CA Ca - Karen Marie Mitchell, 16, Eureka, 25 Nov 1997
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I know in my heart ,that one day the truth about what happen to her will come out.
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As Durst’s trial looms on the horizon, Josh Diaz, a Eureka-based documentarian and interviewer, has made it his mission to understand Durst’s time in the Emerald Triangle and the potential connection between Durst and the 1997 disappearance of Eureka teen Karen Mitchell. Working to shed light on a case long gone cold, Diaz and this reporter will be interviewing friends and family of Mitchell, acquaintances of Durst, and digging deep to understand what happened to Karen and the foggy days of Durst.
Eureka Police Department Captain Patrick O’Neill told us “Karen Mitchell went missing on November 25, 1997, after possibly getting into a car in the area of the Bayshore Mall, after she left her aunt’s store located at the mall.”
Captain O’Neill explained that throughout the years, Eureka Police Department has collaborated with multiple agencies to solve Mitchell’s case including “the State of California Department of Justice, the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
The investigation into Mitchell’s disappearance has included, “hundreds of interviews, database searches, locations searched, and submission of her DNA profile to a national database for comparison purposes,” Captain O’Neill said.
Though Durst’s direct connection to Karen Mitchell’s disappearance has never been substantiated, Captain Patrick O’Neill said Eureka Police have investigated the situation over the years. According to O’Neill, “At this time [we] have not found any credible link between Mitchell’s disappearance and Mr. Durst. However, until Karen is located we will not rule out any possibility.”
Some of the most concrete connections between Mitchell’s disappearance and Robert Durst are the resemblance between the composite sketch of the man last seen with Mitchell and rumors that he had visited a soup kitchen in Eureka Mitchell volunteered at and also visited the shoe store Mitchell’s aunt owned and she worked at.
Meggan Renee, a friend of Karen Mitchell’s who attended Eureka High with her, said that since Mitchell’s disappearance, “I have always believed foul play [was involved] and never a runaway situation.” Renee firmly believes Mitchell “knew who she got into a car with and thought it was a safe decision.”
Kareen Van Swearengin, a Eureka resident at the time of Karen’s disappearance, told us she also experienced a man driving up to her in a blue car in Eureka trying to pick her up. She said it was the “scariest experience I ever had in Eureka.” She remembered the man driving the blue car as small, having a raspy voice, and “weird-looking teeth.” Van Sweringen said the reason she never reported the encounter is she was unfamiliar with the Karen Mitchell case until “the Journal put out an article a few years ago or I definitely would have.” When asked whether she thought the man in the vehicle was Robert Durst, Van Swearingen said, he had the “same voice and same stature as the Durst guy.”
Josh Diaz, the Eureka-based filmmaker, said he was 11-years-old when Karen Mitchell went missing, and her disappearance shook him. He said he could not believe someone like her had “disappeared off the face of the earth.” He vividly remembers missing person posters with photographs of her and sketches of the suspect hanging around town, and slowly Mitchell’s face and story were “burned into his head.”
More:
‘Nobody Vanishes Into Thin Air’: Local Documentarian Peers into Robert Durst’s Days in the Emerald Triangle and the Possible Connection to a Eureka Cold Case – Redheaded Blackbelt
Eureka Police Department Captain Patrick O’Neill told us “Karen Mitchell went missing on November 25, 1997, after possibly getting into a car in the area of the Bayshore Mall, after she left her aunt’s store located at the mall.”
Captain O’Neill explained that throughout the years, Eureka Police Department has collaborated with multiple agencies to solve Mitchell’s case including “the State of California Department of Justice, the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
The investigation into Mitchell’s disappearance has included, “hundreds of interviews, database searches, locations searched, and submission of her DNA profile to a national database for comparison purposes,” Captain O’Neill said.
Though Durst’s direct connection to Karen Mitchell’s disappearance has never been substantiated, Captain Patrick O’Neill said Eureka Police have investigated the situation over the years. According to O’Neill, “At this time [we] have not found any credible link between Mitchell’s disappearance and Mr. Durst. However, until Karen is located we will not rule out any possibility.”
Some of the most concrete connections between Mitchell’s disappearance and Robert Durst are the resemblance between the composite sketch of the man last seen with Mitchell and rumors that he had visited a soup kitchen in Eureka Mitchell volunteered at and also visited the shoe store Mitchell’s aunt owned and she worked at.
Meggan Renee, a friend of Karen Mitchell’s who attended Eureka High with her, said that since Mitchell’s disappearance, “I have always believed foul play [was involved] and never a runaway situation.” Renee firmly believes Mitchell “knew who she got into a car with and thought it was a safe decision.”
Kareen Van Swearengin, a Eureka resident at the time of Karen’s disappearance, told us she also experienced a man driving up to her in a blue car in Eureka trying to pick her up. She said it was the “scariest experience I ever had in Eureka.” She remembered the man driving the blue car as small, having a raspy voice, and “weird-looking teeth.” Van Sweringen said the reason she never reported the encounter is she was unfamiliar with the Karen Mitchell case until “the Journal put out an article a few years ago or I definitely would have.” When asked whether she thought the man in the vehicle was Robert Durst, Van Swearingen said, he had the “same voice and same stature as the Durst guy.”
Josh Diaz, the Eureka-based filmmaker, said he was 11-years-old when Karen Mitchell went missing, and her disappearance shook him. He said he could not believe someone like her had “disappeared off the face of the earth.” He vividly remembers missing person posters with photographs of her and sketches of the suspect hanging around town, and slowly Mitchell’s face and story were “burned into his head.”
More:
‘Nobody Vanishes Into Thin Air’: Local Documentarian Peers into Robert Durst’s Days in the Emerald Triangle and the Possible Connection to a Eureka Cold Case – Redheaded Blackbelt
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As Durst’s trial looms on the horizon, Josh Diaz, a Eureka-based documentarian and interviewer, has made it his mission to understand Durst’s time in the Emerald Triangle and the potential connection between Durst and the 1997 disappearance of Eureka teen Karen Mitchell. Working to shed light on a case long gone cold, Diaz and this reporter will be interviewing friends and family of Mitchell, acquaintances of Durst, and digging deep to understand what happened to Karen and the foggy days of Durst.
Eureka Police Department Captain Patrick O’Neill told us “Karen Mitchell went missing on November 25, 1997, after possibly getting into a car in the area of the Bayshore Mall, after she left her aunt’s store located at the mall.”
Captain O’Neill explained that throughout the years, Eureka Police Department has collaborated with multiple agencies to solve Mitchell’s case including “the State of California Department of Justice, the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
The investigation into Mitchell’s disappearance has included, “hundreds of interviews, database searches, locations searched, and submission of her DNA profile to a national database for comparison purposes,” Captain O’Neill said.
Though Durst’s direct connection to Karen Mitchell’s disappearance has never been substantiated, Captain Patrick O’Neill said Eureka Police have investigated the situation over the years. According to O’Neill, “At this time [we] have not found any credible link between Mitchell’s disappearance and Mr. Durst. However, until Karen is located we will not rule out any possibility.”
Some of the most concrete connections between Mitchell’s disappearance and Robert Durst are the resemblance between the composite sketch of the man last seen with Mitchell and rumors that he had visited a soup kitchen in Eureka Mitchell volunteered at and also visited the shoe store Mitchell’s aunt owned and she worked at.
Meggan Renee, a friend of Karen Mitchell’s who attended Eureka High with her, said that since Mitchell’s disappearance, “I have always believed foul play [was involved] and never a runaway situation.” Renee firmly believes Mitchell “knew who she got into a car with and thought it was a safe decision.”
Kareen Van Swearengin, a Eureka resident at the time of Karen’s disappearance, told us she also experienced a man driving up to her in a blue car in Eureka trying to pick her up. She said it was the “scariest experience I ever had in Eureka.” She remembered the man driving the blue car as small, having a raspy voice, and “weird-looking teeth.” Van Sweringen said the reason she never reported the encounter is she was unfamiliar with the Karen Mitchell case until “the Journal put out an article a few years ago or I definitely would have.” When asked whether she thought the man in the vehicle was Robert Durst, Van Swearingen said, he had the “same voice and same stature as the Durst guy.”
Josh Diaz, the Eureka-based filmmaker, said he was 11-years-old when Karen Mitchell went missing, and her disappearance shook him. He said he could not believe someone like her had “disappeared off the face of the earth.” He vividly remembers missing person posters with photographs of her and sketches of the suspect hanging around town, and slowly Mitchell’s face and story were “burned into his head.”
More:
‘Nobody Vanishes Into Thin Air’: Local Documentarian Peers into Robert Durst’s Days in the Emerald Triangle and the Possible Connection to a Eureka Cold Case – Redheaded Blackbelt
Eureka Police Department Captain Patrick O’Neill told us “Karen Mitchell went missing on November 25, 1997, after possibly getting into a car in the area of the Bayshore Mall, after she left her aunt’s store located at the mall.”
Captain O’Neill explained that throughout the years, Eureka Police Department has collaborated with multiple agencies to solve Mitchell’s case including “the State of California Department of Justice, the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
The investigation into Mitchell’s disappearance has included, “hundreds of interviews, database searches, locations searched, and submission of her DNA profile to a national database for comparison purposes,” Captain O’Neill said.
Though Durst’s direct connection to Karen Mitchell’s disappearance has never been substantiated, Captain Patrick O’Neill said Eureka Police have investigated the situation over the years. According to O’Neill, “At this time [we] have not found any credible link between Mitchell’s disappearance and Mr. Durst. However, until Karen is located we will not rule out any possibility.”
Some of the most concrete connections between Mitchell’s disappearance and Robert Durst are the resemblance between the composite sketch of the man last seen with Mitchell and rumors that he had visited a soup kitchen in Eureka Mitchell volunteered at and also visited the shoe store Mitchell’s aunt owned and she worked at.
Meggan Renee, a friend of Karen Mitchell’s who attended Eureka High with her, said that since Mitchell’s disappearance, “I have always believed foul play [was involved] and never a runaway situation.” Renee firmly believes Mitchell “knew who she got into a car with and thought it was a safe decision.”
Kareen Van Swearengin, a Eureka resident at the time of Karen’s disappearance, told us she also experienced a man driving up to her in a blue car in Eureka trying to pick her up. She said it was the “scariest experience I ever had in Eureka.” She remembered the man driving the blue car as small, having a raspy voice, and “weird-looking teeth.” Van Sweringen said the reason she never reported the encounter is she was unfamiliar with the Karen Mitchell case until “the Journal put out an article a few years ago or I definitely would have.” When asked whether she thought the man in the vehicle was Robert Durst, Van Swearingen said, he had the “same voice and same stature as the Durst guy.”
Josh Diaz, the Eureka-based filmmaker, said he was 11-years-old when Karen Mitchell went missing, and her disappearance shook him. He said he could not believe someone like her had “disappeared off the face of the earth.” He vividly remembers missing person posters with photographs of her and sketches of the suspect hanging around town, and slowly Mitchell’s face and story were “burned into his head.”
More:
‘Nobody Vanishes Into Thin Air’: Local Documentarian Peers into Robert Durst’s Days in the Emerald Triangle and the Possible Connection to a Eureka Cold Case – Redheaded Blackbelt
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[URL='https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/File:Karen5.jpg'][URL='https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/File:Karen4.png'][/URL][/URL]Karen Marie Mitchell , 16
Disappeared November 25, 1997
Missing for 24 years
Location Eureka, California
Age 16
Race White
Sex Female
Height 5'5
Weight 130 pounds
Classification Endangered missing
Birth Date: November 11, 1980.
Karen was last seen in Eureka, California on November 25, 1997. That morning Karen and her mother had been filling out her college application over the phone. She went to work a the Coastal Family Development Center as usual but walked to her aunt's shoe store at the Bayshore Mall over the afternoon hours. She left to return to work at 2:45 P.M. and was last seen walking from the Bayshore Mall toward West Sonoma Street.
That day a witness had nearly been run over by a car which he then witnessed a girl who resembled Karen getting into. The vehicle was a light blue 1976 to 1978 sedan. It had California license plates and the word "Eureka" was imprinted on the rear license plate frame. The man was 60-70 years old with balding light gray or sandy blonde hair and grey or green eyes. He had a small build, a large nose that had likely been broken in the past, and he wore "prescription-type" eyeglasses and a long sleeved blue button up shirt. Neither the man nor the car have ever been identified despite composite sketches being created of both.
Robert Durst, a suspected serial killer, is considered a possible suspect in Karen's case...
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Hmm. As someone who lived there at the time, I have to say how could she be unfamiliar with the Karen Mitchell case if she'd been a Eureka resident at the time? You would not believe how fast the flyers went up and how many . . . it was unreal, there were flyers everywhere . . . stores, schools, cars, telephone & light poles, parks, you name it. And not just in Eureka . . . up and down 101 from Crescent City to Santa Rosa. And a billboard right on 101. Seriously, you'd have to be living under a rock not to have not heard of her.
I seriously doubt it was Durst, either.
It was most likely Wayne Adam Ford. Everything lines up with him. His last victim was picked up 10 minutes from where Karen was last seen hitchhiking. Poor sweet-faced girl.