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Dorothy Jean RICHARDSON
RULED OUT BY DENTALS


Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse Online Bulletin

Missing Person Details

Date Picture Updated: 8/1/2002
M8605002.jpg


Name: Dorothy Jean Richardson
AKA: D.J. Richardson, Dorothy Howard
Case Number: M8605002
Case Type: Endangered - Foul Play Possible
Last Seen in: Abilene (Jones-Taylor County)
Last Seen on: 6/30/1981
Height: 5' 3 "
Weight: 115 lbs.
Age Missing: 21
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Date of Birth: 6/2/1960
Race: White
Sex: Female
State Missing From: Texas
Country Missing From: USA
Circumstances: Unknown
Richardson was last seen at her home in Abilene, Texas on June 30, 1981. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in Richardson's case, but she is missing under suspicious circumstances and foul play is suspected in her disappearance.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch/mp...3:58:18PM'
 
Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse Online Bulletin

Missing Person Details

Date Picture Updated: 8/1/2002
M8605002.jpg


Name: Dorothy Jean Richardson
AKA: D.J. Richardson, Dorothy Howard
Case Number: M8605002
Case Type: Endangered - Foul Play Possible
Last Seen in: Abilene (Jones-Taylor County)
Last Seen on: 6/30/1981
Height: 5' 3 "
Weight: 115 lbs.
Age Missing: 21
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Date of Birth: 6/2/1960
Race: White
Sex: Female
State Missing From: Texas
Country Missing From: USA
Circumstances: Unknown
Richardson was last seen at her home in Abilene, Texas on June 30, 1981. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in Richardson's case, but she is missing under suspicious circumstances and foul play is suspected in her disappearance.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch/mp...3:58:18PM'
 
I was looking into this case today to see if there was any more info, but found nothing.

Does anyone have any ideas? Nobody seems to be looking for her. I was able to find that her former husband is now a sex offender and transient in Florida. I won't name him here since he isn't named a suspect but the marriage record isn't hard to find.

Looking at UIDs I saw this possible but there really isn't much to go on.

https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/4028

Dorothy does not yet have DNA in the system, only dentals. This UID has DNA but no dentals (though it says available and will be entered later). Wish we had a recon!
 
The very first post in this thread says "Ruled out by dentals" just below her name. Does anyone know which UID that is referring to?
 
Bringing this bump over from Plainview Jane Doe's thread. I'm sure Dorothy has been considered as a possible candidate for this particular Jane Doe, but she is not on PJD's rule-out list (as of May 2019), so I'm posting it, just in case. Stats are slightly off, though.

Plainview Jane Doe's thread:
TX - TX - Plainview, Fem, 19-21, nude and decapitated on a dirt road, Feb'82
 
Bumping for Dorothy, today is her birthday.
 
Dorothy's NamUs profile was modified yesterday 1/27/22 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
She currently has 10 rule outs on her profile.
UP6279 12/18/1996 Fairfax VA
UP15630 07/03/1984 Cuyahoga OH
UP4790 04/24/1981 Miami OH
UP6796 11/18/1985 Alleghany VA
UP3896 09/08/1991 Galveston TX
UP12683 06/06/2014 Newport News VA
UP6629 02/03/1991 Frederick VA
UP6661 02/03/1991 Stafford VA
UP8493 12/06/1993 Fairfax VA
UP6279 12/18/1996 Fairfax VA
 
I have the impression that she went to someone she trusted after the argument with her husband... maybe this person deceived her, abused her and killed her... sometimes women after a fight are very vulnerable and agree to certain things as revenge or to get rid of anger... but the husband was not suspicious? Who can confirm the story that she left on foot after the argument? Was her car in bad condition or is it just her husband's story? ...
either way
rest in peace
 

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