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Case File 1729DFCA
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Brenda Joan Allen-Szabo
Missing since March 1, 1983 from San Diego, San Diego County, California.
Classification: Endangered Missing




Vital Statistics



  • [*]Date Of Birth: November 19, 1949
    [*]Age at Time of Disappearance: 33 years old
    [*]Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4"; 120 lbs.
    [*]Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Light brown hair; blue eyes.
    [*]Marks, Scars, Tattoos: Tattoo of a "Harley" motorcycle missing both wheels on left wrist, various other tattoos. Previously fractured arm, leg, finger, and back.
    [*]Other: Brenda has a medical condition.
    [*]AKA: Karen Blaha, Brenda Miller
    [*]DNA: Available


Circumstances of Disappearance
Brenda was last seen in San Diego County, CA. She indicated to a family member she would be traveling to Texas to visit them but never arrived.

Originally from Dallas, Texas, she ran away from home in 1966, then crisscrossed the country from New York to California.
Szabo gave birth to four children, her first in 1966, her last in 1977. As her life was troubled, she gave them up for adoption.
In California, Szabo's drug use continued, as did a series of arrests that landed her in and out of jail and prison, starting in 1969.
Szabo waitressed, danced in nightclubs, and sold drugs and sex, county records show. She changed Social Security numbers frequently and used a number of aliases, according to court documents and family members.


In the early 1980s, Szabo started pulling her life together. She moved to the Antelope Valley, enrolled in a community college and took courses in wildlife and forestry, transcripts show. She was off drugs and working as a dog groomer.

Szabo told relatives she was heading back to Dallas. She said she would call in two weeks, but never did. She has not been seen since.


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

San Diego Police Department
619-531-2277


Agency Case Number: 05-042586A
NCIC Number: M-955045485
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
NCMA
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
CA DOJ

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1729dfca.html

Reported missing 06/03/05 by her daughter, Elizabeth Alldridge (now Elizabeth J. Bruce) who was attempting to find her birth mother and saw an article about unsolved murders in San Diego County, CA.

NAMUS gives last seen date as Oct 1983.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/7876/
 
Brenda Joan Szabo – The Charley Project

Details of Disappearance
Szabo was last seen in San Diego County, California on October 1, 1983. She had a troubled life prior to her disappearance. She ran away from home as a teenager and gave birth to four children over the course of eleven years; every one of them was eventually put up for adoption.

She was involved with drugs, crime, and prostitution, and was jailed several times in the 1970s. She traveled from New York to California and used at least fifteen different alias names and several Social Security numbers.

In the early 1980s Szabo tried to pull her life together and enrolled in community college. She was arrested for probation violation and served a term in Frontera State Prison. Following her release, Szabo told her family she would be traveling to Dallas, Texas to visit them and would call in two weeks. She never did and has never been heard from again.

One of Szabo's daughters is searching for her. She believes her mother may have started a new life under a new identity. San Bernardino County and San Diego, California police are investigating Szabo's disappearance. Her case remains unsolved.
 
Brenda's NamUs case was modified on 3/24/22 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
She currently has 12 rule outs
UP7193 01/07/1987 Pinal AZ
UP6279 12/18/1996 Fairfax VA
UP6629 02/03/1991 Frederick VA
UP6661 02/03/1991 Stafford VA
UP12683 06/06/2014 Newport News VA
UP6796 11/18/1985 Alleghany VA
UP6642 08/07/1986 Chesterfield VA
UP10944 01/16/2013 San Mateo CA
UP3036 04/10/1985 St. Johns FL
UP8493 12/06/1993 Fairfax VA
UP708 03/24/1992 Fulton GA
UP4764 04/09/1992 Mahoning OH

Reading about her history she could be anywhere in the US, alive or dead. I am hoping her daughter gets answers.
 

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