PA PA - Nellie Flickinger, 29, Erie, March 1979

lost sisters brother said:

Hello, Nellie Florence Cornman Flickinger is my sister. We still haven't found any good leads. My daughter was doing the searches because she better on the computer than I am.

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kat913 said:

So, here's a little late night rambling on a thread which has not seen some action in a few years....what if Nellie was the Jane Doe in Lorain County Ohio found March 9, 1981? Age would be appropriate (25-37)
Ht. 5'3
probable year of death '79-81
Spine deformities and elbow bone deformity (I believe if I interpreted correctly and could be due to a previous fracture)
Some limbs were not recovered (what if leg was taken from scene because plate was known to possibly be identified?)
She left Erie, PA to travel west to California or Arizona....Jane Doe found just about 2 hrs away (Take I-90 to I-480 (interchange which brings you to I-80) and then exit 2 is Lorain Rd and two lefts bring you to corner of Root Rd and Hawke Rd where she was found. Pretty easy to get back to I-80 and head west working your way to other interstates.
Since no one was really conversing on this thread, I figured I would check with NamUs (since there weren't any ruleouts mentioned) to see if the DNA sample from Jane Doe could be submitted and possibly checked with Nellie's. Maybe this has already been done but I was kinda on my own and alone in this thread!!

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• NamUs MP1737
• Nellie Florence Cornman Flickinger – The Charley Project

Nellie Florence Cornman Flickinger

Flickinger, circa 1979

Missing Since: March 1, 1979
Missing From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Classification: Missing
Sex: Female
Race: White
Date of Birth: June 13, 1949
Age: 30 years old
Height: 5’3”
Weight: 130 pounds
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Flickinger has numerous scars on her body from skin grafts. She was injured in a motorcycle accident in the mid-1960s and had to have screws and/or plates implanted into one of her legs as a result. One of her legs is smaller than the other. Flickinger may use the alias names Lindy Sue Henry, Nellie Henry and/or Sue Henry. She has a gap between her upper front teeth.

Details of Disappearance
Flickinger was last seen in Erie, Pennsylvania in approximately March 1979. She had previously gone missing and was found safe in Yuma, Arizona sometime afterwards; she had gone there to escape marital problems.

Flickinger returned from Yuma to the Erie area where she attempted to raise her two sons and three daughters. She had only been living in Erie for a short time when a boyfriend came and picked her up. She told her children and her mother she was going to California and would return once she had gotten her life together.

Flickinger's mother did not know the name of the man she left with, but he was Caucasian and may have been a member of the military. She has never been heard from again.

Flickinger lead a transient lifestyle at the time of her disappearance and had traveled across the western United States. Sometimes she took her children with her; other times she left them with relatives, but she always returned for them eventually.

Flickinger's children lived with her mother for a time, but were eventually adopted by other families. She was not reported missing until 2007; police had received to accept a report prior to this, because she is an adult and left Erie willingly. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance are unclear.

Investigating Agency
Erie Police Department 814-870-1260

folieadeuxnola said:

NAMUS Comparison Exclusions as of 5/25/20 (new exclusions in bold)
UP6259 - 04/22/1981
Lawrence, OH

UP6661 - 02/03/1991
Stafford, VA

UP6279 - 12/18/1996
Fairfax, VA

UP8419 - 01/16/2001
Isle of Wight, VA

UP6249 - 11/14/1980
Rockingham, VA

UP6629 - 02/03/1991
Frederick, VA

UP8579 - 01/25/1981
Hanover, VA

UP12683 - 06/06/2014
Newport News, VA

UP6796 - 11/18/1985
Alleghany, VA

UP6642 - 08/07/1986
Chesterfield, VA

UP1567 - 06/01/1987
Knox, TN

UP8493 - 12/06/1993
Fairfax, VA

UP4790 - 04/24/1981
Miami. OH

UP5166 - 06/20/1979
Perry, PA

UP8427 - 07/17/1982
Washoe, NV

UP2512 - 06/07/1979
San Bernardino, CA

UP6015 - 09/26/2009
Cattaraugus, NY

UP71 - 10/09/2001
Simpson, KY

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