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Audrey Moate Missing Person Case

Last seen in Laplace, Louisiana on Nov 24, 1956

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On November 24, 1956, a day that also marked her 31st birthday, Audrey Alta Moate, a divorced mother of three, vanished from a secluded area known as Frenier Beach near Laplace, Louisiana. She was last seen in the company of 46-year-old Thomas Hotard, a married engineer with whom she had been having a two-year affair. The couple often met on Saturdays for secret rendezvous, telling their families they had to work. That morning, a hunter and his son spotted Hotard's blue 1953 Nash Rambler pa ...Read More
Last Seen: Nov 24, 1956

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  • Bayou Justice: Evidence suggests Audrey Moate lived | Lifestyle
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    Victim Details

    Feb 18, 2019

    Oct 21, 2020

    Audrey

    Moate

    98

    31

    63 inches

    69 inches

    110 lbs

    150 lbs

    White / Caucasian

    Female

    Nov 24, 1956

    Laplace

    Louisiana

    St. John the Baptist Parish

    70068

    Unknown

    47267

    Saint John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office

    Laplace

    Louisiana

    St. John the Baptist Parish

    70068

    Mike Tregre

    Sheriff

    1801 West Airline Highway, Louisiana

    9856529513

    County

    Law Enforcement

    http://www.stjohnsheriff.org/

    Saint John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office

    9864

    Blond/Strawberry

    Gray

    Gray

    06/19/2026


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