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JeannieC
10-25-2011, 02:29 AM
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Birth: 1950
Death: May 10, 1978
Unsolved Triple Homicide.
Karen was a loving mother. She was murdered along with her two young sons, Scott and Mark. Her husband, Robert Pretty, says he came home from work to find his family deceased. The county medical examiner, Dr. Jospeh Jachimezek, ruled that the deaths were from a combination of strangulation and suffocation by drowning. The main clue in the three deaths was the family's 1978 Mercury Marquis, which was found in an unassigned parking space at an apartment house. There was no sexual assault or robbery. One theory is that this may have been a hit which was intended on another family. Apparently there was an informant in the neighborhood who caused the arrest of a known drug dealer, Anthony, who is now deceased. The people who committed this crime may have been from another state which might explain them getting the wrong house. However, this is just a theory. If you have heard or know anything that may solve this case, please call the number below. You may even do this anonymously. The family of the victims has been suffering for 20 years now.
Contact: Detective Johnny Bonds (713)755-6140
Family links:
Children:
Scott Pretty (1971 - 1978)*
Mark Pretty (1973 - 1978)*
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19276136
ikoihil
10-25-2011, 07:55 PM
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Georgia Geer - Age 14, Caucasian, brunette. Georgia Geer skipped school on September 6, 1974 and disappeared from a convenience store in Dickinson, close to I-45. Both her and Bracewell had been beaten to death and found were found in an Alvin Swamp.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM; STILL UNSOLVED.
ikoihil
10-25-2011, 07:56 PM
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Brooks Bracewell - Age 12, Caucasian, brunette. Brooks Bracewell skipped school on September 6, 1974 and disappeared from a convenience store in Dickinson, close to I-45. Both her and Geer had been beaten to death and found were found in an Alvin Swamp.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM; STILL UNSOLVED.
bessie
11-03-2011, 10:59 PM
Use this thread to post cases from the 1970's.
bessie
11-03-2011, 11:54 PM
Originally posted by Ikoihil
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Brenda Jones - Age 14, brunette. She disappeared while walking in the East End on Galveston Island, close to I-45, to visit an aunt on July 1, 1971. Her body was found the next day in Galveston Bay, close to Seawolf Park. She had a slip crammed in her mouth and had died of a head wound. BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM; STILL UNSOLVED.
Links added by Bessie:
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=e0f8fbf234b2e613
http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-18559_162-10009885-2.html
bessie
11-03-2011, 11:57 PM
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Adele "Gypsy" Crabtree was a pretty 16 year-old runaway from Ohio. A free spirited flower child, she worked off and on as a gas jockey, cocktail waitress and go-go dancer in Houston. She was last seen alive on November 2, 1971 near her apartment when she got into a two-tone Mercury and drove away with the male driver. Her body was found on 11/03/1971 near some woods NW of Conroe n Montgomery County. Her body was riddled with two loads of buckshot and one load of birdshot from a 12 gauge shotgun. Knoppa first confessed to the murder. Lanham knew Gypsy, and they had picked her up the night before in the Mercury. Knoppa told LE she'd had consensual sex with both men. After driving around for awhile, Knoppa told her he wanted "more loving". Lanham parked the car, and the three got out. As Crabtree and Knoppa headed for the woods, Knoppa stepped aside, and Lanham shot her. Knoppa said he had seen women killed in Vietnam, but "never like that". Lanham allegedly told him to stick around and he see many more. Thirty hours later, they murdered Linda Sutherlin. The two also confessed to the murder of another woman, Pamela Huebner, but her body was never found.
Lanham and Knoppa were never charged with Crabtree's murder. Instead, James Whittley, another Houston wrecker driver was charged after he failed a polygraph examination. Police at the time did not consider him a suspect in any of the five or six other recent murders of young women.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CpkFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QzMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4529,24440&
dq=turner+bayou+harris+county+texas&hl=en
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19730204&id=FgYrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IJgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1661,2226148
bessie
11-03-2011, 11:58 PM
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Linda Faye Sutherlin, 21, was a Houston area key punch operator and former bartender. On 11/07/1971 her body was found in a Pearland ditch along County Road 89 about one mile south of FM 518 in Brazoria County. She had been raped, shot, kicked and beaten. A pair of panty hose was tied around her neck. Her roommate had reported her missing on 11/05/1971. Police originally suspected a boyfriend who was known to be violent. In the end, her killers turned out to be a known criminal, 24 year-old Harry Andrew Lanham, and an accomplice, 24 year-old ex-convict Anthony Knoppa.
A witness who knew Linda by sight told LE he had seen her the morning of 11/04/1971 standing by her car parked along the road near the bar where she had stopped after work talking to a wrecker driver. Another witness, after reading the newspaper report of Linda's murder told LE he had seen a wrecker parked near the bridge where Linda's body was found. Two years earlier, a young woman had entered a Houston police station to report a rape by a wrecker driver. She gave his name to a detective and said he was a big man. Before the detective finished writing the report, however, she changed her mind and left. That same detective worked Linda's case. He recalled the earlier incident but could not remember the wrecker driver's name until a week or so later when it came to him out of the blue.
Harry Lanham owned a red wrecker. When questioned, he implicated Knoppa, who was tracked down in Conroe. The two eventually confessed to the rape and brutal murder of Linda Fay Sutherlin. Both men were convicted and sentenced to 25 and 50 years respectively. Lanham died in while awaiting appeal in 1973. At the time, he was a suspect in the murders of eight others, including Adele Crabtree to which he and Knoppa had also confessed.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19730204&id=FgYrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IJgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1661,2226148
http://thepolicenews.net/html/tpnmay09.pdf
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu282/bessie_06/HENRYLANHAMANDTONYKNOPPA.jpg
Henry Lanham and Anthony Knoppa from the Reading Eagle, February 4, 1973
bessie
11-04-2011, 12:36 AM
Originally posted by Ikoihil
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Debbie Ackerman - Age 15, Caucasian, brunette. students Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson both were students from Galveston’s Ball High, both disappeared on November 11, 1971 and they were found dead two days later, 10 miles north of where they disappeared, close to I-45 and Highway 3. They were in Turner's Bayou in Texas, both girls were shot twice and their hands and feet bound and only partially clothed.
Edward Harold Bell was a suspect but never charged because of circumstantial evidence. He later wrote a letter admitting the murders of Ackerman and Johnson, but wasn’t charged. He is in prison on unrelated charges.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM; STILL UNSOLVED.
Links added by Bessie:
ACKERMAN-JOHNSON (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tNWI0NjY1NDYtMjExMC00YmFjLTgxM TUtNTFkZWQ4ODUxOTZl)
[/URL] [URL="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Confessions-of-a-cold-blooded-killer-2187501.php"]Ed Bell Claims Responsibility (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=110195580&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=2¤tPage=0&fpo=False)
bessie
11-04-2011, 01:01 AM
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Maria Johnson - Age 15, Caucasian, brunette. Ball High student disappeared from Galveston Mall on November 11, 1971 and found dead two days later, 10 miles north of where they disappeared, close to I-45 and Highway 3. Their bodies were in Turner's Bayou in Texas City where fishermen saw them floating, both girls were shot twice before being dumped in the water. Their hands and feet were bound and only partially clothed.
Edward Harold Bell was a suspect but never charged because of circumstantial evidence. He later wrote a letter admitting the murders of Ackerman and Johnson, but wasn’t charged. He is in prison on unrelated charges.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM; STILL UNSOLVED.
Added by Bessie:
A witness saw Maria Johnson and Debbie Ackerman getting into a green pick-up truck on Seawall Blvd, Monday, November 15, 1971. Around noon on the same day, a 19 year-old woman also accepted a ride from a man in a green pick-up truck. When he threatened to rape her, she jumped from the moving vehicle and was later treated for her injuries at a local hospital where she reported the incident to police.
ACKERMAN-JOHNSON (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tNWI0NjY1NDYtMjExMC00YmFjLTgxM TUtNTFkZWQ4ODUxOTZl)
Ed Bell Claims Responsibility (http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Confessions-of-a-cold-blooded-killer-2187501.php)
bessie
11-04-2011, 01:05 AM
Originally posted by Ikoihil
http://www.whatsonjinan.com/news_images/a9f43f2569506cad3a5fe900_Bell%203.jpg
Colette Annise Wilson - Age 13, Caucasian. She was dropped off by her Band Leader at a bus stop in Alvin on June 17, 1971. She disappeared, her nude body was found close to I-10 and HWY 6 near Addicks Reservoir in west Houston, some 35 to 40 miles from where last seen 5 months earlier. She had been killed by a gunshot to head and her band instrument was never located. The remains of Colette Willson were found within 35 yards from where the body of 19 year old Gloria Gonzales was later discovered BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM; STILL UNSOLVED.
Added by Bessie:
The body of Colette Wilson was found without a head. Her crushed skull was later discovered about 45 feet away from where her body was found.
Missing skull of Girl Found in a Briar Patch (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19711201&id=dsEzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=izIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6387,5017061)
http://thepolicenews.net/html/gcpnoct06.pdf
http://thepolicenews.net/html/gcpnaug07.pdf
Ed Bell Confessed to 11 Murders (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042239/Serial-killer-Edward-Harold-Bells-chilling-confessions-I-murdered-11-teenage-girls.html) Article includes a map.
bessie
11-04-2011, 02:09 AM
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=19577&d=1320481129
Gloria Ann Gonzalez was a 19 year-old bookkeeper from Houston who was last seen near her apartment on Jacquelyn Street on 10/28/1971. Her torso was found on 11/23/1971, and her severed skull was located about a week later near the remains of Colette Wilson in Addick's Reservoir in west Houston near Katy. A 2' long cord wrapped around a 4" piece of wood was around her neck. Cause of death might have been blunt force trauma to the head because her skull had been crushed.
Officer Hunts for Body Parts (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tYzQ4OTFiM2QtZjljNS00MDVmLTllN DctYzk2MWI3YzQzZmEy)
Victim's Skull Found (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tMjFlMjc3OTItZmNmMy00MzhiLWI2Y WMtMWEwMTdmNTIxODQ5)
http://thepolicenews.net/html/gcpnjune06.pdf
bessie
11-04-2011, 02:28 AM
Originally posted by Ikoihil
http://www.chron.com/mediaManager/?controllerName=image&action=get&id=1149124&width=628&height=471
Rhonda Johnson – Age 14. On August 5, 1971, two 14-year old Webster girls, Rhonda Johnson and Sharon Shaw, disappeared from an outing in Galveston. An investigation was launched the same day by the police department in Webster in Harris County. Their skeletal remains were discovered about five months later in the Taylor Bayou near the community of Shoreacres in southeast Harris County.
Michael Lloyd Self confessed, but recanted the confession he made to Officer Tommy Deal & Chief Don Morris (both whom are now incarcerated for bank robberies in Texas during this time). Self is the only person convicted solely on a confession in America. Ed Bell is also a suspect.
http://thepolicenews.net/html/gcpnoct06.pdf
STILL UNSOLVED.
Added by Bessie:Some Suspect Serial Killer in 1971 Galvesto Deaths (http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Some-suspect-serial-killer-in-1971-Galveston-2078025.php)
Self's Appeal (http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/973/1198/386343/)
RHONDA RENEE JOHNSON-SHARON SHAW (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tNjQyYmVkNDgtZmI2NS00OGExLWI1Z WMtOWNkMjgxODc2NzMy)
bessie
11-04-2011, 02:38 AM
Originally posted by Ikoihil
http://www.chron.com/mediaManager/?controllerName=image&action=get&id=1149123&width=628&height=471
Sharon Shaw – Age 14. On August 5, 1971, two 14-year old Webster girls, Rhonda Johnson and Sharon Shaw, disappeared from an outing in Galveston. An investigation was launched the same day by the police department in nearby Webster in Harris County. Their skeletal remains were discovered about five months later in the Taylor Bayou near the community of Shoreacres in southeast Harris County.
Michael Lloyd Self confessed, but recanted the confession he made to Officer Tommy Deal & Chief Don Morris (both whom are now incarcerated for bank robberies in Texas during this time). Self is the only man in America convicted solely on a confession. Ed Bell is also a suspect.
http://thepolicenews.net/html/gcpnoct06.pdf
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM; STILL UNSOLVED.
Added by Bessie:
RHONDA RENEE JOHNSON-SHARON SHAW (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tNjQyYmVkNDgtZmI2NS00OGExLWI1Z WMtOWNkMjgxODc2NzMy)
Some Suspect Serial Killer in 1971 Galvesto Deaths (http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Some-suspect-serial-killer-in-1971-Galveston-2078025.php)
Self's Appeal (http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/973/1198/386343/)
bessie
11-04-2011, 02:56 AM
Alison Craven - Age 12, Caucasian. Her mother returned home from after running errands for 1 hour on November 9, 1971. Her daughter was missing from their apartment near I-45. Police later found partial remains in a nearby field, two hands along with bones from an arm and some teeth. On Feb 25, 1972 the rest of her skeleton was found in a Pearland field, also near I-45 and 5 to 10 miles from where she was last seen.
STILL UNSOLVED.
Added by Bessie:
EdBell (http://thepolicenews.net/html/gcpnjune06.pdf)
bessie
11-04-2011, 09:07 PM
Mildred Knighten left her family's home in Pasadena during the evening of Friday, October 20, 1972. She left with an unidentified friend to visit her sister in LaPorte. Her body was found a few days later in an industrial area of County Road 225 near Galveston. She was the victim of a vicious stabbing with 61 wounds in the back and nine in the face. Her throat had been "slashed repeatedly". She wore only a brown corduroy shirt.
No suspect was charged and this case has never been solved.
Girl Found Knifed (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tODZlNTkyZGItNWUzZS00YTkxLWI2M TktMmVhODQzZDc2YWZm)
Victim Was on Her Way to La Porte (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tZTEwZGUxMDEtYTg2NC00NWFkLTkwN jEtMGE5MjA5OTZkYmI5)
bessie
11-04-2011, 10:41 PM
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Kimberly Rae Pitchford was last seen after her first driver's ed class at Frank Dobie High School, 11111 Beamer Rd, Houston, about 6 pm on Wednesday, January 3, 1973. Her parents were expecting a call when she was ready to be picked up, but it never came. Two days later a couple of teenage boys discovered her body in a dranage ditch along CR 65 about a mile north of CR 63 near Iowa Colony in Brazoria County. She was partially clad and had been strangled with a rope. Her murder has never been solved. Ed Bell has claimed responsibility and says he picked her up near Gulfgate Mall in Houston.
Found Slain (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tYjBhZWRlYTUtYTZhMC00NmUwLWFhM DQtYjRkZDUzZjA0ZmZj)
37 Years Later: Where is Kimberly's Killer (http://thepolicenews.net/screenprint.aspx?newsletterid=18961)
Bell identified another of his victims as a reddish-blond Houston teen named "Pitchford," kidnapped near Gulfgate Mall. Harris County medical examiner's records and newspaper archives show Kimberly Rae Pitchford (http://www.chron.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fhouston-texas&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Kimberly+Rae+Pitchford%22), a 16-year-old who lived near Hobby airport, never returned home after taking a driver's education class at Frank Dobie High School (http://www.chron.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fhouston-texas&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Frank+Dobie+High+School%22) in Houston. Her body was found in a thicket in Brazoria County in January 1973.Ed Bell's Confessions (http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Confessions-of-a-cold-blooded-killer-2187501.php#page-2)
Find A Grave: Kimberly Rae Pitchford (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wkKJ7EWlDwYJ:www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi%3Fpage%3Dgr%26GRid%3D21184575+KIMBERLY+PITC HFORD+iowa+colony&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a)
bessie
11-04-2011, 11:32 PM
Jo Anne Harrison, 25, stabbed six times. Her body "dumped" in an industrial area of Houston. She had been killed elsewhere.
JO ANNE HARRISON (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tMTQ0MDAyNDEtMWNhNi00YmU5LThmO TQtMmMzODA5OGE4YTk0)
(I can't find anything else about this victim. If anyone has more information, please post it or pm me so I can edit my post. Thanks.)
bessie
11-05-2011, 03:47 AM
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=19576&d=1320477375
Nina Lynn Kluge left her home in Cypress on the night of October 22, 1975 and headed 60 miles north to watch a World Series game with friends in Rosharon. That was the last time she was seen alive. Her car was found abandoned with dead battery the next day by Fort Bend deputies along Hwy 6. Two men hunting for rabbits on Thanksgiving Day along Hwy 382 in the vicinity of Darrington Prison Farm found her nude body atop a pile of clothes in a ditch next to a rice field. Her head showed a large wound from a gunshot. Nina might have been one of Ed Bell's victims.
Deputies Identify Body of Missing Girl p1 (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tOGUxZjc2YWYtYmFjMi00OTE0LWEwN jgtMmIyMGJmYWZjY2Y2)
Deputies Identify Body of Missing Girl p2 (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tZjBhZWFmYmItMzdjZS00OGM3LWI5O DQtMjJlNzMyYzdiNjEy)
Police Exhausting Clues p1 (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tZGM0MmM2YmEtZjY1Yi00YTQ3LTg5Y 2UtMWEyNDM2MDA1Zjg3)
Police Exhausting Clues p2 (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tMDQ5MTA1YTAtODc2Ny00N2JkLTg3N GQtOGQzYzllODE4MmI0)
Ed Bell (http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Confessions-of-a-cold-blooded-killer-2187501.php)
bessie
11-05-2011, 04:04 AM
First posted by Ikoihil
Suzanne Bowers – 12 years old. May 21, 1977 disappeared from Galveston - Medical Examiner said Bower's dental chart matched that of a skeleton found Sunday 03/25/1979 in a field near Avenue P1/2 in Alta Loma. The Galveston girl disappeared May 21, 1977 while walking from her grandmother's home in the 4000 block of Avenue S1/2 to her own residence in the 3100 block of Avenue P. Authorities Tuesday said the cause of death is still unknown. "She had a skull fracture. The cause of death has not been determined.
It was about 10:30 a.m. May 21, 1977 when the seventh grade Lovenberg School student left her grandmother's house, Mrs. Bowers recalls. "She was going home first to get her bathing suit. She wanted to go to the beach. Suzanne walked that same route many times. She never did reach home," said Mrs. Bowers. "The case has been turned over to them because it originated in Galveston. There are no suspects. There appeared to be gunshot holes in her skull."
Added by Bessie:
Photo of Suzanne Bowers
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu282/bessie_06/SUZANNEBOWERS.jpg
Skeleton Identified as Missing 12 Year-Old (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=109976275)
SUZANNE BOWERS (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tYzViNjllMGUtNzg0Zi00YmYwLTkzZ TQtYjdmZDg3ZjYzOTYz)
bessie
11-05-2011, 04:11 AM
In a case from March 1979, a motorist discovered the body of Angela Desiree Kelly on the curb in the 7800 block of Red Bluff Road. She had been strangled and her hands were tied behind her back. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/2005_3901421/pasadena-applies-for-txdot-grants.html
This is all of the information I can find on this case. Does anyone else have more to add?
bessie
11-05-2011, 03:20 PM
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu282/bessie_06/lesiamichellejackson.jpg
Case # 79-16610
Murder of Lesia Michelle Jackson
September 7, 1979 – Lake Wildwood Subdivision, Conroe, Texas
SYNOPSIS: Lesia Jackson was 12 years of age and resided with her
parents inside the Lake Wildwood Subdivision off FM 1485 in Conroe.
She had attended Washington Jr. High. Lesia Jackson had been
swimming in the subdivision lake with friends and relatives about her
same age. Lesia Jackson was last seen walking alone on Creek Bend
Street in the direction of her residence. Her relatives arrived at Jackson’s
home a short time later and her parents inquired about her absence. A
search of the neighborhood began and lasted through the evening. The
following day, Lesia’s eyeglasses were found at the intersection of
Creekwood and Deep Forest within the subdivision. On September 13,
1979, an oilfield worker found Lesia Jackson’s remains in a heavily
wooded area along a pipeline off Exxon Road in Conroe. This scene was
approx. 5 miles from Lake Wildwood. An autopsy determined that Lesia Jackson had been sexually assaulted and murdered.
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Unsolved Cold Cases (http://www.woodlandsonline.com/dbs/sheriff/files/File/COLDCASE.pdf)
JeannieC
11-06-2011, 08:11 PM
Thanks Bessie! Great job.
:+:MrTT:+:
11-06-2011, 08:38 PM
http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/2005_3901421/pasadena-applies-for-txdot-grants.html
This is all of the information I can find on this case. Does anyone else have more to add?
...
Angela Desiree Kelly
http://www.ci.pasadena.tx.us/users/0002/images/police_kelly.jpg
March 28, 1979 Where: 7800 Red Bluff Rd.
Pasadena, Harris County, Texas. Status: Unsolved
http://www.ci.pasadena.tx.us/default.aspx?name=pol.cc_kelly
Pasadena Police Cold Cases
Just a thought.
Keep an eye out for other redheads missing or remains found.
There are not that many. And any we find and compare with.
May lead to a pattern.
:+:MrTT:+:
11-06-2011, 09:30 PM
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Maria Johnson - Age 15, Caucasian, brunette. Ball High student disappeared from Galveston Mall on November 11, 1971 and found dead two days later, 10 miles north of where they disappeared, close to I-45 and Highway 3. Their bodies were in Turner's Bayou in Texas City where fishermen saw them floating, both girls were shot twice before being dumped in the water. Their hands and feet were bound and only partially clothed.
Edward Harold Bell was a suspect but never charged because of circumstantial evidence. He later wrote a letter admitting the murders of Ackerman and Johnson, but wasn’t charged. He is in prison on unrelated charges.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM; STILL UNSOLVED.
Added by Bessie:
A witness saw Maria Johnson and Debbie Ackerman getting into a green pick-up truck on Seawall Blvd, Monday, November 15, 1971. Around noon on the same day, a 19 year-old woman also accepted a ride from a man in a green pick-up truck. When he threatened to rape her, she jumped from the moving vehicle and was later treated for her injuries at a local hospital where she reported the incident to police.
ACKERMAN-JOHNSON (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tNWI0NjY1NDYtMjExMC00YmFjLTgxM TUtNTFkZWQ4ODUxOTZl)
Ed Bell Claims Responsibility (http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Confessions-of-a-cold-blooded-killer-2187501.php)
So far this is the first one that I read involved a 38 and not a 22 as in so man y of the cases where the victim/s were shot.
I am not a ballistic expert by any means.
But I wonder if any fragments removed during autopsy from a 22 they would be able to compare and see if possible they are related to each other in some way.
JeannieC
11-07-2011, 10:23 AM
So far this is the first one that I read involved a 38 and not a 22 as in so man y of the cases where the victim/s were shot.
I am not a ballistic expert by any means.
But I wonder if any fragments removed during autopsy from a 22 they would be able to compare and see if possible they are related to each other in some way.
That is the same thing I've noticed. You would think they had compared the bullets and could tell if they are related. Even in the other areas most/if not all of the bullets I've seen reported were 22 caliber. It would be good if they have done comparisons but if they have LE hasn't released that information to the public.
On the other hand, I don't know of any cases with confessions or convictions where LE had any ballistic information at trial or even a gun as evidence.
The few convictions they had seemed to be more circumstantial than evidentiary. imo
I know a lot of evidence seemed to disappear over the years, some very early on in the investigations. Strange................
Other evidence is reported to have been lost during hurricanes. Bullets don't don't fall apart in water so what happened?
I think there were so many murders during that time that LE either got careless, was overwhelmed, understaffed, and inexperienced. jmo
It is so sad because these victims' families deserve justice and the UID's deserve to be buried and give their families that peace of mind. moo
I hope LE reinvestigates these cases regardless of whether the perp is still living and I believe some of them are. Either way, with dna and more modern pratices I think at least some of these cases can be solved. moo
Thanks for working on these!
:+:MrTT:+:
11-07-2011, 02:40 PM
That is the same thing I've noticed. You would think they had compared the bullets and could tell if they are related. Even in the other areas most/if not all of the bullets I've seen reported were 22 caliber. It would be good if they have done comparisons but if they have LE hasn't released that information to the public.
On the other hand, I don't know of any cases with confessions or convictions where LE had any ballistic information at trial or even a gun as evidence.
The few convictions they had seemed to be more circumstantial than evidentiary. imo
I know a lot of evidence seemed to disappear over the years, some very early on in the investigations. Strange................
Other evidence is reported to have been lost during hurricanes. Bullets don't don't fall apart in water so what happened?
I think there were so many murders during that time that LE either got careless, was overwhelmed, understaffed, and inexperienced. jmo
It is so sad because these victims' families deserve justice and the UID's deserve to be buried and give their families that peace of mind. moo
I hope LE reinvestigates these cases regardless of whether the perp is still living and I believe some of them are. Either way, with dna and more modern pratices I think at least some of these cases can be solved. moo
Thanks for working on these!
quote...
On the other hand, I don't know of any cases with confessions or convictions where LE had any ballistic information at trial or even a gun as evidence...end of quote.
Excellent observation. I have not read about anyone either being suspected or confessed that involved the 22.
Most I read was strangulation, blunt objects etc.
That 22 I am sure is the same one used in several of these killings.
Probably a six shot 22 revolver. Small but effected in close range.
JeannieC
11-07-2011, 02:51 PM
quote...
On the other hand, I don't know of any cases with confessions or convictions where LE had any ballistic information at trial or even a gun as evidence...end of quote.
Excellent observation. I have not read about anyone either being suspected or confessed that involved the 22.
Most I read was strangulation, blunt objects etc.
That 22 I am sure is the same one used in several of these killings.
Probably a six shot 22 revolver. Small but effected in close range.
I've wondered when they say blunt force trauma or hit with a blunt object does it basically mean the same thing? For instance, if a person was hit in the head or beaten repeatedly in other areas of the body until death occurs is that blunt force trauma in both cases? The reason I ask is that recently I read an article stating there was no apparent injury to the head and the person died of blunt force trauma. I always assumed that meant a blow to the head.
Any thoughts on that?
:+:MrTT:+:
11-07-2011, 02:53 PM
Originally posted by Ikoihil
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/10/20/Debbie_Ackerman.jpg
Debbie Ackerman - Age 15, Caucasian, brunette. students Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson both were students from Galveston’s Ball High, both disappeared on November 11, 1971 and they were found dead two days later, 10 miles north of where they disappeared, close to I-45 and Highway 3. They were in Turner's Bayou in Texas, both girls were shot twice and their hands and feet bound and only partially clothed.
Edward Harold Bell was a suspect but never charged because of circumstantial evidence. He later wrote a letter admitting the murders of Ackerman and Johnson, but wasn’t charged. He is in prison on unrelated charges.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM; STILL UNSOLVED.
Links added by Bessie:
ACKERMAN-JOHNSON (https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9dpNu3jLO3tNWI0NjY1NDYtMjExMC00YmFjLTgxM TUtNTFkZWQ4ODUxOTZl)
Ed Bell Claims Responsibility (http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Confessions-of-a-cold-blooded-killer-2187501.php)
quote...
both girls were shot twice and their hands and feet bound and only partially clothed.
Edward Harold Bell was a suspect but never charged because of circumstantial evidence...end of quote.
I say NO! Bell may-have had a hand in there kidnapping and murder.
But I don't believe he shot them. That is not his MO as far as I can tell.
Bells method seems to be up close and personal. Where the other one just wants to shoot and kill and be done with it quickly.
And in another case above two girls were found 35 yards apart.
One shot the other one strangled or beating to death. Strangle and beat is more in line with Bells MO...
I am beginning to believe, until told otherwise Bell had a partner in crime he would team up with from time to time. One was a shooter but not Bell...Perhaps they would team up on those times when they wanted to kidnapped two girls to double there demonic pleasure?
They enjoyed watching the girls reactions to each other as they were being tortured.
Though just speculation on my part, nothing for fact.
:+:MrTT:+:
11-07-2011, 03:02 PM
I've wondered when they say blunt force trauma or hit with a blunt object does it basically mean the same thing? For instance, if a person was hit in the head or beaten repeatedly in other areas of the body until death occurs is that blunt force trauma in both cases? The reason I ask is that recently I read an article stating there was no apparent injury to the head and the person died of blunt force trauma. I always assumed that meant a blow to the head.
Any thoughts on that?
Usually i suspect it is damaged to the head area.
But it could apply to a beating of the body that causes death.
A beating with a blunt force object. A crowbar or baseball bat would be considered a blunt force object. A beating that resulted in ones death regardless if its the head or body area or both.
All MOO.
JeannieC
11-07-2011, 03:08 PM
quote...
both girls were shot twice and their hands and feet bound and only partially clothed.
Edward Harold Bell was a suspect but never charged because of circumstantial evidence...end of quote.
I say NO! Bell may-have had a hand in there kidnapping and murder.
But I don't believe he shot them. That is not his MO as far as I can tell.
Bells method seems to be up close and personal. Where the other one just wants to shoot and kill and be done with it quickly.
And in another case above two girls were found 35 yards apart.
One shot the other one strangled or beating to death. Strangle and beat is more in line with Bells MO...
I am beginning to believe, until told otherwise Bell had a partner in crime he would team up with from time to time. One was a shooter but not Bell...Perhaps they would team up on those times when they wanted to kidnapped two girls to double there demonic pleasure?
Though just speculation on my part, nothing for fact.
I totally agree. I never thought Bell acted alone if he was actually involved. I have wondered if he just confessed to better his stature in prison. I could be totally wrong. Either that or like you said he teamed up with someone else. One who loved guns.....
bessie
11-09-2011, 03:01 AM
Here's a worksheet I've been using to compile data. It's not complete, but I thought it might be helpful, anyway. I'll post an updated version later.
19616
19617
19619
JeannieC
11-10-2011, 06:14 PM
Here's a worksheet I've been using to compile data. It's not complete, but I thought it might be helpful, anyway. I'll post an updated version later.
19616
19617
19619
Great work! I've used it several times today on the other years! Thanks for doing this for us!
ikoihil
11-11-2011, 01:22 AM
http://www.i45texas.com/images/interstate_45_texas_highway_map.gif
ikoihil
11-11-2011, 02:23 AM
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1500&pictureid=13029
I'm not including a link because I made this in MS Paint :worldmap:
Just something for reference, since I know a lot of you guys aren't local...
:sonar:
JeannieC
11-11-2011, 09:19 AM
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/JBrewer2.jpghttp://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/JBrewer1.jpg
Joyce Creola Brewer
Missing since September 6, 1970 from Grand Prairie, Texas
Classification: Lost, Injured, Missing
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Vital Statistics
•Date Of Birth: January 24, 1955
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 15 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'7" (170 cm); 135 lbs (61 kg)
•Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; blue eyes.
•Marks, Scars: Burn scars on the underside of her left arm, the side of her chest, and her torso.
•DNA: Available
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Circumstances of Disappearance
Joyce Brewer was last seen on September 6, 1970, in Grand Prarie, Texas.
It is believed she ran off with a boyfriend.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1465dftx.html
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=1058775&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/brewer_joyce.html
http://s13.invisionfree.com/PorchlightUSA/ar/t12460.htm
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/5879
:+:MrTT:+:
11-11-2011, 04:58 PM
http://www.i45texas.com/images/interstate_45_texas_highway_map.gif
Without this visual aid.
My imagery of where these places were was way off.
Straight up and down that 45.
Strange. To have become known as a place for killings.
Killing frenzy more like it.
Almost as if there was a network of killers on a private network
going back decades?
It just seems strange to be so many
and shared by many. Without some of them knowing
each other.
Like some kind of game involving killing.
A game between killers.
Using your map, and goggle map with street view.
I am getting a much better understanding and perspective of the I45.
Much better and enjoyable to kill in warm climate than cold I imagine.
It would be strange if it was ever acknowledge that persons
on vacation would come to the area to kill.
ALL MOO
:+:MrTT:+:
11-11-2011, 05:46 PM
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/JBrewer2.jpghttp://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/JBrewer1.jpg
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1465dftx.html
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=1058775&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/brewer_joyce.html
http://s13.invisionfree.com/PorchlightUSA/ar/t12460.htm
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/5879
That is interesting.
I have been looking at her photo on namus for the last several days
off and on to see if she may match an unidentified.
And her hair color was always blonde.
Until now I see they have changed it to this red color.
Did anyone else notice that.
And is this an known practice by them?
JeannieC
11-11-2011, 06:41 PM
Without this visual aid.
My imagery of where these places were was way off.
Straight up and down that 45.
Strange. To have become known as a place for killings.
Killing frenzy more like it.
Almost as if there was a network of killers on a private network
going back decades?
It just seems strange to be so many
and shared by many. Without some of them knowing
each other.
Like some kind of game involving killing.
A game between killers.
Using your map, and goggle map with street view.
I am getting a much better understanding and perspective of the I45.
Much better and enjoyable to kill in warm climate than cold I imagine.
It would be strange if it was ever acknowledge that persons
on vacation would come to the area to kill.
ALL MOO
Wouldn't be strange at all or for a trucker who comes and goes to kill in this and other areas. This just seems like a safe place to get away with murder. Once it was known that LE wasn't catching anyone, I'm sure other killers just added to the killing fields.
They got away with it too!
jmo
JeannieC
11-11-2011, 06:45 PM
That is interesting.
I have been looking at her photo on namus for the last several days
off and on to see if she may match an unidentified.
And her hair color was always blonde.
Until now I see they have changed it to this red color.
Did anyone else notice that.
And is this an known practice by them?
They have her hair listed as blonde but, the pictures all show red. I think this is just another of the many errors we keep finding. Someone didn't look!
Another thing I've noticed is the number of red-heads and auburn haired girls. Remember the Red-head murders?
jmo
ikoihil
11-11-2011, 07:40 PM
They have her hair listed as blonde but, the pictures all show red. I think this is just another of the many errors we keep finding. Someone didn't look!
Another thing I've noticed is the number of red-heads and auburn haired girls. Remember the Red-head murders?
jmo
...but at night, redheads look brunette sometimes. Look and see if the redheads and auburn haired girls disappeared during the day or at night...
JeannieC
11-11-2011, 08:16 PM
...but at night, redheads look brunette sometimes. Look and see if the redheads and auburn haired girls disappeared during the day or at night...
You're right! See next posting. She had it bleached out blonde when she went missing.
JeannieC
11-11-2011, 08:20 PM
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/JBrewer2.jpghttp://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/JBrewer1.jpg
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1465dftx.html
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=1058775&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/brewer_joyce.html
http://s13.invisionfree.com/PorchlightUSA/ar/t12460.htm
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/5879
Additional picture: She might have had her hair bleached out blonde when she disappeared.
http://www.charleyproject.org/images/b/brewer_joyce.jpg
JeannieC
11-13-2011, 03:19 PM
12/31/1979 - Sue Brooks Powell
http://www.odessacrimestoppers.org/Pictures/200708302105201.jpg
12/31/1979 - Sue Brooks Powell
Over 20 years ago in December 1979 investigators came across a Chevrolet van parked alongside Hwy 866 about ½ mile north of University Blvd. Inside they discovered the body of Sue Brooks Powell. This mother of 5 children had been shot to death.
ikoihil
11-16-2011, 09:01 PM
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1500&pictureid=13064
Sandra Degrasse, 15 - Missing December 18, 1979 from the East end of Galveston. Her skull was found on August 10, 1980, after high tides associated with a nearby hurricane unearthed her remains on the west end of the island.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1500&pictureid=13063
Sandra was last seen on December 18, 1979 in the vicinity of 8th and Seawall
Blonde hair
brown eyes
5'2" tall
106 pounds
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1500&pictureid=13062
Keith Blair Smith was accused of the murder of Miss Degrasse.
http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=110204166
http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=110200802
http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=110204166
http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Site...?img=110203921
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Galveston_island_0001.png
JeannieC
11-17-2011, 05:03 PM
Went to the mall in Fort Worth, December 1974 and never came back..............a letter was received some time after from Rachel stating they were "getting away for a while" and would be back in a week. They never re-appeared. According to the letter they had gone to Houston
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/MTrlica.jpg Mary Rachel Trilica 17 years old
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/57dftx.html
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/LWilson.jpg Lisa Renee Wilson 14 Years old
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/58dftx.html
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/JMoseley.jpg Julie Ann Moseley Age 9
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/59dftx.html
JeannieC
11-17-2011, 06:44 PM
Joyce Creola Brewer - age 15 - 9/6/1970 Grand Prairie, Texas - Sun
Colette Anise Wilson - age 13 - 6/17,1971, Alvin, Tx Bus Stop - Mon
Brenda Jones - Age 14 - 7/1/1971 Galveston Island, Tx - Thur
Rhonda Johnson – Age 14 - 8/5/1971 Galveston, Tx - Thur
Sharon Shaw - 14 - 8/5/1971 Galveston, Tx - Thur
GLoria Ann Gonzalez, age 19, 10/28/1971 Houston, Tx - Thur
Debbie Ackerman, age 15, 11/11/1971 Galveston, Tx - Thur
Maria Johnson, age 15, 11/11/1971 Galveston, Tx - Thur
ADELE "GYPSY" CRABTREE - age 16 - 11/03/1971 , Montgomery Cty - Wed
Linda Faye Sutherlin - age 20 - 11/07/1971 Brazoria County - Sun
Allison Craven - age 12 - 11/9/1971 apartment near I-45 -Tue
Mildred Jo Ann Knighten - age 15 - 10/20/1972 Pasadena - Fri
Kimberly Rae Pitchford - age 16 - 1/3/1973 Houston - Wed
Jo Anne Harrison - age 25 - 6/29/1973 Houston, TX - Fri
Georgia Geer, 14 - 9/6/1974 Dickinson, Tx - Fri
Brooks Bracewell, 12 - 9/6/1974 Dickinson, Tx - Fri
Mary Rachel Trilica - age 17 - 12/23/1974 Fort Worth, Tx - Mon
Lisa Renee Wilson - age 14 - 12/23/1974 Fort Worth, Tx - Mon
Julie Ann Moseley - Age 9 - 12/23/1974 Fort Worth, Tx - Mon
Nina Lynn Kluge - age 16 - 10/22/1975 Cypress, Tx - Wed
Suzanne Bowers – age 12 - 5/21/1977 Galveston, Tx - Fri
, T
Angela Desiree Kelly - age 12 - 3/28/1979 Pasadena, Tx - Wed
Lesia Michelle Jackson - age 12 - 9/7/1979 Conroe, Tx - Fri
Sandra Degrasse - age 15 - 12/18/1979 Galveston, Tx - Tue
Sue Brooks Powell 12/31/1979 - Mon
:+:MrTT:+:
11-17-2011, 06:54 PM
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/391UFTX.jpghttps://www.findthemissing.org/photos/full/13441
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/4996/0
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/391uftx.html
Its also posted here in the UID thread from today or yesterday.
Doe calls her hair brown.
The years in between and the teeth situation
makes me say no.
But the similarities made me post it anyways.
Wrong place to post it can be moved.
Not posting as a possible.
Just posting as interesting.
JeannieC
11-17-2011, 06:59 PM
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/391UFTX.jpghttps://www.findthemissing.org/photos/full/13441
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/4996/0
Doe calls her hair brown.
The years in between and the teeth situation
makes me say no.
But the similarities made me post it anyways.
Wrong place to post it can be moved.
Not posting as a possible.
Just posting as interesting.
It fine to post them here. Looks good. Can you post links for both? Its ok to post more information on each for comparisons as long as you post the links. What about the teeth?
Thanks.
:+:MrTT:+:
11-17-2011, 07:10 PM
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/391UFTX.jpghttps://www.findthemissing.org/photos/full/13441
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/4996/0
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/391uftx.html
Its also posted here in the UID thread from today or yesterday.
Doe calls her hair brown.
The years in between and the teeth situation
makes me say no.
But the similarities made me post it anyways.
Wrong place to post it can be moved.
Not posting as a possible.
Just posting as interesting.
Added the other link.
JeannieC
11-17-2011, 07:26 PM
Added the other link.
You're right. The doe has dental records so she has teeth. The Missing woman has false teeth.
I didn't notice the Doe is listed in our 2000 thread. I know this gets confusing but try to put them in the decade thread so others will see it too.
Not a big deal but it helps if anyone else "happens" to be looking at the same victim.
We really appreciate your enthusiasm and you have a great eye for detail. I can imagine you will locate more than a few in time!
Did you notice the timeline for the 1970's. posted above. I found it interesting that not a single girl went missing on a Saturday..........
Any thoughts about that?
JeannieC
11-19-2011, 09:44 AM
More than 36 years later, investigators say they believe the wrong man was convicted, and the torso did not belong to the missing kid police had identified.
Sharon Shaw and Rhonda Johnson, both 14, had come from Webster to Galveston in summer 1971 to surf. The pair was last seen alive Aug. 4, 1971,
In early 1972, police found the girls’ skulls in Turner Bayou, a month apart. However, months earlier, in the same area, a torso had turned up. Police ascribed the remains as belonging to Phillip Manning, a 13-year-old boy from Pasadena who had gone missing weeks earlier.
A few months ago, police learned that Manning, now 49, was alive and well. At 13, he had left home with a trucker, who had offered to make him an apprentice, of sorts. However, months later, Manning abandoned the truck driver, who was abusive.
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=e0f8fbf234b2e613
http://s10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/ar/t8541.htm
JeannieC
11-19-2011, 10:09 AM
Suntanned and skinny, 14-year-olds Rhonda Renee Johnson and her best friend, Sharon Shaw, vanished from Galveston in 1971 in what some now suspect was part of a serial killer's murderous spree.
A few months later, two more surfer girls, just 15, disappeared after catching a ride in Galveston near Stewart Beach.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Some-suspect-serial-killer-in-1971-Galveston-2078025.php
I'm surprised this article failed to give the names of the two 15 year old girls who disappeared after surfing in Galveston.
JeannieC
11-21-2011, 12:59 AM
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch_images/final/M020808a.jpg
Dorothy Mildred Clitheroe
Case Number: M0208008
Height: 5' 3 "
Weight: 130 lbs.
Date of Birth: 8/6/1959
Age Missing: 14
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Race: White
Sex: Female
Last Seen in: Phoenix (Maricopa County)
Last Seen on: 9/20/1973
State Missing From: Arizona
Country Missing From: USA
Miscellaneous Notes: Dorothy wears thick oval glasses which become dark in the sunlight, she has pierced ears and a burn scar on one of her arms. She was last seen wearing a white tank top with a tear-drop design and bell-bottom blue jeans with blue and white dotted material sewn in to make the pants wider at the bottom. Dorothy may have traveled to Portland, Oregon or Houston, Texas.
JeannieC
11-23-2011, 04:33 PM
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch_images/final/M020808a.jpg
Dorothy Mildred Clitheroe
Case Number: M0208008
Height: 5' 3 "
Weight: 130 lbs.
Date of Birth: 8/6/1959
Age Missing: 14
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Race: White
Sex: Female
Last Seen in: Phoenix (Maricopa County)
Last Seen on: 9/20/1973
State Missing From: Arizona
Country Missing From: USA
Miscellaneous Notes: Dorothy wears thick oval glasses which become dark in the sunlight, she has pierced ears and a burn scar on one of her arms. She was last seen wearing a white tank top with a tear-drop design and bell-bottom blue jeans with blue and white dotted material sewn in to make the pants wider at the bottom. Dorothy may have traveled to Portland, Oregon or Houston, Texas.
https://www.findthemissing.org/photos/full/4919
Circumstances
City Phoenix
State Arizona
Zip code 85003
County Maricopa
Circumstances Dorthy was last seen on September 20, 1973 walking towards the restroom at Cortez Park at 35th Avenue and Dunlap in Phoenix AZ. She may have traveled to Portland Oregon or Houston Texas.
Levi bell bottom jeans with blue and white dotted material sewn into widen the pant bottoms. A white tank top with multi colored inverted teardrop pattern
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/3855/0/
https://www.findthemissing.org/photos/full/4919
JeannieC
11-23-2011, 11:54 PM
https://www.findthemissing.org/photos/full/12495
Case Information
Status Missing
First name Wanda
Middle name Lee Ann
Last name Priddy
Nickname/Alias
Date LKA January 29, 1978 - 23:03
Date entered September 03, 2010
Age LKA 20 to years old
Age now 53 years old
Race White
Ethnicity
Sex Female
Height 64.0 inches
Weight 90.0 pounds
City Port Lavaca
State Texas
Zip code
County Calhoun
Circumstances Priddy was reportedly last seen by her husband at their residence in Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, TX on August 29, 1978. Her personal belongings, including her purse and car keys, were still at the residence. Circumstances of this case indicate that foul play is possible.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/115dftx.html
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/show/8072
https://www.findthemissing.org/photos/full/12495
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