MN MN - Helen Ulvi, 59, St. Paul, 21 Oct 1978

[TheArtfulDetective]

Helen Ida May Ulvi



Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: October 21, 1978
Location Last Seen: St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Description:

• Date of Birth: September 7, 1919
• Age: 59 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Female
• Height: 5 ft 0 in
• Weight: 120 lbs
• Hair Color: Brown
• Eye Color: Hazel
• Nickname/Alias: Unknown
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Wears eyeglasses.
• Clothing & Personal Items: Unknown
• Identifiers: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Ulvi was last seen in St. Paul, Minnesota on October 21, 1978. She was living in a halfway house at the time near Selby Avenue and Dale Street. She was present for dinner that evening, but afterwards she left the home without taking her purse or any personal belongings. Her coat was also left behind despite it being unseasonably cold. Ulvi has never been heard from again and her whereabouts remain unknown.

Investigators:

• St. Paul Police Department: 651-266-5588
  Reference Case#: 13141051

NamUs Case Number: MP20440
NCIC Case Number: Unknown

Helen Ida May Ulvi – The Charley Project
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/administrative/documents/ulvihelen.pdf

 

[CastlesBurning]

A brief mention, but at least it keeps her case out there...

The missing: A look at long-term missing-persons cases from Ramsey, Dakota, Washington counties

Helen Ulvi, St. Paul​

Ulvi was 59 when she left a halfway house after dinner. It was an unseasonably cold night on Oct. 21, 1978, and Ulvi departed without a coat, purse or personal belongings. She never returned home.

 

[HopeRains]

Her Namus case file says October or November, as shown below.

"Helen lived in a halfway house in St. Paul, near Selby and Dale. She was present at the home for dinner. It was an unseasonably cold night in October or November of 1978. At some point after dinner, she left the home without a coat, purse, or any personal belongings, never to return. She has been missing ever since."

Map below - the actual intersection of Selby and Dale is roughly 10 blocks east of mappoint. The closest entry to the Mississippi is 12 blocks E/SE from that intersection, the furthest approximately 2-ish miles.

 

[elframo]

Helen has been missing 45 years now.