NJ NJ - Lorraine Rea Herbster, 17, Westampton Twnshp, 9 Mar 1979

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Lorraine Rea Herbster – The Charley Project

 

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Missing Person / NamUs #MP4585

View NamUs missing person case MP4585 for Lorraine Rea Herbster missing from Westampton Township, New Jersey. Date of last contact: Mar 09, 1979. NCMEC case number: 1158939.

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Lorraine Rea Herbster, Female, White / Caucasian

MISSING
Date of Last Contact
March 9, 1979
Missing From
Westampton Township, New Jersey
Missing Age
17 Years
Current Age
62 Years

Case Numbers​

NCMEC Number​

1158939​

Demographics​

Missing Age​

17 Years​

Current Age​

62 Years​

Lorraine​

Middle Name​

Rea​

Last Name​

Herbster​

Nickname/Alias​

Lori​

Sex​

Female​

Race / Ethnicity​

White / Caucasian​

Height​

5'-4" - (64 - inches)​

Weight​

125 - lbs​

Lorraine was last seen on March 9, 1979. She was wearing a white coat sweater with a hoodie, a 6 inch long brown or beige design, and a belt tied in the back; a blouse; blue jeans; knee-high socks and brown hiking boots. She was also known to be wearing a diamond or brown quartz cats eye ring and a thin gold chain necklace. Lorraine was carrying a reddish-brown suede shoulder bag with a zipper on the top. Her nickname is Lori.​

Hair Color​

Brown​

Head Hair Description​

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Body Hair Description​

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Facial Hair Description​

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Left Eye Color​

Green​

Right Eye Color​

Green​

Eye Description​

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Piercing​

pierced ears but unknown what earrings she may have been wearing​

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Accessories​

reddish-brown suede shoulder bag, large, with zipper across the top​

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Clothing​

Blue jeans, blouse, white coat sweater with 6" brown/beige design, with a belt tied in the back and a hood folded over the back, knee socks​

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Footwear​

brown hiking boots, part suede, part leather, with ripple soles, size 8 1/2​

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Jewelry​

gold thin chain necklace, diamond/brown quartz cat's eye ring, unknown earrings but has pierced ears''​

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Lorraine Rea Herbster – The Charley Project

Lorraine Rea Herbster​

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Lorraine, circa 1979

• Missing Since03/09/1979
• Missing FromWestampton Township, New Jersey
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• SexFemale
• RaceWhite
• Date of Birth01/16/1962 (62)
• Age17 years old
• Height and Weight5'4, 125 pounds
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian female. Brown hair, green eyes. Lorraine's nickname is Lori. Her ears are pierced.

Details of Disappearance​

Lorraine left her new job at Microcircuit Corp. at 4:00 p.m. on March 9, 1979. She was a lab technician and had been working there for only a week. A co-worker dropped her off at the corner of Beverly-Rancocas Road and Holly Lane in Westampton Township, New Jersey, less than a mile from her home in the 10 block of Whitlow Drive in Mount Holly, New Jersey, so she could walk the rest of the way.

Lorraine's mother had offered to drive her to the bank to cash her paycheck after she arrived home. She was last seen at 5:15 p.m. while en route to her house. She apparently never arrived there, but her purse was found in the front yard. Her car was also at home; she wasn't driving it as she didn't have her license yet.

Lorraine dropped out of Burlington County Vocational and Technical School in her junior year. She had been engaged to be married, but she broke up with her fiance at Christmas in 1978. She liked her job and she was looking forward to getting her driver's license.

Investigators don't believe she left of her own accord, since she left all her belongings behind at home, including her paycheck. On the day of her disappearance, her mother was supposed to take her to the bank so she could open her own bank account.

Investigators interviewed Lorraine's family members, friends and ex-boyfriends, but all of them were cleared from suspicion and the authorities couldn't determine any reason why someone would want to harm her. After her disappearance there were persistent rumors that she was murdered and her body dumped at a local construction site. Police were never able to substantiate the stories, however.

They have a person of interest in her disappearance, but this individual has never been charged due to lack of evidence. Lorraine's case remains unsolved. Her family now lives in Alabama.