McCormick/Eric Larsfolk case.

I can't explain how these kids did it, but they somehow came up with a signal they use to tell me their abductions were Illuminati related. They'll appear holding a teddy bear - as JR did with me.

Bless his little heart...he cleared up something we investigators had been struggling to figure out, the left shoe repeatedly left behind at the scene of the child's abduction and the meaning behind it.

As you were in life you are in death and 5 year olds have short attention spans so it often takes several sessions to get the answers from them we as investigators need. I did 5 or 6 sessions with JR. Nor will they necessarily show us what happened to them in chronological order so it becomes a case of trying to fit the puzzle pieces together to put events in their proper order. Sometimes this is possible, sometimes it isn't.

JR was indeed abducted and there were no witnesses to his abduction. He and I worked together for quite some time in my making a composite of his abductor before JR said "That looks like him."

Although it can't be seen in the composite, this man had messy long hair tied in a ponytail. JR also reported one of his ears was pierced with "a little ball" in it.

This man generally is unkempt and has a wild look about him. JR also described him as having "mean eyes".

He tracked JR through the woods for awhile before snatching him. He is familiar with the woods, he did not know JR. JR was merely a target of opportunity in the wrong place at the wrong time. That he knows the woods so well likely indicates he is a resident of the Kirby area.

This man is a practiced abductor, he has abducted before and never been caught. He is interested in abducting only little boys.

For the most part he is a loner that sticks to himself.

At the time he snatched JR he was wearing faded and somewhat ripped blue jeans, a gray V neck shirt and a blue denim or blue

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Composite of JR's abductor

jeans jacket. JR didn't know if this man was armed when he abducted JR but I would consider him armed and dangerous and not to be approached.

I believe JR showed me the same shack he showed the PA psychic, as though I were seeing it from JR's eyes.
JR was on some higher vantage point looking down at this shack. It sat in a shallow valley surrounded by trees and there was a road there. At some point JR was at that shack but likely didn't get there of his own volition. I believe his abductor took him there. Then JR switched in what he was showing me - a hole like the other PA psychic had seen.

Knowing the area of the Appalachians, there are abandoned mines there and possibly abandoned wells that JR could easily have fallen into. But this hole looked like neither an abandoned mine or well to me. There were plant roots jutting out on all of its inside walls and some tree roots that looked like they'd been chopped with a hatchet or ax. Nor did this hole look deep enough to be a mine shaft or a well. To me, it looked freshly dug. JR was lying in the fetal position in this hole, still dressed in the clothes he'd disappeared in. He was on the verge of death at that point. I asked if he knew how he got in the hole and he didn't, as he'd been in more an unconscious state by that point than in a conscious state.

Up to 50% of people who die of exposure and hypothermia will do what's called paradoxical undressing just prior to death. They will feel so hot due to the malfunctioning of their body temperature that they will shed their clothes in cold temperatures. They may also engage in burrowing. There was no paradoxical undressing in JR's case and he would have done that before becoming unconscious if he were in the final stage of hypothermia. Nor was there any burrowing in what JR showed me. That leads me to believe JR likely didn't die of exposure as investigators claimed.

Those who have passed can make a medium physically feel their death just as they themselves experienced it.
So I asked JR to let me feel his death. I immediately got a very sharp burning pain in my head that I felt only momentarily (indicating head trauma) and then felt like I fell asleep - lapsed into unconsciousness. I believe if JR's remains ever would be found it will be discovered his primary cause of death was head trauma.

When someone experiences head trauma, the body will naturally and instinctively curl into a fetal position in order to protect the neck and head from further injury. The body does this automatically as a protection mechanism. The catch here is a person in the final stage of hypothermia will do the same thing! So it's impossible to determine what JR died from with any certainty. It could be a combination of both.

This hole is not in the immediate vicinity of the shack. It's at least 1/4 mile away from the shack. And after 20+ years it's nondescript and indistinguishable from a million other plant covered small clearings in a dense forest. Finding this hole would be like looking for a needle in a haystack now.

Some Illuminati abductions just can't be solved, especially one as cold as JR's case is. I fear this will be the case with JR, that the odds of finding him now are very slim. But that's okay because he says he's happy and healthy where he is.

Conclusion

JR's grandfather, Oscar Wolford passed away in 2004 without ever learning the fate of JR.
His trailer now sits abandoned except when JR's parents visit it on weekends.

His parents continue to search the mountain for JR. They remain estranged from the families of the cousins.

JR's case remains unsolved and open.