Aaroné Thompson: The 6-year-old girl was reported missing from her southeast Aurora home by her father, Aaron, on Nov. 14, 2005. Her fate and whereabouts remain unknown.
Aaron Thompson: Aaroné’s father shared a household with his live-in girlfriend, Shelley Lowe, and eight children, including Aaroné. He was labeled a “person of interest” by Aurora police.
Shelley Lowe: Lowe maintained her innocence in the disappearance of Aaroné. She died in May 2006 from heart disease.
Lynette Thompson: Mother of Aaroné and Aaron Jr., 11, who lived with Aaroné in Aurora. Aaron Thompson’s estranged wife had not seen her daughter since 2001 and was living in a Detroit homeless shelter at the time of her daughter’s disappearance.
Eric Williams: Shelley Lowe’s ex-boyfriend was serving time on escape and drug charges when he implicated Lowe and Thompson in Aaroné’s disappearance and said the girl was dead.
Terry Jones: The interim Aurora police chief oversaw the Aaroné search and investigation from its onset. Jones suspended the search on Nov. 17, 2005, and declared that Thompson and Lowe were “people of interest that we would like to interview.”
Carol Chambers: The Arapahoe County district attorney on May 4, 2006, called for a grand jury to hear evidence in the Aaroné case.
– Compiled by Barry Osborne of the Denver Post Research Library
