UT UT - Sarah Norfleet, 18, Bountiful, 20 June 1993

aimeecleverly said:

I'm happy someone posted this recently. I had a dream about Sarah last night (I haven't had a dream with Sarah in it for a long time) so I popped online to see if there had been any developments. It looks like it's still in the cold case files and I suspect it's because no one is pushing for the resolution of her case.


Sarah was one of my best friends way back in '92/'93. We'd stopped hanging out regularly just a couple of months before she vanished.


Yes, I've given my information to the police. No, I don't think they've taken me seriously. Whomsoever is interested in this case, I'll give out some information about Sarah, who was a really good person.


First off, Sarah was really trusting and naive. She'd easily accept a ride from a stranger. It appeared she had no sense of danger when it came to people. My perception of Sarah is that she was eager to be accepted and liked attention. However, not in a narcissistic way. She said her home life wasn't good. Sarah was a really sensitive, caring person. She didn't hurt others. She tried to make sure no one was left behind or left out. I'd describe her as the peace maker in our group.


Second, Sarah didn't do drugs but she claimed she did ecstasy or LSD to look cool and gain acceptance from the group of friends we hung out with at the time. I think the most Sarah ever did was MAYBE smoke a joint, but I personally never saw her do it. I know that she didn't like drugs because it was something we had in common. I think we might have been the only two people in our group to avoid the drug scene.


Sarah also used to talk about belonging to a gang when she lived in Germany. She said that she witnessed a really horrific crime there (murder with a baseball bat or something) and she was concerned that one of the guys might come find her in the United States someday. I can't say I really believed the story, though.


Third, back to the Sarah not leaving people behind: She hung out with a guy name Rich. He was an older custodian who lived alone in the upstairs of a community church next door to her house. In '92/'93, I think he was in his 50s. Facial-wise, he didn't look very old but he had white hair. He was part Native American. He was actually a really nice, quiet man who was a father figure to our group of friends. Sarah was very close to him. Our other friends just took advantage of his generosity. He was a person of interest. However, the Rich I remember didn't have an angry bone in his body, at least not in front of us. He also never tried anything creepy or sexual. He just let us hang out inside the church when we didn't want to go home. Of course, you never really know a person. He could have had some hidden issues. Regardless, he may have been the last person to see Sarah. She'd often go next door to the church when she'd get home late because her parents would get very, very upset when she'd sneak in the house after hours.


Which brings me to item #4 - her home life. She didn't get along with her parents. Her father was in the military. Her family was from Korea. Sarah and her parents would get in fights that were so loud, we could hear them from the sidewalk. I remember one time, someone stepped out the door and threw Sarah's shoes at her head when I was sitting outside on the lawn. When I'd call the house to talk to Sarah, the minute I'd ask, "Is Sarah home?", Sarah's father would simply hang up on me.


I was always bothered that it took Sarah's parents so long to report her missing. Sarah lived there. She occasionally stayed with friends for a couple of weeks, but I don't recall her ever "moving out." She was rarely gone from home more than a week at a time because she'd get worried about her younger sisters. When Sarah was gone for more than a week, my mom would usually get a call from Sarah's mom or sister.


Also, Sarah rarely remembered her (parents') home phone number. She'd either call me or our friend, Jessica, if she had to call home because she'd memorized our numbers but not her own home phone number.


I wasn't with Sarah the night she disappeared. Our friends, Cassie and Jessica, were. What I was told was that they went to a party and Jessica's dad picked them up. He dropped Sarah off at her house really, really late (I think it was 1am or 3am).


Knowing the Sarah I knew, odds are that she either went inside her house and got in the argument of a lifetime with her parents //or// she avoided going inside the house and went next door to the church to hang out with Rich until it was safe to go home.


As I stated previously, Sarah rarely remembered her home phone number. She disappeared in June. However, in early July, I got a message from "Sarah" saying she was in California and she'd call me back.


She was the only Sarah I knew. I didn't know she was missing at the time. I thought she might have traveled to California with our friend, Russell. However, if she went with Russell, odds are he would've jumped on the phone and left me some obnoxious message so I was really racking my brains to figure out why she was in California.


Again, Sarah was trusting. She could've hopped a ride with anyone IF that's where she really went. I can't say for sure if it was really Sarah who called or someone pretending to be Sarah to throw police off the trail.


Like I said, Sarah was a good person. She wasn't like the other jerks I hung around with back in those days. She just wanted acceptance. She was really insecure about the scar from her surgery (she had a cleft pallet) and she used to wear a silver necklace all the time. I think it had a silver cross on it. Hopefully, there's a curious person out there who can help solve this.

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heartanium said:

Throwing out some possibilities:

January 8, 1994 - Brighton, Colorado - UP16011
Multi Female, 18-35, victim's remains were located in a field near 54th Ave and Marion Street. She may be white, Native American, or Hispanic. May have had brown frosted hair.
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Stature and PMI matches Sarah, but found far away (8 hr drive from Bountiful)

October 15, 1995 - Rural Clear Creek County, Colorado - UP70566
White Female, 17-36, skull was located near Echo Lake in rural Clear Creek County. Estimated PMI two years.
8 hr drive from Bountiful.
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PMI matches, not much information to go on though.

August 2, 1999 - Fox Park, Wyoming - UP9904
White Female, 28-58, size 16 jeans, 7.5 rebocks, one silver band with M.S.S. engraved one silver colored rope style ring with two (2) clear colored tear drop shaped stones
6 hr drive from Bountiful.
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Remains are estimated to be older then Sarah's so I don't love this match

August 1, 2009 - Jefferson County, ID - UP10593
Unsure/Uncertain, 16-50, just tibia found.
3 1/2 hours drive from Bountiful.

Remains are estimated to be a person who was 5'9", so again I don't love this match

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