FL FL - Wendy Huggy, 16, Clearwater, 7 April 1982

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Just putting all the links in one spot for convenience. I don't think there's anything new here.

Wendy's NamUs listing:

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/5074/0/

Charley project:

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/huggy_wendy.html

Doe:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/208dffl.html

The 30-year anniversary article from last spring: http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...o-girls-disappearance-still-a-mystery/1223897

Porchlight:

http://z10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/index.php?showtopic=8039

North American Missing Persons Network:

http://nampn.org/cases/huggy_wendy.html

FDLE MISSING ENDANGERED PERSONS INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE poster: http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/mcicsearch/Flyers/Flyer2PicCAP.asp?ID=4792&case_nbr=

That blog with just a few posts, that includes the information about the ex-husband being abusive and following her to Chicago: http://whereiswendy.blogspot.com/
 
Can somebody who knows how to search public records see if they can find a marriage record for Wendy Huggy and EF <full name redacted>in Illinois, probably in the latter half of 1981?

Sleuthster, are you in touch with the Pasco County detective who left her email in that blog?
 
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carbuff said:
Can somebody who knows how to search public records see if they can find a marriage record for Wendy Huggy and EF <full name redacted>in Illinois, probably in the latter half of 1981?

Sleuthster, are you in touch with the Pasco County detective who left her email in that blog?
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No. <modsnip: Please do not mention individuals or relatives who may not wish their information to be public>

She actually disappeared in Clearwater so it's odd IMO that Pasco is handling it. I would think Clearwater PD would be handling it.Strange.

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http://www.pascosheriff.com/webapps/COLDCASE.pgm?TASK=disp&rrn=000000081&rnd=93910

Something I just realized, according to this she called at 11 pm from the mall saying she had a ride home. Most stores closed at 9 pm at Countryside Mall back then with the exception of Aladdin's Castle (gameroom), the ice skating rink and the movie theater. Really makes me wonder about the gameroom, lot's of crazy memories there.
 
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Sleuthster said:
No. <modsnip>

She actually disappeared in Clearwater so it's odd IMO that Pasco is handling it. I would think Clearwater PD would be handling it.Strange.

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http://www.pascosheriff.com/webapps/COLDCASE.pgm?TASK=disp&rrn=000000081&rnd=93910

Something I just realized, according to this she called at 11 pm from the mall saying she had a ride home. Most stores closed at 9 pm at Countryside Mall back then with the exception of Aladdin's Castle (gameroom), the ice skating rink and the movie theater. Really makes me wonder about the gameroom, lot's of crazy memories there.
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It looks to me like the case has been transferred to the cold case unit.

It sounds to me like you have lots of information the detective would be interested in hearing. I really think you should call or email them.
 
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Looking back along the route between Florida and Chicago, I found this unidentified woman: http://doenetwork.org/cases/491ufin.html
https://identifyus.org/en/cases/4842

She was found December 26, 1982, in Wayne County, Indiana, which is one way to get to Chicago. Her estimated date of death was 8 months prior, which would be April. She was wearing maternity slacks, though it doesn't mention whether she was pregnant. I'm not sure whether there's a resemblance (I'm not good with faces.)

The height estimate is about 5'3" to 5'7", which is a bit on the small side, but we've seen heights be off before.
 
carbuff said:
Looking back along the route between Florida and Chicago, I found this unidentified woman: http://doenetwork.org/cases/491ufin.html
https://identifyus.org/en/cases/4842

She was found December 26, 1982, in Wayne County, Indiana, which is one way to get to Chicago. Her estimated date of death was 8 months prior, which would be April. She was wearing maternity slacks, though it doesn't mention whether she was pregnant. I'm not sure whether there's a resemblance (I'm not good with faces.)

The height estimate is about 5'3" to 5'7", which is a bit on the small side, but we've seen heights be off before.
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It's possible. Right time frame. Not sure about the height. I would submit it if I where u.
 
:bump: for Wendy, missing 31 years yesterday. :(

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Wendy, who didn't have a car of her own, got a ride from the beach to the Countryside Mall. From there, she called her grandfather to say a man named Don would be driving her home. Wendy was scheduled to return to her grandmother's house later in the evening, and start a new job at a fast food restaurant the next day. She never arrived home and her family never saw or heard from her again.
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Wendy Lynn Huggy​
 
That was a bad week in 1981 when Wendy disappeared. On 4-11 my dad's gf was murdered in downtown Clearwater. For many years I wondered if the guy they convicted could have had something to do with Wendy. It was reported that she had gone to Clearwater Beach earlier the day she disappeared and the guy that killed dad's gf was arrested for sexual assault of a woman on Clearwater Beach just two weeks before. It was big news because a judge had lowered his bond from like 10k to $500 and then just a couple days after being released he killed Phyllis. He would have gotten out the day Wendy disappeared <modsnip: Removed reference to random person not named POI or suspect>. Also, when he was arrested for killing Phyllis he said quote "I didn't realize it was so easy to kill someone or I would have done it before". So my father said he really believed that the had never done it before. I'm not so sure because I think he was just trying to avoid the death penalty and it worked he got life.

Wendy called home at about 11pm. The only thing open at that time was the gameroom and it would have been closing at that time <modsnip: Removed reference to random person not named POI or suspect> There is a skating rink too in the center of the mall. I believe it was built in 80 or 81 and closed late also.
 
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carbuff said:
Looking back along the route between Florida and Chicago, I found this unidentified woman: http://doenetwork.org/cases/491ufin.html
https://identifyus.org/en/cases/4842

She was found December 26, 1982, in Wayne County, Indiana, which is one way to get to Chicago. Her estimated date of death was 8 months prior, which would be April. She was wearing maternity slacks, though it doesn't mention whether she was pregnant. I'm not sure whether there's a resemblance (I'm not good with faces.)

The height estimate is about 5'3" to 5'7", which is a bit on the small side, but we've seen heights be off before.
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Did you end up submitting this?
 
carbuff said:
It looks like I didn't. Do you think there's any resemblance to Wendy?
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The things that stand out to me not being a match.

The dark brown hair and the height but it could just be the artists rendering of brown. Her hair was more light brown but it was about that length.

Things that stand out that could be a match.

The maternity clothes. Odd that I don't see a mention that the doe was pregnant maybe I'm just missing it. Wendy was pregnant we've learned from the Tampa Bay Times article a couple years ago. Probably not far a long because I don't remember her looking pregnant when I first met her which would have been in Dec or Jan.

The jacket sticks out like I can picture her wearing it at the storage units watching the band play.

The location. She was from Chicago. Could have been hitch hiking back, Indiana is on the way.

Time frame would be spot on.

I would submit it. Thanks
 
Sleuthster said:
The things that stand out to me not being a match.

The dark brown hair and the height but it could just be the artists rendering of brown. Her hair was more light brown but it was about that length.

Things that stand out that could be a match.

The maternity clothes. Odd that I don't see a mention that the doe was pregnant maybe I'm just missing it. Wendy was pregnant we've learned from the Tampa Bay Times article a couple years ago. Probably not far a long because I don't remember her looking pregnant when I first met her which would have been in Dec or Jan.

The jacket sticks out like I can picture her wearing it at the storage units watching the band play.

The location. She was from Chicago. Could have been hitch hiking back, Indiana is on the way.

Time frame would be spot on.

I would submit it. Thanks
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Okay, will do. The location on a route to Chicago was what caught my attention in the first place.

It doesn't actually say JD was pregnant, just that she was wearing maternity clothes. Might have been a heavier woman or something.
 
The Charley Project page for Wendy States that she was pregnant at the time she went missing.
Has this been confirmed?
Internet searching comes across some conflicting information about Wendy. I'm just trying to get things straight.
 
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