Identified! TX - Potter Co, WhtFem 55UFTX, 16-30, along hwy, Oct'83 - Bambi Dick

[pdick58262]

Thank You all for your kind words and thoughts of Bambi today and everyday. Yes knowing that maybe she is with some of those kind people who did so much for her after her death makes it just a little easier knowing she's there with them.People in Amarillo Texas are all Angel's. This morning Jan Duke the attorney general there went to Bambi's grave for us to place flowers for her for her 45th birthday. This has ment so much to us for we are so far away and are unable to do this ourselfs. When we first found out this Jane Doe was our Bambi her Mom and Dad made a tough decision not to disrupt her finally sleep. They chose to leave her there for they felt she had been with Amarillo longer then what time she was with them. They felt Amarillo had shown her so much love and kindness they felt she was in good hands down there. They were right. Everyone there has gone up and beyond helping. We are so grateful to all the people of Amarillo and pray the Good Lord watches over all of them for the kindness they have shown to someone they never even new. God Bless you all for your kind thoughts and prayers. Bambi will always be in our hearts and prayers. We appreciate knowing that others out there can feel our pain and want what we want. Justice for Bambi. Thank You all again very much. Love from Lorie and Paul

 

[rats]

http://crimewatchdaily.com/2016/06/...-from-across-country-murder-remains-unsolved/ A new article was posted -- I was so surprised to find this identification happened so many years ago. You wouldn't have guessed that from the article.

 

[Jake479]

RIP Bambi Lynn Dick

 

[JerseyGirl]

Bambi Lynn Dick, 17, of Davenport

Bambi Lynn Dick, 17, of Davenport, never returned home from a Quiet Riot concert on Sept. 28, 1983, at the Col Ballroom, Davenport.

In 2009, law enforcement officials in Amarillo, Texas, contacted police in Davenport and, some days later, a DNA test confirmed that Bambi Lynn Dick was the name of the young woman who had been found outside of Amarillo in 1983 and who the community had buried as Jane Doe.

The body of the Davenport West High School senior had been found by a biker 10 days after the concert, stuffed in a culvert. She had been strangled with a rope from behind. She was not sexually assaulted and did not have any drugs or alcohol in her system.

The connection in the case was made when Dick's brother posted a description of her on the North American Missing Persons Network in February 2009, and a woman called the Amarillo Special Crimes Unit with a possible match she saw on a blog on The Doe Network's Web site.

No one has ever been charged in the teen's death.

The Big Story: Some Q-C missing remain unfound, others discovered after a violent death

 

[SAMS]

Curious to know how the family is doing and if this case is still open with the Amarillo PD... RIP Bambi.

 

[Sneaker33]

Bumping. This young girl shares some similarities with the recently identified Walker County Jane Doe now identified as Sherri Ann Jarvis born March 1966 and found murdered in Texas on 11/1/1980. Both girls were from out of state and died by strangulation. Is it true there is a suspect (now deceased) believed to be responsible for Bambi's murder?

 

[Mysteries1974]

MURDER - Bambi Lynn Dick | Solve the Case

Bambi Lynn Dick, 17, disappeared from Davenport, Iowa on September 29, 1983. On October 8, her body was found along Highway 287, outside Amarillo, Texas. She had been strangled. She remained unidentified for over twenty-five years, until March 2009. Her murder remains unsolved.

www.solvethecase.org

Status:
Open
Date of Offense:
Saturday, Oct 08, 1983
Jurisdiction:
Davenport Police Department
Offense Location:
Davenport, Iowa

Summary:
Bambi Lynn Dick, 17, disappeared from Davenport, Iowa on September 29, 1983. On October 8, her body was found along Highway 287, outside Amarillo, Texas. She had been strangled. She remained unidentified for over twenty-five years, until March 2009. Her murder remains unsolved.

Vital Statistics

Height:
5'6"
Weight:
110-120 lbs
Sex:
Female
Race:
White
Hair Color:
Brown
Eye Color:
Hazel
Age at Offense:
17 Years
Additional Physical Description:
Dick has a third nipple under her right breast, double-pierced ears, a gap between her teeth and a burn mark on her arm. She wears contact lenses tinted blue

Circumstances of Offense:
Dick disappeared after attending a Quiet Riot and Axe concert at Davenport’s Col Auditorium. Police listed her as a runaway and her case was closed on January 4, 1984 when she reached 18 years of age. She was reported missing again in 2009 by her brother. After this, her family submitted DNA samples to law enforcement which matched an unidentified murder victim located in Amarillo, Texas just a week after her disappearance in 1983.

Case Last Updated:
Jul 22, 2024

 

[Mysteries1974]

I’ve been researching Bambi’s case on and off. I still have so many questions. However, I do not personally believe she intended to run away from home. I think she was going to Texas to visit her boyfriend. Maybe she hitchhiked out of Iowa and got a ride with truck drivers. Maybe she went to Texas with a friend who either knows what happened to her or feels a deep sense of regret for what ultimately happened to her. I do wonder if the possibility that her boyfriend traveled back to Iowa and picked her up has been looked into although i’m sure it has been.

Her “friends” that she attended the Quiet Riot and Axe concert with have also stuck out to me. There are many reasons for her friends not being forthcoming with information. Maybe they were aware of Bambi’s plans to travel to Texas and didn’t want to get her in trouble so they made up stories. Maybe she did runaway and they knew of it. I know a woman who ran away from her home in New Jersey in 1988. She had her friends tell the cops and her parents that they had no idea where she was (a total lie). She was found safe sometime later and admitted to running away with an older boyfriend. I could see Bambi’s friends doing the same thing if she wanted to run away or take a road trip.

I just hope that Bambi’s friends she was with and her boyfriend have been truthful since her identification in 2009.