ND ND - Michele Julson, 26, Bismarck, 2 Aug 1994

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Michele Mae Julson
Missing since August 2, 1994 from Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota
Classification: Involuntary



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: March 16, 1968
Age at Time of Disappearance: 26 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6"; 155 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; blue eyes. She has a Norplant birth control inserted in her body. Very friendly and outgoing.
Marks, Scars: She has a small tattoo of a heart with a drop of blood on her left shoulder.
Clothing: Last seen wearing a dark shirt and blue jeans.
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Available
AKA: Shelly


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Julson was last seen when she dropped her 3 year old son off at the grandfather's residence in Bismarck, North Dakota on August 2, 1994. She was going to run a few errands including picking up her pay check. She thought she would be gone for a few hours. Michele was never seen again.
Her vehicle was located at the Comfort Inn in Bismarck 6 days later.



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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Bismarck Police Department
Sergeant William Connor
701-223-1212

Agency Case Number: 94-11336

NCIC Number: M-813865381
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/j/julson_michele.html
more info under circumstances

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_241b6405-0ee3-51fd-8462-875d5f0fcf8b.html
February 21, 2008 6:00 pm

Michele Julson

Julson, usually called Shelly, dropped off her 3-year-old son at his paternal grandfather's house around 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 2, 1994. She planned to pick up her paycheck from the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation, maybe play some bingo, then return for her son.

Julson, 26 at the time, never picked up her paycheck, and police do not believe she played bingo that day. Her son's father and grandfather reported her missing that night when she didn't return for her son.

Police searched Bismarck for Julson's light blue 1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, but did not find it initially. Connor was a patrol officer at the time and prided himself on his ability to find stolen vehicles or other vehicles police were seeking.

"I looked high and low for that car when I was a patrolman," he said.

On Aug. 8, the sporty blue car was found parked at the Comfort Inn in Bismarck. Police can't say for sure, but they do not believe it had been there since Aug. 2.

"I think it would have been found earlier if it had been there,"Connor said.

Since police initially believed Julson had left her vehicle at the Comfort Inn, her vehicle was not processed. The vehicle was clean, with the exception of a half-eaten gas station sandwich on the front seat, Connor said. He said Julson's father later told officers he found some scoria rock near the car's intake manifold. Connor said that might be significant because there is little, if any, scoria around Bismarck.

People reported seeing Julson in Fargo, then at WeFest in Detroit Lakes, Minn. She was briefly taken off the missing persons list, but later was put back on when she had no contact with her family.

Connor said police no longer believe she was ever at WeFest.

Julson was very attached to her young son and close to her family, Connor said.

"She had no intentions or no reasons to be leaving Bismarck," he said.

Police do not believe she left Bismarck willingly.

"With Michele, we do suspect foul play,"Connor said.

Julson was a blackjack dealer with the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation. The night before she disappeared, she dealt blackjack at the Elbow Room. Connor said she may have met some workers that night who were staying at the Comfort Inn.

Julson had many friends, was outgoing and could talk to anyone, Connor said.

"Maybe she just ran into the wrong person,"he said.

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Michele has been missing for 16 years today. I do not find her listed in NamUs.

They said they found scoria rock around the intake manifold of her car.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoria


http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3b54e7f8-6e2f-4dac-8d45-9b2b8b4e4095

All through the western part of North Dakota, you will find roads covered with scoria.

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I read where it is also found in the Badlands area of North Dakota. Perhaps we have a member here that is familiar with North Dakota? TIA.

http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/f1f2319e04fb44adb54559fd698e57e6/ND--Missing-Person-Case

Bismarck police are marking the 20th anniversary of a woman's disappearance with a renewed appeal to the public for information that might help solve the case.

Michele Julson has not been seen since she dropped her son off at his grandfather's home on Aug. 2, 1994....

She is one of four open missing person cases in Bismarck.

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Michelle Julson, 26, on Aug. 2, 1994, was going to get her paycheck from the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation and maybe play bingo. She didn’t pick up her check, and police aren’t sure if she played bingo. Her son’s father and grandfather reported her missing that night when she didn’t come back for her son. Her ’87 Ford Thunderbird was found Aug. 8 at the Comfort Inn. It was clean except for a half-eaten sandwich on the front seat. She was reportedly seen in Fargo and then at the WeFest outdoor country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn. She was taken off the missing persons list briefly after reports that people had seen and spoken with her but put back on because she had no contact with her family.

Missing person cases in Bismarck still open after 25, 30 years

Michelle Julson hasn't been seen since the day 25 years ago when she dropped off her 3-year-old son at his paternal grandfather's house.

The last time anybody saw Roy Hagel was 30 years ago at a bowling tournament in Fargo.

The missing person cases of Julson and Hagel are still open at the Bismarck Police Department, despite the time that has passed. And the missing people and their families are still on the mind of Sgt. Mark Gaddis.

"I think about 'em," said Gaddis, a member of the detective section for more than 20 years. "I couldn't imagine being in their shoes and having someone you cared about ... went missing and you don't have any answers."

"The cases were handed to Gaddis a few years ago, after he received a promotion in the detective section. Years earlier he worked on the case of Sandra Jacobson, who disappeared with her 5-year-old son in 1996. The department keeps the three cases open, hoping to find a tip or clue that might help close them. As time passes, however, that possibility seems to become more remote, Gaddis said.

The department annually responds to 50 or 60 missing person reports, records from the last three years show. A much smaller number — 16 in 2018 and 20 in 2017, for example — require follow-up by detectives. Very few go on as long as the three that are open in Bismarck.

Families of the missing persons declined to be interviewed by The Bismarck Tribune . Gaddis said he has some contact with the families but less with each passing year.

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article233336117.html

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Michelle Julson hasn't been seen since the day 25 years ago when she dropped off her 3-year-old son at his paternal grandfather's houseThe last time anybody saw Roy Hagel was 30 years ago at a bowling tournament in Fargo.

The missing person cases of Julson and Hagel are still open at the Bismarck Police Department, despite the time that has passed. And the missing people and their families are still on the mind of Sgt. Mark Gaddis.

"I think about 'em," said Gaddis, a member of the detective section for more than 20 years. "I couldn't imagine being in their shoes and having someone you cared about ... went missing and you don't have any answers."

The cases were handed to Gaddis a few years ago, after he received a promotion in the detective section. Years earlier he worked on the case of Sandra Jacobson, who disappeared with her 5-year-old son in 1996. The department keeps the three cases open, hoping to find a tip or clue that might help close them. As time passes, however, that possibility seems to become more remote, Gaddis said.

The department annually responds to 50 or 60 missing person reports, records from the last three years show. A much smaller number — 16 in 2018 and 20 in 2017, for example — require follow-up by detectives. Very few go on as long as the three that are open in Bismarck.

Families of the missing persons declined to be interviewed by The Bismarck Tribune . Gaddis said he has some contact with the families but less with each passing year.

Police and news reports about the three long-term cases show the following:

Julson, 26, on Aug. 2, 1994, was going to get her paycheck from the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation and maybe play bingo. She didn't pick up her check, and police aren't sure if she played bingo. Her son's father and grandfather reported her missing that night when she didn't come back for her son. Her '87 Ford Thunderbird was found Aug. 8 at the Comfort eaten sandwich on the front seat. She was reportedly seen in Fargo and then at the WeFest outdoor country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. She was taken off the missing persons list briefly after reports that people had seen and spoken with her but put back on because she had no contact with her family.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...on-cases-in-bismarck-still-open-decades-later

Maybe she had a lover and wanted to take her somewhere and ran away with him or decided to kill her when she saw that she did not want to leave and leave her son

I wonder if the sightings in Fargo and also Detroit Lakes MN, were actually her? The sighting in Detroit Lakes was at a music festival....
I just think you wouldn't leave your 3 year old child while you went off and had fun....there would have to be some sort of other factor involved twisting her mind, like drugs or something.
And did she check in to the Comfort Inn alone? Was she with anyone at the music festival?
All very odd. Not much to go on....

Julson was last seen when she dropped her three-year-old son off at the child's grandfather's residence in the 100 block of American Avenue Bismarck, North Dakota at 12:30 p.m. August 2, 1994. She stated she was going to run errands, pick up her paycheck, and possibly play bingo. She promised to return in a few hours, but Julson never picked up her paycheck and never returned home.

She was reportedly seen by a friend at WeFest, an outdoor country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, on August 5; she was allegedly in the company of a man named "Tom" who drove a black four-by-four Chevrolet. Police closed her missing persons file as a result of the sighting, but then reopened it after she did not get in touch with her family. Now investigators do not believe she was ever at WeFest.

At the time of her disappearance, Julson lived in a trailer in the 700 block of West Sweet Avenue in Bismarck. When police went to her residence, the front door was locked, the back windows were open and the televison was on.

She had been working as a blackjack dealer at the Burnt Creek Club and was dating a bartender there. Julson told her loved ones that patrons of the bar were harassing her. More than once, she thought someone had followed her home from work, and her car had been vandalized. She had requested a work transfer to a different location to get away from the people bothering her.

Her light blue 1987 Ford Thunderbird with the North Dakota license plate number DAH 159 was found at a Bismark Comfort Inn six days after her disappearance; a photo of the vehicle is posted with this case summary. Authorities stated they cannot be certain, but they do not believe it was there on August 2. It was turned over to her family without being processed.

The inside of the car appeared to be clean, except for a half-eaten sandwich left on the front seat. Julson's father later told police he found some scoria rock near the vehicle's intake manifold. There is little, if any, scoria rock in the Bismarck area.

Julson resided in the 700 block of west Sweet Avenue in Bismark at the time she went missing. She is described as a dedicated mother who was close to her family and would not have abandoned them. She had no plans to leave the Bismarck area and investigators do not believe she left of her own free will. Foul play is suspected in her case.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Michele Mae Julson – The Charley Project

1990DFND - Michele Mae Julson

Missing person cases in Bismarck still open after 25, 30 years

Michele has been missing for 28 years today.

Years after North Dakota woman Shelly Julson went missing, dogged detective work revealed new clues​

Wes and Linda Julson hold a photo of their missing daughter, Michelle (Shelly) Julson, at their home in Center, North Dakota. The Julsons question how law enforcement handled the disappearance of Shelly, who vanished on Aug. 2, 1994, while running errands in Bismarck.

In the latest episode of the Dakota Spotlight podcast, the Julsons describe how they still hope to find their daughter, Michelle "Shelly" Julson, who went missing in Bismarck in 1994. Their quest, now in its third decade, has meant they've gone through things no parent would hope to ever experience.

They've seen some questionable decisions by police investigators, have fought to post missing posters both in their hometown of Center and at WE Fest music festival in Minnesota, where someone said they had seen their daughter, and have been dismissed — mocked even — for chasing lost hopes.

Also on this latest episode of Forum Communication's most popular podcast, Bismarck Police Officer Rob Carvell recalls responding to the call that Julson was missing, from Richard and Kevin Woodworth (Kevin was Julson's former boyfriend and father to her son, Jayden), in 1994.

The Charley Project has updated the Details of Disappearance.

Michele features in the latest Dakota Spotlight podcast