Marie Ann Blee, 15, Missing since 21 Nov 1979 from Craig, Routt County, CO

[Richard]

Marie Ann Blee
Missing since November 21, 1979 from Craig, Routt County, Colorado.
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: April 16, 1964
Age at Time of Disappearance: 15 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'3"; 100 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; blue eyes.
Marks, Scars, Tattoos: None
Clothing: Purple collar v-neck top; brown velvetine vest; leather rope necklace with three multi color hand made beads; blue jeans; green ski jacket.
Dentals: Available. Orthodontic correction completed about 3 months prior to disappearance and had braces removed.
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Available

Circumstances of Disappearance
Blee was last seen at a dance at the Pavilion in Craig, Colorado during the evening of November 21, 1979. After the dance, she went to a party at Shadow Mountain mobile home park with Marty Doolin. When she failed to return home by the following morning, her parents reported Blee as missing. Doolin later told authorities that Blee informed him she had a ride home with an unidentified person at 1:30 AM - 2:00 AM. Attendees reported alcohol and drug use at the party. Doolin stated that he never saw Blee again.

Doolin was arrested and given a suspended sentence for attempted extortion one week after Blee vanished. He admitted that he made a phone call to her parents, in which he demanded $5000 in ransom for their daughter's return. He maintains that he is innocent of any involvement in Blee's case.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning Blee's disappearance, please contact:
Routt County Sheriff's Office
Detective Rachelle Redmond
970-879-1090
E-Mail RRedmond@co.routt.co.us

Or
Moffat County Sheriff Department
Investigations:
Sergeant K.C. Hume - E-Mail khume@sheriff.moffat.co.us

Investigator Jeremy Ashton E-Mail jashton@sheriff.moffat.co.us
Office 970-824-4495
Fax 970-824-9780


Agency Case Number: 79-1374
NCIC Number: M-208753749
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
Moffat County Sheriff
The Craig Daily Press 11/22/04
The Doe Network: Case File 219DFCO

LINK:
http://www.doenetwork.us/cases/219dfco.html

[crimson3]

It sounds like Doolin knows alot more than he's saying. Why would he call and demand ransom money not knowing if she had walked in the front door as he was making the call? He must have known she wouldn't ever be walking in again ever! Do you suppose nobody has talked since...wonder where Doolin is now??

[Richard]

It sounds like Doolin knows alot more than he's saying. Why would he call and demand ransom money not knowing if she had walked in the front door as he was making the call? He must have known she wouldn't ever be walking in again ever! Do you suppose nobody has talked since...wonder where Doolin is now??
It would seem that he waited about a week before placing the call to her parents. But your point is well taken. How callous is this idiot to make such a demand? He probably did have something to do with her disappearance.

[Richard]

LINK:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/219dfco.html

[meggilyweggily]

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/blee_marie.html

I doubt Doolin had anything to do with Marie's disappearance -- I mean, he could have, but his demanding ransom money is not a good indication. A lot of sick, twisted opportunists take advantage of the families of missing children like that. In the Amy Billig case (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/billig_amy.html) two sixteen-year-old boys claimed to be holding her for ransom, and it turned out they had nothing to do with it. When they were caught, they passed the whole thing off as "a joke." Well, I'm not laughing, and Amy's parents weren't either.

[Richard]

.... (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/blee_marie.html)I doubt Doolin had anything to do with Marie's disappearance -- I mean, he could have, but his demanding ransom money is not a good indication. A lot of sick, twisted opportunists take advantage of the families of missing children like that. ....

There are a lot of examples of this sort of scam. See the Sheila and Katherine Lyon case for such examples. It is likely that the police receive hoax ransom calls on many more cases, but do not reveal it to the press.

Besides all the leads, false leads, calls of sympathy and numerous questions called in to investigators and families, these fake ransom calls take up valuable time and resources in cases which might be very time-sensitive.

[Richard]

It is coming up on the 30 year anniversary of Marie Ann Blee's disappearance.

[Richard]

Marie Ann has been missing now for 30 years.

[kbl8201]

wow what a piece of garbage doolin is.
i dont care if he's 'innocent" of her dissapearence, playing with her parents like that is sickkkkkkk

[theforgotten]

Bumping for Marie..

[Daisy1975]

My grandparents and father lived in Craig from 1975 to 2003. My grandparents have since passed, but I will have to ask my father if he remembers hearing anything about this case. Craig is such a small community, I don't see how they couldn't have at the time.