Breakthrough in 30-Year-Old Illinois Cold Case: Shocking New Clues Surface in Trudy Appleby’s Disappearance at Age 11
Fisher was first named as a person of interest in the case in 2020. He was not indicted with kidnapping charges, as the statute of limitations had already passed. Though this investigation has been long and tragic, police are hoping that Trudy’s family will finally get answers — and justice.
Inside Jamison Fisher’s Arrest For The Murder Of Trudy Appleby
Police PhotoA mugshot of Jamison Fisher from 2020.
A Henry County grand jury indicted Jamison Fisher on August 13, 2025, on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in Trudy Appleby’s murder, CBS News reported. While he wasn’t named as a person of interest until 2020, he was the family friend and “associate” of another suspect who died back in 2014.
“28 years, 11 months and 23 days, that’s how long the family of Trudy Appleby has waited for a resolution to her disappearance,” Moline Police Department Chief Darren Gault acknowledged. “That is the time it has taken to stand before you and say what we long had hoped to say: ‘We have made an arrest in the murder of Trudy Appleby.’”
Fisher was already in custody in Iowa on unrelated charges when the Moline Police Department served the new arrest warrant in the Trudy Appleby case. He will stay behind bars in Iowa pending further court proceedings.
The indictment served to Fisher alleges that he strangled and killed Trudy Appleby, and then concealed her death by hiding the body.
“This development is the result of tireless work by generations of investigators, unwavering support from our community and new pieces of information that helped us complete a long-unfinished puzzle,” Gault said.
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