Thirty Year Anniversaries in September...

The following six missing person cases will be 30 years old this September.

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Simone Stephanie Ridinger
Age 17, Missing since September 2, 1977 from Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Classification: Missing
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1255dfma.html

Patsy Ann Ravens
Age 31, Missing since September 4, 1977 from Phoenix, Arizona
Classification: Endangered Missing
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2141dfaz.html

Rachel Hanna Ziselman
Age 11, Missing since September 5, 1977 from Pacific Palisade, Los Angeles County, California
Classification: Non Family Abduction
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/73dfca.html

Margret Dodd
Age 27, Missing since September 7, 1977 from Beaver, West Virginia.
Classification: Endangered Missing
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/404dfwv.html

Lou Ellen Burleigh
Age 21, Missing since September 11, 1977 from Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California
Classification: Endangered Missing
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/832dfca.html

Linda Hamilton
Age 28, Missing since September 20, 1977 from Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Classification: Endangered Missing
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2225dfoh.html

Does anyone know where a picture can be found of Edward E. Surrett. There was a witness in the Margaret Dodd case. A little girl who said the man was tall, long side burns and looked a lot like Fonzi. Wondering if
Surrett fits that description.

fox1950 said:

Does anyone know where a picture can be found of Edward E. Surrett. There was a witness in the Margaret Dodd case. A little girl who said the man was tall, long side burns and looked a lot like Fonzi. Wondering if
Surrett fits that description.

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I am not certain if there is a photo of Edward Surratt available.

There is a free Inmate Locator website which has links to the following States' prison system websites, as well as a Federal Inmate locator.

Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
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Montana
Nebraska
New York
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia

Some of these Inmate Locator sites have photos of the inmates, others do not.

LINK:
http://www.inmatesplus.com/

Thanks Richard-will try. I remember the Margaret Dodd case well. I was living near Beckley at the time. It doesn't say this on the Doe network but a little girl, outside playing, did get a glimpse of someone pushing Margaret into a car. The girl was hynotized (sp) but the only thing she could come up with was he still looked like Fonzi on Happy Days. As far as I know, nothing has ever been found out about what happened to her. Thanks again .

I have a picture of Surratt here: http://www.charleyproject.org/images/g/gregor_surratt.jpg But it's a 2007 picture.

meggilyweggily said:

I have a picture of Surratt here: http://www.charleyproject.org/images/g/gregor_surratt.jpg But it's a 2007 picture.

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Thanks for the picture.

Can anyone help me help my friend. He is a cousin of Margie Dodd. I'm trying to help him any info on the case, being he was young at the time of the abduction.

lin44615 said:

Can anyone help me help my friend. He is a cousin of Margie Dodd. I'm trying to help him any info on the case, being he was young at the time of the abduction.

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Here is the information that I could find on Margret. Since she did not have her own thread here on Websleuths, I started one. You can access it with this link:

Margret Dodd, 27, Missing since September 7, 1977 from Beaver, WV - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

Go there for any further comments or questions regarding the case.
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Margret Dodd, 27, Missing since September 7, 1977 from Beaver, WV

Margret Dodd
Missing since September 7, 1977 from Beaver, West Virginia.
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics


Date Of Birth: May 8, 1950
Age at Time of Disappearance: 27 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6" - 168 cm; 141 lbs - 64 kg
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown eyes; brown hair

Circumstances of Disappearance


Margret Dodd was abducted when she stopped her vehicle at a vacant service station lot four miles from her place of employment at the Cardinal State Bank near Beckley. Witnesses claim to have heard her screaming while she was being forced into an unidentified vehicle. While there were no descriptions of the alleged kidnappers, police were initially searching for three men believed to be involved with the case.

An ex-convict, James Hendree of Akron, Ohio, claimed he had kidnapped Dodd, or was at least in contact with the kidnappers. He called Dodd's parents, also of Akron, several times, the first time being on September 22nd. At first he claimed that she was being held outside of Ohio, then he claimed she was being held in Akron. He demanded a ransom of $10,000.

Arrangements were made for the alleged kidnapper to meet with one of Dodd's relatives so that the money could be collected and Dodd's whereabouts revealed. An FBI agent, posing as Dodd's father, met with the extortionist. The trip ended in Barberton, about seven miles outside of Akron, when Hendree held a concealed object to the FBI agent's head, claiming it was a gun. He threatened to shoot if he wasn't given the ransom money. Another agent, hidden in the car, ordered Hendree to drop the weapon. When he failed to do so, the second agent fired, killing Hendree. The concealed weapon was later discovered to be a pencil.

Investigators acknowledged that there was a possibility that Hendree only posed as the kidnapper to extort the money.

Margret Dodd is originally from Akron, Ohio but was living near Beckley, West Virginia at the time of her disappearance, while she lived in West Virginia with her husband.

Some agencies list her disappearance date as September 8, 1977 and spell her name "Margaret". She has never been located.

Investigators

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

West Virginia State Police
Sgt M E Spradlin
304-647-7600

Email: wvtroopers@wvstatepolice.com

NCIC Number: M-821197769


Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:

West Virginia State Police
The Doe Network: Case File 404DFWV

LINK:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/404dfwv.html