COLLEEN VANITA SIMPSON missing 5 Oct 1975 Bedford, IA

[Richard]

COLLEEN VANITA SIMPSON missing 5 Oct 1975 Bedford, IA

COLLEEN VANITA SIMPSON
DOB: Dec 5, 1960
Missing: Oct 5, 1975
Age Now: 43
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair: Black
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Weight: 90 lbs (41 kg)
Non-Family Abduction
Missing From: BEDFORD, IA, United States

Colleen was last seen at home where she disappeared during the night. She has a scar on her right forearm.

Taylor County Sheriff's Office (Iowa) - Missing Persons Unit 1-712-523-2153


LINK
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=601905&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

[beakiebean]

I wonder how much attention this case received in 1975. I grew up in Lenox, Iowa which is about 25-30 minutes from Bedford. My grandfather was on member of the Taylor County Sherriff's posse and he doesn't remember the case or Collen's name at all, neither does my grandma. Really in my opinion unusual, especially since my grandpa remembers everything that ever happened-his memory is scary good. Next time I go back to Lenox I'm going to try to look up the newspaper archives and see what was written.

Bedford is tiny-Bedford has about 1,600 people and it's the county seat. In the whole of Taylor County their's only like 7,000. In recent years the Hispanic population has increased but in 1975 it was very much white, farmer type people. Everyone knew everyone. It just makes me wonder why this girl has nothing out there.


Becca

[meggilyweggily]

They probably figured she had run away -- and perhaps she did, who knows. A runaway in 1975, from what I know, got even less attention than they do now. It seems like in 1975 everyone was running away.

[beakiebean]

Thinking of Colleen and her family. It's been 31 years with no answers.