Missing since September 6, 1958 from Goliad County, Texas
Endangered Missing
Age in 2011: 56
Date of Birth: March 2, 1955
2'6"; 28 lbs.
Very dark blonde, but not quite brown hair hair; dark blue eyes. She had a full head of hair for a 3 year old at the time of her disappearance.
Myrisha was last seen wearing a Pink Orlon dress with Peter Pan collar; puffed sleeves; a gathered skirt; pink silk panties, pink stretch nylon socks; white buckle shoes with "Paul's Shoes" visible inside. She was also wearing a gold bracelet on her right arm.
Myrisha and her brother A.J. Campbell, Jr., were last seen on September 6, 1958 in Goliad, Texas. The children lived with their mother, Jewel Bernay Campbell. Their father, A.J Campbell, Sr. had picked up the children at their mother's home in Goliad during a court-ordered visitation. He took them at 9:00 a.m. and was supposed to bring them back by 3:00 p.m.
William Randle Jr., an acquaintance of A.J. Sr., was the last person to see the children besides their father. Randle stated he and A.J. Sr. picked up the children in Goliad, then drove in Randle's 1955 Chevrolet through Cuero, Texas and Gonzales, Texas, stopping along the way to pick up two large cans of lard. When they were about three miles outside Goliad, A.J. Sr. asked him to stop because he wanted to see a friend. Randle stopped and got out of the car, and A.J. drove on without him, with both children inside the vehicle. About thirty to forty minutes later, A.J. returned to pick him up. The children were no longer with him. He said he'd gone to visit his brother-in-law, but they had a fight, and he wound up leaving the children with another relative. A.J. seemed nervous and agitated at the time, asked if he had any blood on him and warned Randle to tell no one about the fight. They drove to San Antonio, Texas and then separated. A.J. was supposed to meet Randle at a bus station at midnight the next day to return the car, but he never showed up. Randle took a bus to Fort Worth, Texas and then reported his car stolen.
The following day, A.J. Sr. spoke to a Fort Worth, Texas minister on the telephone that day and claimed to have killed and buried the children and that he was going to kill himself. Early on September 7, A.J. Sr.'s body was later found inside Randle's vehicle on a rural road near Austin, Texas. His death was ruled a suicide; he had shot himself in the head with a new 16-gauge shotgun. He left a note addressed to Jewel. The note said he had "buried both children" and that he loved the children and he loved Jewel and hoped she would be happy. There was no indication of the children's whereabouts, and no trace of them could be found.
Jewel remarried after A.J.'s death and took the name Robertson, and had two more children. She is still alive, though in her eighties and in poor health. Her children by her second marriage, Regina Meynig and Phil Robertson, have been active in the search for A.J. Jr. and Myrisha and hope that they may be located. All three of them believe there's a chance that the children are alive and A.J. Sr. gave or sold them to someone instead of killing them. Randle is also still alive and in contact with investigators.
The bodies of Myrisha and A.J. Jr. have never been found and their cases remain open.
If you have any information about this case, please contact:
Goliad Sheriff's Department
Investigator James Garner
361-645-1259
Case 10000419
2'6"; 28 lbs.
Very dark blonde, but not quite brown hair hair; dark blue eyes. She had a full head of hair for a 3 year old at the time of her disappearance.
Myrisha was last seen wearing a Pink Orlon dress with Peter Pan collar; puffed sleeves; a gathered skirt; pink silk panties, pink stretch nylon socks; white buckle shoes with "Paul's Shoes" visible inside. She was also wearing a gold bracelet on her right arm.
Myrisha and her brother A.J. Campbell, Jr., were last seen on September 6, 1958 in Goliad, Texas. The children lived with their mother, Jewel Bernay Campbell. Their father, A.J Campbell, Sr. had picked up the children at their mother's home in Goliad during a court-ordered visitation. He took them at 9:00 a.m. and was supposed to bring them back by 3:00 p.m.
William Randle Jr., an acquaintance of A.J. Sr., was the last person to see the children besides their father. Randle stated he and A.J. Sr. picked up the children in Goliad, then drove in Randle's 1955 Chevrolet through Cuero, Texas and Gonzales, Texas, stopping along the way to pick up two large cans of lard. When they were about three miles outside Goliad, A.J. Sr. asked him to stop because he wanted to see a friend. Randle stopped and got out of the car, and A.J. drove on without him, with both children inside the vehicle. About thirty to forty minutes later, A.J. returned to pick him up. The children were no longer with him. He said he'd gone to visit his brother-in-law, but they had a fight, and he wound up leaving the children with another relative. A.J. seemed nervous and agitated at the time, asked if he had any blood on him and warned Randle to tell no one about the fight. They drove to San Antonio, Texas and then separated. A.J. was supposed to meet Randle at a bus station at midnight the next day to return the car, but he never showed up. Randle took a bus to Fort Worth, Texas and then reported his car stolen.
The following day, A.J. Sr. spoke to a Fort Worth, Texas minister on the telephone that day and claimed to have killed and buried the children and that he was going to kill himself. Early on September 7, A.J. Sr.'s body was later found inside Randle's vehicle on a rural road near Austin, Texas. His death was ruled a suicide; he had shot himself in the head with a new 16-gauge shotgun. He left a note addressed to Jewel. The note said he had "buried both children" and that he loved the children and he loved Jewel and hoped she would be happy. There was no indication of the children's whereabouts, and no trace of them could be found.
Jewel remarried after A.J.'s death and took the name Robertson, and had two more children. She is still alive, though in her eighties and in poor health. Her children by her second marriage, Regina Meynig and Phil Robertson, have been active in the search for A.J. Jr. and Myrisha and hope that they may be located. All three of them believe there's a chance that the children are alive and A.J. Sr. gave or sold them to someone instead of killing them. Randle is also still alive and in contact with investigators.
The bodies of Myrisha and A.J. Jr. have never been found and their cases remain open.
If you have any information about this case, please contact:
Goliad Sheriff's Department
Investigator James Garner
361-645-1259
Case 10000419
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