Kathy has four siblings living. A half-sister (78), a brother (70), a brother (66), a brother (57). One brother died in the early 1950's.
TX TX - Kathy Brownfield Goad, 20, Fort Worth, 11 Nov 1982
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Kathy has four siblings living. A half-sister (78), a brother (70), a brother (66), a brother (57). One brother died in the early 1950's.
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Have the siblings considered submitting DNA?
I apologize for not responding until now. I don't know if they have considered it or not. As far as I know, there are no new details about Kathy. It is a sad situation.
A DNA sample might help match Kathy to a "Jane Doe."
Sometimes it is easier to just block stuff out of our minds and only Kathy's relatives have the right to make that decision. I think about her fairly often (we both used to work in banking) and I thought a lot of her.
If someone does decide to submit a DNA sample, it can be done by calling the local police department, sheriff's office or even the KSP and telling them who you are what you want to do.
God Bless.
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Still no DNA
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
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There is a guide for submitting DNA found at the finthemissing link you noted above. Anyone can click the link, then scroll down and on the left side of the page is a link for "DNA." There's a guideline listed for who/what/how to handle a DNA submission.
It could be that it is just too upsetting for the family to revisit the investigation.
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What lake is rumored?
This is very random, but I have a memory that has haunted me for years and this case seems to have some similarities. I was stopped at a light that was near Six Flags in Arlington Texas about the date that Kathy went missing. I was behind a small pickup, brown and cream colored, with a cover on the bed that made it like a wagon. There was a man on his knees,straddled something or someone and seemed to be beating the hell out of who or whatever. He suddenly looked up and made eye contact with me, then the light changed and they were gone. The highway he got on was headed in the direction of Joe Pool Lake and coming from DFW airport.what do you think.
Could have been.There is so many cold cases in that area if not her it could have been someone else.Did you get a look at him?
Yes. Assuredly, it has been many years but I can still see him in my mind. He was really excited and enjoying what he was doing.
I'm sorry but I was never given that information (if, indeed, any one lake was suspected).
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Bumping up for Kathy. I am sorry to see there hasn't been a resolution nor justice.
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Time to move Kathy's thread back up. Her NamUs Profile:
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The suspect - the car salesman - does anyone know his name?
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I listened to the podcast today. It broke my heart to hear how TX authorities didn’t take her disappearance seriously. Her story was only really publicized in Kentucky where she was from. Both of her parents died without ever knowing what really happened. 
I’m shocked there isn’t more traffic here.
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Authorities initially believed Kathy took an American Airlines flight to Los Angeles, but they later discounted this possibility. Steve was initially considered a suspect in her disappearance, but he passed a lie detector test and was cleared within a short time.
Steve stated that, a few days before her disappearance, he and Kathy purchased a truck from a Hurst, Texas car dealership and the salesman had made sexual advances to her. The salesman had a criminal history for assault, sex crimes and criminal mischief.
When police went to the dealership to talk to him, they learned he had been fired after being arrested: he had allegedly caused $1,000 in damage to a woman's vehicle after she refused his advances.
Authorities interviewed the salesman and believe he was deceptive when answering their questions. He initially agreed to take a lie detector test, then changed his mind and refused.
A confidential informant told the police the salesman had told him he murdered Kathy and dumped her body in a lake. When investigators searched the car the salesman was driving the day of Goad's disappearance, they found strands of hair in the trunk that matched samples taken from Goad's hairbrush.
All this information was brought before a grand jury in February 1983, but the prosecutor refused to bring a case against the salesman because Kathy's body had not been located.
Kathy was born and raised in Kentucky and, during high school and for a time following graduation, worked for the Warren County, Kentucky Clerk's Office. She had an excellent employment record there. After she and Steve moved to Texas she maintained weekly phone contact with her parents in Kentucky.
The case salesman remains the prime suspect in her disappearance, but no one has been charged in her case. It remains unsolved.
I’m shocked there isn’t more traffic here.TxDPS Missing and Unidentified Persons Online Bulletin
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Kathy Mae Brownfield Goad 1982 TX
Clipping found in The Courier-Journal published in Louisville, Kentucky on 7/31/1983. Kathy Mae Brownfield Goad 1982 TX
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Kathy Mae Brownfield Goad 1982 TX (1)
Clipping found in The Courier-Journal published in Louisville, Kentucky on 7/31/1983. Kathy Mae Brownfield Goad 1982 TX (1)
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The Park City Daily News 09 Sep 1983, page 13 - Newspapers.com
View the digital scanned newspaper from The Park City Daily News dated 09 Sep 1983, page 13.
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Article clipped from The Park City Daily News
Clipping found in The Park City Daily News published in Bowling Green, Kentucky on 11/11/1984.
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Kathy Mae Brownfield Goad 1982 TX
Clipping found in The Courier-Journal published in Louisville, Kentucky on 12/3/1984. Kathy Mae Brownfield Goad 1982 TX
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Details of Disappearance
Kathy was employed at a bank in Fort Worth, Texas in 1982. She took the day off of work on November 11, 1982 and planned to go shopping. Kathy has never been heard from again. Her husband Steve, who reported her missing on November 12, found her vehicle abandoned in the parking lot of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on November 15, four days after her disappearance. There was no sign of her at the scene.Authorities initially believed Kathy took an American Airlines flight to Los Angeles, but they later discounted this possibility. Steve was initially considered a suspect in her disappearance, but he passed a lie detector test and was cleared within a short time.
Steve stated that, a few days before her disappearance, he and Kathy purchased a truck from a Hurst, Texas car dealership and the salesman had made sexual advances to her. The salesman had a criminal history for assault, sex crimes and criminal mischief.
When police went to the dealership to talk to him, they learned he had been fired after being arrested: he had allegedly caused $1,000 in damage to a woman's vehicle after she refused his advances.
Authorities interviewed the salesman and believe he was deceptive when answering their questions. He initially agreed to take a lie detector test, then changed his mind and refused.
A confidential informant told the police the salesman had told him he murdered Kathy and dumped her body in a lake. When investigators searched the car the salesman was driving the day of Goad's disappearance, they found strands of hair in the trunk that matched samples taken from Goad's hairbrush.
All this information was brought before a grand jury in February 1983, but the prosecutor refused to bring a case against the salesman because Kathy's body had not been located.
Kathy was born and raised in Kentucky and, during high school and for a time following graduation, worked for the Warren County, Kentucky Clerk's Office. She had an excellent employment record there. After she and Steve moved to Texas she maintained weekly phone contact with her parents in Kentucky.
The case salesman remains the prime suspect in her disappearance, but no one has been charged in her case. It remains unsolved.
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Kathy has been missing for 40 years today.
Kathy deserves justice. The man got away with murder in 1983. This should be prosecuted today. There may even be more evidence to be tested beyond the hair sample. If anyone knows the name of the suspect who confessed and had Kathy's hair please PM me.