for Shon Pernice declined to comment for this story . Police and family say Renee was pursuing a divorce around the time she disappeared . A local firefighter , Shon Pernice has said he was not involved in her disappearance . He told a local activist in March that `` I did n't harm my wife one bit . Not at all . '' In that interview , one of the few in which he 's referenced his wife 's disappearance , he added , `` It 's gut-wrenching thinking that either she 's got a rich-ass doctor boyfriend somewhere and she 's happy , or she 's dead . '' Since his wife disappeared , Shon Pernice has been arrested twice on unrelated charges : once for allegedly stealing a neighbor 's gun and another time for disturbing the peace in an incident with that same neighbor this past July Fourth weekend . `` As everybody knows , my wife has been missing since January 2 , '' he told CNN affiliate KCTV5 . `` This is what it stems from . Basically what the media ... has portrayed of me -- of the whole situation . There 's
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Renee Pernice , a 35-year-old mother of two young children , vanished from her home in Kansas City , Missouri , shortly after New Year 's this year . She has n't been heard from since . Renee Pernice is pictured here with her two sons and husband , Shon . Police believe foul play is involved , yet they have not found her body . No one has been arrested in the case . Police have not named her husband , Shon Pernice , as a person of interest or a suspect in the case . However , `` he 's the last known person to see her alive , '' said Doug Niemeier , a sergeant with the Kansas City Police Department . Six months after Renee Pernice disappeared , police say they still have questions about her husband in the days after her disappearance , including why he allegedly accessed a local fire department 's hazardous materials building around 4:30 a.m. January 3 . `` It should be noted that multiple types of cleaners , solvents and cleaning supplies are stored at Station # 5 , '' a police affidavit says . Attorneys