NM NM - Patricia Chesher, 12, Albuquerque, 17 June 1969

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I'm going to focus on the sister's ex boyfriend; it's said that his relatives told authorities he had confessed to the crime. I would like to know when he confessed; did he confess around the time Patty went missing or years later, when his mental illness could affect his memories?
If he confessed shortly after her disappearance, I would give credit to his claims.
Anyway, that makes me wonder several things. It would be interesting to know if he could drive and had access to a vehicle, because he had to hide her body somewhere. Did anyone else help him? In that case, there's still a chance to find her remains. Did the authorities check old properties of his family, bodies of water, etc.?

I don't get why not disclose that information... If someone knows something, silence is a crime. It hurts the families as a poison, I know... it took decades to give a proper burial to some of my relatives.
 
Fuuro said:
Patricia Joan Chesher

"Patricia disappeared from Albuquerque, New Mexico at 3:00 p.m. on June 17, 1969. She left her home in the 800 block of San Pedro Drive southeast to sell raffle tickets for the Elks Club. Patricia returned home briefly to pick up her coin purse which she'd forgotten, then left again, and never returned. She was last seen by a neighborhood girl who waved to her on the street.
Investigators initially assumed Patricia had run away from home, and she's still classified as a runaway with some agencies. Her family members never believed she left on her own, however. She's the youngest of eight children and was born in Indiana, and lived with her mother and some of her older siblings at the time of her disappearance."

As of Mar. 11, 2013, Patricia is classified as Endangered Missing on Charley Project. Took them 44 long years to realize that. How dumb, it seems like every law enforcement agency back then thinks that every teenager who went missing ran away.
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Agreed! Nothing about her disappearance shows any signs of running away! And even if she did, why doesn't that still warrant police involvement? She was only 12 and most definitely easy prey regardless.
 
Patricia Joan Chesher
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Patricia, circa 1969; Age-progression to age 53 (circa 2010)

  • Missing Since 06/17/1969
  • Missing From Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Classification Endangered Missing
  • Sex Female
  • Race White
  • Date of Birth 02/17/1957 (64)
  • Age 12 years old
  • Height and Weight 4'0, 86 pounds
  • Clothing/Jewelry Description A multicolored plaid dress and sneakers.
  • Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Patricia's nickname is Patty.
Details of Disappearance

Patricia disappeared from Albuquerque, New Mexico at 3:00 p.m. on June 17, 1969. She left her home in the 800 block of San Pedro Drive southeast to sell raffle tickets for the Elks Club. She returned home briefly to pick up her coin purse which she'd forgotten, then left again, and never returned. She was last seen by a neighborhood girl who waved to her on the street.

Investigators initially assumed Patricia had run away from home, and she's still classified as a runaway with some agencies. Her family members never believed she left on her own, however. She's the youngest of eight children and was born in Indiana, and lived with her mother and some of her older siblings at the time of her disappearance.

The family's next-door neighbor is the only person known to have bought one of Patricia's raffle tickets, and she'd gotten her coin purse to make change for the dollar he'd given her. He's considered a person of interest in her case.

So is Patricia's uncle, her aunt's one-time husband, who canvassed the neighborhood looking for her after her disappearance. He'd previously been accused of molesting Patricia and some of her sisters.

Patricia's mother's boyfriend was at the Chesher home the day the child disappeared, but he said he was there at 3:30 p.m. and her family don't remember him being there until at least two hours after that. He never offered to look for Patricia. All three of these men are now deceased, and none of them have ever been named as suspects in her disappearance.

Patricia's sixteen-year-old sister broke up with her boyfriend shortly before the child went missing. Two days after Patricia vanished, he checked himself into a psychiatric hospital, saying he was upset over the breakup and Patricia's disappearance.

In 2010, authorities reopened the investigation and interviewed the boyfriend's relatives, who told them he'd confessed to the girl's murder. He suffers from severe mental illness and is in a hospital and unable to provide any useful information, and police weren't able to find anything to substantiate his alleged confession.

Patricia's family has never stopped looking for her. Her mother died in the 1980s, but her siblings are still alive and hope for resolution in her case.

Investigating Agency
  • Albuquerque Police Department 505-242-2677
Source Information
 
Diane Redfern said:
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What a doll! My Mom had this exact bang cut as a child thanks to her mother (a wonderful woman except her hair-cutting skills!). My Mom to this day 54 years later and has never trimmed my bangs no matter how much it needed to be done. Agree that she didn’t run away and she deserved to be around better than these horrible men.
 
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