OR OR - Rita Jolly, 17, West Linn, 29 June 1973

Richard · Feb 21, 2008

Rita Lorraine Jolly
Missing since June 29, 1973 from West Linn, Clackamas County, Oregon
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: December 6, 1955
Age at Time of Disappearance: 17 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6"; 130 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Long, light-brown hair. She walks with an uneven stride.
Clothing: She was last seen wearing a brown Pendleton shirt, army fatigue pants or blue jeans and low-cut blue tennis shoes.

Circumstances of Disappearance

On June 29, 1973 at about 7:15 p.m., Rita Jolly left her residence to take a walk.

Rita Jolly was last seen in the West Linn area at about 8:30 to 9 p.m. possibly in the Robinwood area and/or on Sunset Avenue.

Rita Jolly has not been seen or heard of since. Foul play is suspected.

She is thought to be a victim of serial-killer Ted Bundy.

Investigators

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

Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
Detective D. Calhoun
503-722-6746

Agency Case Number: 73-9833

Source Information:
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
The Doe Network: Case File 2503DFOR

LINK:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2503dfor.html

Richard · Apr 19, 2008

Bumping this case up. It will be 35 years old this June. Perhaps there will be some anniversary articles written about it.

Rita disappeared about the time and from the same area as a lot of Ted Bundy's other victims, but I do not believe that he ever admitted to abducting her.

meggilyweggily · Apr 20, 2008

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/j/jolly_rita.html

Richard · Dec 4, 2009

Bumping case up...

JulieR · Dec 5, 2009

Heck what is up with Bundy he confessed to all these murders, but never told where the bodies could be found. I just can't get over how many missing people are out there we should be finding the bodies all over the place.

PFF · Dec 5, 2009

Bundy's victiums {known/suspected} at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy

Kat · Aug 17, 2010

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/march022008/cold_cases_3-1-08.php

Mar-02-2008 19:35

New 'Cold Case' Web page Launched by Clackamas Sheriff's Office

Another person in the cold case files and featured on the Website is Rita Lorraine Jolly, who was born December 6th, 1955. She lived on Horton Road in West Linn.

Police say that on June 29th, 1973 at about 7:15 PM, Rita Jolly left her residence to take a walk. Rita Jolly was last seen in the West Linn area at about 8:30 to 9:00 PM -- possibly in the Robinwood area and/or on Sunset Ave.

Rita Jolly has not been seen or heard of since. Foul play is suspected.

Rita Jolly's description in 1973: 17-years old, 5'6", 130 pounds with long, light-brown hair. She was last seen wearing a brown Pendleton shirt, army fatigue pants or blue jeans and low-cut blue tennis shoes. She walks with an uneven stride.

To Report Info: Call the CCSO Tip Line at 503-723-4949 or contact Detective D. Calhoun at (503) 722-6746 or debbiecal@co.clackamas.or.us.

forthelost · Aug 24, 2010

http://www.forthelost.org/calikids/RJolly.doc

dogperson · Aug 27, 2010

Miss Jolly certainly resembles the type of girl Bundy went after, the long dark hair & so forth. Her picture would fit in with all his other known victims.
Apparently he lacked the decency to care about his victims' families even as he faced the electric chair. There are many girls from that time period still missing from areas he was known to have lived in or passed through. Their families will probably never have any idea whether they were his victims or not or what became of their remains.
I think Bundy enjoyed leaving a lot of mystery about just who he killed, how many times he killed & where their remains could be found. It seemed to amuse him knowing that so many questions would remain unanswered after his execution.

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Jun 29, 2011

Bumping for Rita, missing for 38 years today.

May she be found soon.

Kimster · Nov 18, 2011

The seventeen-year-old girl disappeared from West Linn, Oregon, in June of 1973. Oregon detectives never got a chance to interview Bundy about Jolly's disappearance<snipped>

http://tedbundy.150m.com/list3.html

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Jun 29, 2013

Missing 40 years today.

Anonymouss · Jun 28, 2014

Rita's parents are now deceased, her mother died In 2005, and her father In 2010 at 93. She had three other siblings.

I can't locate the memorial on find a grave. I forgot what keywords I used.

Anonymouss · Jun 29, 2014

41 years today, Rita come home soon.

DavidJoseph · Oct 1, 2014

Does anybody know if these remains were looked into as a possible match? http://doenetwork.org/cases/865ufor.html Linn County is only a couple counties away from where Rita disappeared from. Or how about these? http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/510ufor.html

EmmaliLucia · Oct 4, 2014

I'm fairly certain she was checked against the second one, but the first has barely any bones and no DNA. I'm wondering if they haven't "Lost" that person's remains...

Jill Elaine · Jun 20, 2015

Anonymouss said:
Rita's parents are now deceased, her mother died In 2005, and her father In 2010 at 93. She had three other siblings.

Rita's parents were cremated and their ashes were taken out to the old family camp spot in the Oregon desert. They died never knowing what happened to their youngest child. Her father held out hope that she might still be alive.

Tulessa · Oct 4, 2015

DavidJoseph said:
Does anybody know if these remains were looked into as a possible match? http://doenetwork.org/cases/865ufor.html Linn County is only a couple counties away from where Rita disappeared from. Or how about these? http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/510ufor.html

The first one looks promising. They have dental pictures. Bumping.

Jill Elaine · Oct 19, 2015

Tulessa said:
The first one looks promising. They have dental pictures. Bumping.

How do one ensure that the remains have been checked? https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/7780/1/

BigCityAccountant · Aug 15, 2016

I'm assuming this is a picture of the same Rita Jolly since it is marked "deceased".

http://www.normandyhigh.com/1957/yb_il.htm

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