List of people who disappeared mysteriously: post-1970
1980s

List of people who disappeared mysteriously: post-1970

Section Title: 1980s
Table Section Text: None

Date	Person(s)	Age	Circumstances

April 1980	Louise Faulkner	43 (82 as of 2019)	Louise Faulkner and Charmian Faulkner, a mother and daughter, went missing in April 1980 after Louise told a friend she was visiting her boyfriend in Gippsland.

Charmian Faulkner	2 (41 as of 2019)

26 April 1980	Laureen Rahn	14 (53 as of 2019)	Fourteen-year-old Rahn disappeared from her apartment in Manchester, New Hampshire after spending an evening with two friends on 26 April 1980.

17 June 1980	Peng Jiamu	55 (94 as of 2019)	The Chinese biologist Peng Jiamu, who led an expedition to Lop Nur, disappeared on 17 June 1980 after leaving a note saying he had gone to find water.

5 August 1980	Alan Addis	19 (58 as of 2019)	The Royal Marine Alan Addis went missing on East Falkland 5 August 1980. His small unit was on a patrol to North Arm in Lafonia on East Falkland.

October 1980	Angus Primrose	53 (92 as of 2019)	The designer and naval architect Angus Primrose went missing at sea during October 1980 and is presumed to have drowned.

6 October 1980	Thomas A. Mutch	49 (88 as of 2019)	The American geologist and planetary scientist disappeared on 6 October during a descent from Mount Nun in the Kashmir Himalayas and is believed dead.

9 December 1980	Alaíde Foppa	64 (103 as of 2019)	Alaíde Foppa disappeared while in Guatemala on 9 December 1980 and is believed to have been murdered.

28 November 1981	Katrice Lee	2 (40 as of 2019)	Katrice Lee was a British girl who disappeared from a NAAFI shopping complex in Schloß Neuhaus, Paderborn, West Germany, on 28 November 1981, her second birthday.

9 January 1982	Lynette Dawson	33 (71 as of 2019)	Lynette Dawson was the wife of Chris Dawson, teacher and rugby league player. She disappeared on 9 January 1982 and has not been seen since.

31 January 1982	Kathleen McCormack Durst	29 (66 as of 2019)	The medical student Kathleen McCormack Durst disappeared on 31 January 1982 after leaving the Connecticut house of a friend to return to the South Salem, New York, residence that she shared with her husband.

5 July 1982	Ahmad Motevaselian	29 (66 as of 2019)	The Iranian military attache Ahmad Motevaselian was one of the four Iranian diplomats (with Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Kazem Akhavan, and Taghi Rastegar Moghadam) who disappeared in Lebanon in 1982.

5 September 1982	Johnny Gosch	12 (49 as of 2019)	Johnny Gosch was reported missing to the West Des Moines Police Department by his parents after he disappeared on 5 September 1982 while delivering newspapers.

3 November 1982	Tony Jones	20 (57 as of 2019)	Tony Jones disappeared while backpacking in North Queensland, Australia, on 3 November 1982 and is believed to have been murdered.

13 February 1983	Upali Wijewardene	44 (80 as of 2019)	The Sri Lankan business magnate Upali Wijewardene's private Lear jet disappeared en route to Colombo on 13 February 1983. An extensive search operation by air and naval units failed to locate any evidence of a crash, his plane disappeared without a trace, and he is believed to be dead.

17 March 1983	Ludovic Janvier	6 (42 as of 2019)	Ludovic Janvier disappeared from Grenoble, France on 17 March 1983 and is believed to have been abducted by an unidentified white man along with his brothers.

7 May 1983	Mirella Gregori	15 (51 as of 2019)	Mirella Gregori, a girl who disappeared from Rome, Italy on 7 May 1983, and has not been seen since.

1 June 1983	Ann Gotlib	12 (48 as of 2019)	Russian immigrant Ann Gotlib disappeared from the premises of a Louisville, Kentucky mall on 1 June 1983. The police later found her bike but her abductor has remained a mystery.

22 June 1983	Emanuela Orlandi	15 (51 as of 2019)	Emanuela Orlandi, who was a citizen of Vatican City, disappeared on 22 June 1983 from Rome, Italy and has not been seen since.

25 June 1983	Nyleen Kay Marshall	4 (40 as of 2019)	On 25 June 1983 in the Helena National Forest in Montana, four-year-old Nyleen Marshall disappeared from a large family picnic. Some children she was playing with claimed to have seen her talking to an unknown man in a jogging suit.

6 July 1983	Tammy Lynn Leppert	18 (54 as of 2019)	Model and actress Tammy Lynn Leppert disappeared on 6 July 1983 without a trace after leaving her Rockledge, Florida family home.

1 September 1983	Kirsa Jensen	14 (50 as of 2019)	Kirsa Jensen disappeared on 1 September 1983 while riding her horse at a beach near Napier, New Zealand.

2 September 1983	George Cogar	51 (87 as of 2019)	The American computer scientist was last seen on 2 September 1983 aboard a private plane, a Britten-Norman Islander, together with six other people to go on a hunting trip.

13 February 1984	Naomi Uemura	43 (78 as of 2019)	Naomi Uemura, a Japanese adventurer who was particularly well known for doing alone what had previously been achieved only with large teams, disappeared on 13 February 1984 while descending Mount Denali after a solo climb.

1984	Ronald Jorgensen	Unknown	Ronald Jorgensen, a New Zealand criminal on parole after completing a prison sentence, vanished in mysterious circumstances in 1984 after his car was found wrecked at the bottom of a cliff.

1985	Boris Weisfeiler	43 (77 as of 2019)	U.S. mathematician Boris Weisfeiler disappeared in the Biobío Region of Chile during a solo hiking trip in 1985.

22 February 1985	Cherrie Mahan	8 (42 as of 2019)	Cherrie Mahan last seen getting off her school bus a short distance from her house in Cabot, Pennsylvania on 22 February 1985.

31 March 1985	Vladimir Alexandrov	Vladimir Alexandrov, a Soviet physicist, disappeared on 31 March 1985 while attending a nuclear winter conference in Madrid.

6 July 1985	Andrew Fluegelman	41 (75 as of 2019)	Andrew Fluegelman, a publisher, photographer, programmer, and attorney, disappeared on 6 July 1985 is believed to have committed suicide after his car was found abandoned at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge near San Francisco.

6 July 1985	Diane Suzuki	19 (53 as of 2019)	Diane Suzuki was last seen on the evening of 6 July 1985 after leaving the Honolulu dance studio where she worked as an instructor.

15 October 1985	Cotah Ramaswami	89 (123 as of 2019)	Cotah Ramaswami, an Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1936, walked out of his home in Chennai, India on 15 October 1985.

1 February 1986	Madame Max Adolphe	60 (93 as of 2019)	Madame Max Adolphe, who was the right hand woman of former Haitian president François Duvalier, was held prisoner in an army barracks next to the national palace in Haiti following Duvalier's overthrow and left the country in February 1986.

6 April 1986	Anthonette Cayedito	9 (42 as of 2019)	American girl Anthonette Cayedito disappeared from her home in Gallup, New Mexico in the early morning hours of 6 April 1986.

21 July 1986	Agustín Feced	65 (98 as of 2019)	Agustín Feced, a Argentinian police official believed responsible for many tortures and extrajudicial executions during the country's Dirty War, was stated to have died in prison on 21 July 1986 while facing charges related to those activities.

28 July 1986	Suzy Lamplugh	25 (58 as of 2019)	British estate agent Suzy Lamplugh disappeared from Fulham, West London, on 28 July 1986. In 1994, she was declared dead and presumed murdered.

14 August 1986	Jeremy Bright	14 (47 as of 2019)	Jeremy Bright disappeared on 14 August 1986 while attending the county fair in Myrtle Point, Oregon with his sister. The following day his mother found his wallet, watch and keys in his stepfather's house nearby where he had been staying.

23 October 1986	Philip Cairns	13 (46 as of 2019)	Irish schoolboy Philip Cairns disappeared 23 October 1986 on his way back to school in Dublin after going home for lunch.

12 December 1986	Simon Parkes	18 (51 as of 2019)	Leading seaman Simon Parkes, in the Royal Navy, went missing when the ship he was serving aboard was docked in Gibraltar.

15 April 1987	Federico Caffè	73 (105 as of 2019)	Italian economist Federico Caffè left his home in Rome at dawn on 15 April 1987, shortly after quitting university teaching, and disappeared.

16 September 1987	Julie Weflen	28 (60 as of 2019)	Julie Weflen, an operator for the Bonneville Power Administration in Spokane, Washington, disappeared on 16 September 1987. Weflen was working at the Four Mounds sub-station in Spokane County.

20 March 1988	Susan Smalley	18 (49 as of 2019)	Susan Smalley and Stacie Madison disappeared on the morning of 20 March 1988. Police know the girls were at Smalley's house by midnight but they later left.

Stacie Madison	17 (48 as of 2019)

16 October 1988	Ron Arad	30 (61 as of 2019)	Ron Arad, an Israeli jet-fighter navigator, was captured on 16 October 1986 by Amal Shi'ite forces in southern Lebanon after ejecting from his damaged F-4 Phantom II while on a bombing mission.

26 May 1988	Antonio Bardellino	43 (74 as of 2019)	Antonio Bardellino, a powerful Neapolitan Camorrista and boss of the Casalesi clan, was said to have been murdered on 26 May 1988 by his right-hand man Mario Iovine.

13 June 1988	Amber Swartz–Garcia	7 (38 as of 2019)	Amber Swartz–Garcia was kidnapped on 3 June 1988 in Pinole, California while she had been playing jump rope in her front yard.

10 September 1988	Lee Boxell	15 (46 as of 2019)	Lee Boxell disappeared near his home in Cheam, Surrey on 10 September 1988 on his way to a football match at Selhurst Park and has not been seen since.

20 September 1988	Tara Calico	19 (50 as of 2019)	Tara Calico disappeared near her home in Belen, New Mexico on 20 September 1988. A Polaroid photo of a boy and girl, bound and gagged, surfaced on 15 June 1989 in Port St.

19 November 1988	Michaela Garecht	9 (40 as of 2019)	Michaela Garecht was abducted by an unidentified white male at a grocery store in Hayward, California on 19 November 1988.

9 February 1989	Tiffany Sessions	20 (50 as of 2019)	Tiffany Sessions left her apartment in Gainesville, Florida and went out for an evening walk on 9 February 1989, but never returned.

20 April 1989	Patricia Meehan	37 (69 as of 2019)	Patricia Meehan disappeared in Circle, Montana following a car accident on 20 April 1989.

May 1989	Charles Horvath-Allan	20 (50 as of 2019)	Charles Horvath-Allan disappeared in May 1989 from a campsite in Kelowna, British Columbia in Canada. Horvath-Allan, a Canadian born British national, was hiking across Canada and had plans to meet up with his mother and step-father in Hong Kong by August 1989, but never made it.

June 1989	Reino Gikman	59 (89 as of 2019)	Reino Gikman disappeared in June 1989 in Vienna, Austria and has not been seen since.

27 October 1989	Melanie Melanson	14 (44 as of 2019)	Melanie Melanson went missing at a party near a Woburn, Massachusetts industrial park on 27 October 1989 and has not been seen since.

November 1989	Alois Brunner	77 (107 as of 2019)	Alois Brunner, an Austrian Schutzstaffel officer, was last seen in November 1989 and is said to have died in a Syria basement in 2001.

Sentence(s)

Jeremy Bright (disappeared August 14, 1986) disappeared under mysterious circumstances while attending the Coos County Fair in Myrtle Point, Oregon.

final_sentence: Jeremy Bright (disappeared August 14, 1986) disappeared under mysterious circumstances while attending the Coos County Fair in Myrtle Point, Oregon.