TX TX - Michelle Doherty Thomas, 17, Alta Loma, 5 Oct 1985

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Michelle Doherty THOMAS
Missing Person Details
Date Picture Updated: 7/16/2003
Name: Michelle Doherty Thomas
Case Number: M9311003
Case Type: Endangered - Foul Play Possible
Last Seen in: Alta Loma (Galveston County)
Last Seen on: 10/5/1985
Height: 5' 2 "
Weight: 85 lbs.
Age Missing: 17
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Brown
Date of Birth: 11/16/1967
Race: White
Sex: Female
State Missing From: Texas
Country Missing From: USA
Circumstances: Michelle was last seen wearing a black Harley Davidson tank top, blue jeans, tennis shoes and carrying a beige purse. She has very prominent freckles.

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Next month will mark 25 years since Michelle went missing. Come home soon sweetie.

Anything else on this case, there’s not a lot to go on.

Michelle has been missing for 30 years now.


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Details of Disappearance
Michelle was last seen leaving her family's home in Santa Fe, Texas on October 5, 1985. She had come home after work at a Galveston, Texas gas station and then left with two male acquaintances, Carlos Garcia Jr. and Warren Lyn Richardson. She was planning to meet friends at a nightclub located on Galveston Island later in the evening, but she never arrived. The men she was with said they stopped at a convenience store on the way to the nightclub and Michelle got into a vehicle with two other men. Michelle has not been heard from again. Her family reported her as a missing person on October 7, 1985, two days after her disappearance. She left behind a husband and a baby son; she disappeared the day before her child's first birthday. She and her husband were separated at the time of her disappearance.

Garcia and Richardson were indicted for aggravated kidnapping in December 1985. They changed their stories and said Michelle was abducted forcibly from her vehicle when it was stopped at an intersection. The case against them never went to trial.

Michelle's case may be related to a string of young women's disappearances and/or murders in the Galveston County, Texas area since the 1970s. Other missing women include Sondra Ramber, who vanished in 1983, Suzanne Richerson, who disappeared in 1988, and Jessica Cain, who vanished in 1997. Law enforcement has not determined if these cases are connected.

Michelle and her husband served as police informants during a drug bust in March 1985; she was facing burglary charges and agreed to become an informant so the court case would be dropped. By the time she disappeared, she had been hearing rumors that her life was in danger as a result of her involvement with the police. Authorities believe that she may have been abducted and murdered, but little evidence is available in her case.

Some agencies state that Michelle disappeared from Alta Loma, Texas.

Michelle Thomas: Born Nov 16, 1967

Missing Since: Oct 5, 1985

Missing From: Alta Loma, TX

Michelle was last seen wearing a black Harley Davidson tank top, blue jeans, tennis shoes and carrying a beige purse. She has very prominent freckles. Foul play is possible.

http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/f...for-missing-teenage-7395614.php#photo-8341030

The witnesses could be pressured today to give up some information. When older, people tend to spill their conscience.

I'm not very experienced at this, so input is welcome. What about this case? She was found in 1987. Thoughts?

Galveston Daily News 04 Nov 85, provided a different clothing description however it may have become more specific later in years.

Michelle Thomas




Missing Since - Oct 5, 1985
Missing From - Alta Loma, TX
DOB - Nov 16, 1967
Age Now - 51
Sex - Female
Race - White
Hair Color - Brown
Eye Color - Green
Height - 157 cm
Weight - 39 kg


Michelle was last seen wearing a black Harley Davidson tank top, blue jeans, tennis shoes and carrying a beige purse.

She has very prominent freckles.

Foul play is possible.

Have you seen this child? MICHELLE THOMAS

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Michelle has been missing for 35 years today.

Bumping for Michelle, today is her birthday.

Awfully sad that no one stepped up for Michelle. Someone knows something !

Michelle has been missing for 36 years today.

Bumping, today is Michelle’s birthday.

Michelle has been missing for 37 years today.

Bumping, today is Michelle’s birthday.

She went missing on my first birthday. That hits home.

MicheleT said:

I'm not very experienced at this, so input is welcome. What about this case? She was found in 1987. Thoughts?

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Was this ever ruled out?

Michelle has been missing for 38 years today.