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On a cold winter morning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 13, 1987, a 23-year-old woman named Dorothy Williams told her family she was heading out to the store to buy some food. She left her residence and walked out into the day, a simple errand that should have only taken a short while. Dressed in a black and white speckled coat, a pink sweatshirt, dark blue pants, and black flat shoes, she began a journey from which she would never come back. Hours turned into days, and with no word f ...Read More
Last Seen: Jan 13, 1987

Victim Details

Feb 14, 2012

Jan 12, 2024

Dorothy

Williams

60

23

66 inches

130 lbs

Black / African American

Female

Jan 13, 1987

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia County

No

11376

Philadelphia Police Department

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia County

19125

Kathryn Gordon

Detective

300 East Hunting Park Avenue, Pennsylvania

2156863093

Local

Law Enforcement

87-18-004471

1987-01-19

Philadelphia Police Department

Red/Auburn

Brown

Brown

06/28/2026


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