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Missing Persons on August 1

1,018 open cases in our database happened on August 1. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Missing Persons (295)

Pamela Kay Masten - Sacramento, California
Missing

Pamela Kay Masten

Female, age 16 · Sacramento, California
Last seen Aug 1, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the summer of 1972, sixteen-year-old Pamela Kay Masten was last seen in Sacramento, California. A student at Washington High School in West Sacramento, Pamela's presence is memorialized in the school's 1972-1973 yearbook, confirming she was alive at least…

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Virginia Burton - Grantville, Georgia
Missing

Virginia Burton

Female, age 27 · Grantville, Georgia
Last seen Aug 1, 1967 · 59 years ago

In the late summer of 1967, a young woman named Virginia Grier Burton, just 27 years old, was living her life in Grantville, Georgia. She was a Black female, described as being five feet two inches tall and weighing around 130 pounds. A noticeable scar or…

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William Parsons Jr. - Anchorage, Alaska
Missing

William Parsons Jr.

Male, age 29 · Anchorage, Alaska
Last seen Aug 1, 1965 · 61 years ago

William Joseph Parsons Jr. was a young man living in Anchorage, Alaska, when he disappeared during the summer of 1965. Case information records his last known contact as August 1, 1965, when Parsons, a male in his late twenties, was last seen at his residence…

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Robert Desmond - Kennebunk, Maine
Missing

Robert Desmond

Male, age 10 · Kennebunk, Maine
Last seen Aug 1, 1964 · 62 years ago

On a summer day in August of 1964, a young boy named Robert "Bobby" Leon Desmond vanished from Kennebunk, Maine. Just 10 years old at the time, Robert was living with his mother, Alice, and stepfather, Chet, on Hovey Street. The last confirmed sighting of him…

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Ruth Egnoski - Delavan, Wisconsin
Missing

Ruth Egnoski

Female, age 18 · Delavan, Wisconsin
Last seen Aug 1, 1964 · 62 years ago

Ruth Egnoski, an 18-year-old woman from Delavan, Wisconsin, was reported missing on August 1, 1964. Her sudden disappearance raised alarm among family and friends, who described her as a spirited and dedicated young woman with strong ties to her community.…

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Grace Zoeller - Phoenix, Arizona
Missing

Grace Zoeller

Female, age 28 · Phoenix, Arizona
Last seen Aug 1, 1960 · 66 years ago

In the summer of 1960, a 28-year-old mother of nine named Grace Loretta Zoeller vanished from her life in Phoenix, Arizona. She was last seen around August of that year in the vicinity of North 43rd Avenue and West Flower Street. At the time of her…

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Edna Kaminski - Maspeth, New York
Missing

Edna Kaminski

Female, age 23 · Maspeth, New York
Last seen Aug 1, 1944 · 82 years ago

In the summer of 1944, amidst the backdrop of a world at war, 23-year-old Edna Anne Kaminski was living in Maspeth, a neighborhood in Queens, New York. She shared a home with her husband, John, and their young family, which included a 20-month-old daughter…

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