NV NV - Brigitte Mitchell, 33, Las Vegas, 18 Aug 1999

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The Doe Network:
Case File 2705DFNV

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2705dfnv.html

Brigitte Renee Mitchell
Missing since August 18, 1999 from Las Vegas, Nevada
Classification: Endangered Missing


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Vital Statistics

•Date Of Birth: July 24, 1966
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 33 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'5"; 195 lbs.
•Distinguishing Characteristics: Black female. Black hair; brown eyes. Medium complexion.
•Marks, Scars: Pierced ears. Surgical scar on right arm, just above elbow.
•Clothing: Tan shirt; beige, knee high pants.
•Dentals: Missing some teeth in back and on side.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Brigitte was last seen at a family member's residence in the vicinity of the 2100 block of Sandy Lane, in Las Vegas, NV.


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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Las Vegas Metro Police Department
702-229-2907

Agency Case Number: 050425-0814

NCIC Number: M-844972820
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
National Center for Missing Adults

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/mitchell_brigitte.html

I don't find Brigitte listed in NamUs at this time.

I don't find archived articles about Brigitte.

Brigitte has been missing 11 years today. Come home soon.
 

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Thanks for posting...it always amazes me that some missing people get very little media attention. Hope they find her soon.
 
I'm trying to make sure that we get a lot of the missing persons listed on doe network on our archived decades the_seeker.

I'm finding that a lot of minorities are under represented/reported. And also Men who are listed have very little details accompanying their profiles. As if there aren't really investigations into their cases.

Many others don't have any published articles about them regardless of gender, race or age. It's frustrating. I can't begin to imagine how frustrating it must be for these families.
 
Fears for missing sister renewed in slayings case
By Mike Blasky
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Aug. 12, 2012 | 2:00 a.m.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2012 | 10:41 a.m.
He was a man with a bad leg and a big smile, and Bobby Joe Jenkins didn't think much about him when things went bad in the summer of 1999.

Why would he? The man bought candy and ice cream for the youngsters and was the social butterfly of their poor east valley apartment complex, always bumming around for cold drinks and hot meals, Jenkins said. He was constantly drunk and a bit of a womanizer, but everybody knew and liked him.

"He would try to play around, grabbing the women, chasing people even though he couldn't run," said Jenkins, 54. "But he would try anyway."
http://www.lvrj.com/news/fears-for-missing...-165893426.html
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Jenkins was the one who came up with the nickname: "Criptoe," because of the man's pronounced limp. It stuck.

He considered the man a friend, even if his eye sometimes wandered too close to Jenkins' home.

"My sister used to tell me all the time, 'Tell your friend to stop staring at me,' " Jenkins said. "It made her uncomfortable."

But Jenkins had no reason to suspect him when his sister suddenly disappeared that August, and neither did the police.

He didn't think much about Criptoe again until he saw his mugshot in the news on Wednesday morning, when he was shocked to learn that he and his sister had been living next to Nathan Burkett, a convicted killer whom police were calling one of Las Vegas' first known serial killers.

Now Jenkins thinks about Criptoe. And he wonders about his sister.

Brigitte Mitchell Thomas, 33, disappeared on Aug. 19, 1999, from the Regatta Apartments at 2101 Sandy Lane, near Pecos Road and Lake Mead Boulevard.

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timeline of Burkett
TRACING BURKETT'S MOVEMENTS
1978: Las Vegas police believe a killing spree began when Barbara Ann Cox, 22, was found strangled in a parking lot outside apartments at 211 W. Bonanza Road. Nathan Burkett was interviewed by police but was apparently not a suspect at the time.
1983: Five years after Cox's death, Burkett was sentenced to prison in Mississippi for the killing of his mother, who was burned to death.
1992: Burkett was scheduled to be released from prison.
1994: Police believe Burkett's move back to Las Vegas coincided with the February killing of Tina Gayle Mitchell, 27, who was found behind a home on H Street near Washington Avenue. She had been strangled. Two months later, the body of Los Angeles woman Alethea Maria Williams was discovered in the same place Mitchell's body had been found. Williams also had been strangled. Burkett has been questioned by police in her death but not charged.
1996: Burkett moved to the Regatta apartments near Lake Mead Boulevard and Pecos Road, neighbors said. He lived in the area until about 2002.
1999: Brigitte Mitchell Thomas, 33, disappeared from the Regatta apartments in August. She lived next door to Burkett and her family believes the cases could be linked. Police have not named Burkett a suspect.
2002: Valetter Jean Bousley, 41, was found dead on Sept. 4 outside a church on F Street near Monroe Avenue. She had been strangled.
2003: Burkett was arrested by Las Vegas police on a murder charge in October. He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Bousley's death. Officials took a sample of his DNA.
2009: Burkett was released after six years in prison.
2010: In January, Las Vegas police detectives reviewed Mitchell's cold case. In May, Cox's sister Connie Bainbridge called Las Vegas police and asked about her sister's death. Detective David Culver was assigned both cases and began to enter DNA found at the scenes into a national database.
2011: Burkett was identified as a suspect in Cox's killing from his DNA in November.
2012: The Mississippi Bureau of Investigations located Burkett in Picayune in July. That same month, Burkett's DNA also proved to be a match in Mitchell's death. Burkett was arrested. Burkett was extradited to Las Vegas Tuesday on murder and sexual assault charges in Cox and Mitchell's killings.
 
Brigitte Renee Mitchell
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Mitchell, circa 1999; Nathan Burkett

  • Missing Since08/18/1999
  • Missing FromLas Vegas, Nevada
  • ClassificationEndangered Missing
  • Date of Birth08/24/1966 (52)
  • Age32 years old
  • Height and Weight5'4 - 5'5, 160 - 195 pounds
  • Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA tan shirt and beige knee-length pants.
  • Medical ConditionsMitchell has a history of cocaine abuse.
  • Distinguishing CharacteristicsAfrican-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Mitchell is missing some of her back and side teeth. She has a surgical right arm just above her right elbow and her ears are pierced. Some agencies refer to her as Brigitte Mitchell Thomas.
Details of Disappearance
Mitchell was last seen at her residence Regatta Apartments in the vicinity of the 2100 block of Sandy Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 18, 1999. Neighbors saw her get into a blue Dodge or Toyota truck with a pool company logo on the side. It was driven by two males, one of whom was African-American and the other Hispanic. She has never been heard from again.

One of the men who was in the truck with her eventually returned to the area and said he didn't know Mitchell's whereabouts. He was questioned by police and cleared as a suspect in Mitchell's case.

Nathan Burkett lived in the same apartment complex as Mitchell, and they knew each other. A photo of him is posted with this case summary. Burkett has an extensive criminal record, mostly for violent offenses. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the deaths of two women, one of whom was his mother. DNA linked him to the murders of three more women, two from Las Vegas and one from the Los Angeles, California area.

Burkett is awaiting trial for two of the murders; prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty. It isn't clear whether he was involved in Mitchell's case, however, and he hasn't been named as a suspect.

Mitchell left behind six children. She lived with her brother at the time of her disappearance; he stated it wasn't unusual for her to drop out of sight for a few days at a time, but she was never gone for very long. Her case was mistakenly closed in 2000, but reopened after the police realized she was still missing. Her case remains unsolved.
 

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