Account
Jan 02, 2010
Oct 25, 2023
Dorothy
Thompson
108
53
61 inches
62 inches
100 lbs
102 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
In the late summer of 1969, a 53-year-old woman named Dorothy May Thompson, also known as Dot, vanished under perplexing circumstances. On August 25th, Dorothy was in Walla Walla, Washington, where she was reportedly given a bus ticket with the intention of returning to Vancouver, Washington. She was instructed to make contact with an officer in Vancouver upon her arrival. It was from this point, with a bus ticket in hand and a directive to follow, that Dorothy’s trail went cold. Her case is a quiet one, with few public details available to piece together the events leading up to her disappearance or what might have transpired after she was last seen. The circumstances provided by authorities state that penal authorities in Walla Walla issued her the bus ticket. However, there is no confirmation that she ever boarded a bus. This crucial detail leaves a significant gap in the timeline of her last known movements. Without any witnesses placing her on the bus or in Vancouver, the bus ticket itself becomes a final, unanswered clue. Her intended destination was the city of Vancouver, under the jurisdiction of the Clark County Sheriff's Office, which is the agency handling her missing person case. The lack of information regarding why she was in Walla Walla or the nature of her required report to a Vancouver officer adds layers of mystery to her disappearance. Decades have passed since Dorothy Thompson was last seen, and her case remains an unresolved enigma. She was a woman in her early fifties with brown hair and brown eyes. Her family, including a son who provided a DNA sample for comparison, has been left without answers for over half a century. The investigation into her disappearance has been marked by a profound lack of leads and public information. The official narrative of the bus ticket and the unconfirmed journey to Vancouver is the last known chapter in her story. Without further evidence or witnesses, the overview of Dorothy Thompson's case is one of quiet uncertainty, a story that seemingly ended with a bus ticket that may or may not have ever been used.
Aug 25, 1969
Walla Walla
Washington
Walla Walla County
No
8074
Clark County Sheriff's Office
Vancouver
Washington
Clark County
98666
707 West 13th Street, Washington
3603972211
County
Law Enforcement
S10-13278
Clark County Sheriff's Office
Brown
Brown
Brown
No
06/21/2026
