GA GA - Patricia Alice Faulkner, 35, Marietta, 9 Oct 1977

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Case File 2931DFGA

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Patricia Alice Faulkner
Missing since October 9, 1977 from Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia
Classification: Missing


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Vital Statistics
•Date of Birth: June 2, 1942
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 35 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'1"; 100 lbs.
•Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown short hair; hazel eyes.
•Dentals: Not available.
•DNA: Available
•AKA: Patty

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Circumstances of Disappearance
Victim's husband reported that he awoke to find that sometime during the night of October 9-10, 1977 his wife left their residence after an argument and has never been seen nor heard from again. She had two children and was described as a devoted and responsible mother.

Her 1977 blue Buick Riviera was also missing. Her clothes, cash, credit cards and four-carat diamond wedding ring were all left behind. Her car was found by her husband at Hartsfield International Airport two weeks after she vanished.


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

Cobb County Police Department
770-499-3945

Agency Case Number: 90017719

NCIC Number: M-678599042
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
Namus
The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution


http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/f/faulkner_patricia.html
Husband suspect in her disappearance but it took until 1990 for LE to investigate. More details at link.

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/4809/0/
NamUs Profile:
Dental: NA
DNA: Sample submitted-tests complete
Fingerprints- NA

There is a detective as a POC at Namus.

Could not find any archived articles that were not pay per view.

Patricia has been missing almost 33 years. Her children deserve to know what happened to their Mom. Come home soon.

And what a clear case. I would haunt the husband's footsteps if I were the LE. It is so sad that so many of these cases (where it is clear who the perp is), just cannot be solved.

May or may not be related (it's been awhile):

“Land surveyors uncovered human remains Monday morning in the woods off County Services Parkway, Cobb County police said.” ...

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/...woods/nmYJH/?ecmp=ajc_social_twitter_2014_sfp

Patricia Alice Faulkner – The Charley Project

Details of Disappearance
Patricia was last seen at her home in Marietta, Georgia on October 9, 1977. She lived there with her two children. She and her husband of eighteen years, Richard "Wayne" Faulkner, had separated, and Wayne was living in Birmingham, Alabama. He traveled to Patricia's home that day to sign the divorce papers.

Their daughter overheard her parents arguing, then heard a door slam. When the children woke up in the morning, there was no breakfast and Patricia was gone. Wayne stated she'd left the house angrily during the night. He didn't report her missing for three days.

Police at the time believed Patricia left of her own accord, and they never searched the house. Wayne found Patricia's blue 1977 Buick Riviera at Hartsfield International Airport two weeks after her disappearance. He stated there were no indications of foul play, and the police declined to examine the car themselves and simply left it with him

Patricia's friends, however, described her as a devoted mother and didn't believe she would have abandoned her children. She left behind all her clothing, money, credit cards and her four-carat diamond wedding ring.

The missing persons investigation was reopened in 1990 and Wayne was named the main suspect in Patricia's disappearance, but he was never charged. He was convicted of bank fraud in the early 1990s and sentenced to a year in prison.

A woman's skeleton was found in a wooded area in Marietta in June 1993. Authorities thought it might be Patricia's, but over a year later the match was ruled out.

Patricia's case remains unsolved.