MS-Virginia Ratliff, 84, Brookhaven

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080301/NEWS/803010345

1 March 08

The family of an elderly woman in Brookhaven has reported her missing and are asking anyone with information regarding her whereabouts to contact the Brookhaven police.

Caby Byrne of Clinton said his 84-year-old sister, Virginia Ratliff, was last seen Thursday morning at Kings Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven.

Ratliff had dropped her husband off at the hospital and was planning to drive home, but she never returned.

Ratliff was reportedly driving a white 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis with the Lincoln County tag 987 LIH.

The Brookhaven Police Department may be reached at (601) 833-2424.

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[petra]

According to Brookhaven PD, Ms Ratliff has not yet been found.(per phone call just now)

Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8036343&nav=1L7u

18 March 08

It's been almost three weeks now since 82-year-old Virginia Ratliff of Brookhaven disappeared. Since then the search for her has not turned up any clues on her whereabouts, or what may have happened to her.

Monday, St. Patrick's Day, marked Charles and Virginia Ratliff's 62nd wedding anniversary. This year was the first they spent apart.

Virginia missing since Feburary 28th, while Charles was hospitalized in at the V.A. hospital in Jackson.

"I cried a lot," says Charles Ratliff. "We dressed alike, played golf together, played tennis together."

Investigators suspect Virginia Ratliff may have tried to drive to Jackson on February 28 to see her husband, who was being treated at the V.A. Medical Center. He fears his wife may have gotten lost.

There were even signs left behind at the Ratliff home that she had packed items before she left.

"I'm missing my slippers, I'm missing my shaver, my coat," he said. "Both of us had an L.L. Bean coat; she must have been bringing them up to me -- or was trying to, at least. She hadn't driven too much in the last year or so."

Virginia Ratliff suffered from memory loss.

Police are asking everyone to be on the lookout for Virginia Ratliff or her car: a white, four-door 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis with tag number 987 LIH. There is a navy Seabees tag on the front of the car, and two yellow veterans magnets on the back.

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(Such a sad story.... Hoppy)

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19428807&BRD=1377&PAG=461&dept_id=172922&rfi=6

27 March 08

Brookhaven Police Chief Pap Henderson said the search for missing Brookhaven woman Virginia Ratliff is still in full swing, and that officials need the help of the public now as much as ever. "We're asking everyone to continue to help," he said. "We're only human, and we're hoping there will be a break in this case soon."

Henderson said a lake along highway 51 was searched last week, but that Wildlife Game and Fisheries officials were unable to find anything in the water. He said the investigation continues not only in Lincoln County but in the surrounding areas as well.

much more at link

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.wapt.com/news/15926542/detail.html

[imamaze]

Missing MS Adults
http://mississippimissingadults.com/
Mary Virginia Ratliff
AKA: Virginia
Missing Since: 2/28/2008
Sex Female Race White
Age 83 Age 84
(At time missing)
(Current)

Hgt 5Ft2In Wgt 135
Hair Grey Eye Blue
Has slight dementia. Driving a 1999 mercury marque lic# 987 LIH. May have been abducted. Missing since 02-28-08. Probably dressed in jeans and a white shirt. Possibly wearing some kind of a hat. Has a number of medical problems. $5000 REWARD
Law Enforcement Agency: Brookhaven Police Department
Report Number: 02-0938-08
Reward:
(601) 833-2424
Contact: Nolan Jones


National Center for Missing Adults
http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200805557S
Endangered Missing Adult
Mary Virginia Ratliff
If you believe you have any information regarding this case that will be helpful in this investigation please contact:
Brookhaven Police Department at (601) 833-2424

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=9920952

27 Feb 09

Still no sign of elderly woman one year after she went missing.

"If I could I would like to get her back," Charles Ratliff said.

The pain of not knowing where his wife is still haunts Charles Ratliff one year after she went missing.

On February 28th, 2008, 82-year-old Virginia Ratliff left their home in Brookhaven to visit Charles at the VA hospital in Jackson but she never made it.

For the past 62 years, the two were inseparable. They traveled, played sports, and went to church together.

"What do you miss most about Mrs. Ratliff?, WLBT asked.

"Her sleeping beside me," Ratliff said.

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(So incredibly sad....)