Julie Guthrie Missing Person Case

Apr 15, 2010

Dec 05, 2023

Julie

Guthrie

55

6

48 inches

55 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

On a winter afternoon, February 5, 1977, six-year-old Julie Guthrie, her three-year-old brother Timothy, and their 29-year-old mother, Leslie, vanished from Katonah, New York. Leslie had picked up her children from the home of their father, Timothy Guthrie Sr., on Grandview Avenue. The three were last seen driving away at approximately 1:30 p.m. in a white 1974 Ford Maverick with a green roof and New York license plate number 636-WNA. Leslie and Timothy Sr. were separated but maintained an amicable relationship, and he was the last known person to see them. He later recounted helping his children into the car and waving goodbye as Leslie drove them away, a moment that would become the starting point of a decades-long mystery. When Leslie and the children did not return that evening, Timothy Sr. initially assumed they had gone to stay with Leslie's mother in White Plains, where Leslie was living at the time. However, as time passed with no word, concern grew, and he reported them missing to the Bedford Town Police Department on the evening of February 6th. An investigation into their disappearance began, but clues were scarce. Authorities found no indication that Leslie had planned to leave. She left behind all her personal belongings and did not withdraw any significant amount of money from her bank account, suggesting she did not intend to disappear voluntarily. Timothy Sr. cooperated fully with the investigation and was quickly ruled out as a suspect. He went on to hire a private investigator, spending a considerable amount of his own money in a desperate search for his children and their mother. Decades have passed since Julie, Timothy, and Leslie Guthrie were last seen, and their case remains unsolved. The Ford Maverick they were traveling in has never been located, deepening the mystery of their disappearance. Law enforcement agencies have continued to pursue the case, and age-progressed photos of Julie and Timothy have been circulated over the years in the hope that someone might recognize them. The disappearance has been the subject of media attention, including a recent feature on a true-crime series, bringing renewed attention to the cold case. Despite numerous theories, from an intentional disappearance to a car accident, no definitive evidence has ever surfaced to explain what happened to the young mother and her two small children. The case is an enduring mystery, a story of a family that vanished without a trace, leaving behind unanswered questions and a lingering sense of loss for those who knew them.

Feb 05, 1977

Katonah

New York

Westchester County

26606

Bedford Town Police Department

Bedford Hills

New York

Westchester County

10507

307 Bedford Rd, New York

9142413111

Local

Law Enforcement

www.bedfordny.info

KWBE00362

1977-02-06

Bedford Town Police Department

Brown

Blue

Blue

09/09/2026