NY NY - Audrey Chin, 20, East Norwich, July 8, 1981

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New NAMUS addition:

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Missing Age - 20 Years
Legal First Name - Audrey
Legal Last Name - Chin
Biological Sex - Female
Height - 4' 0" - 4' 9" (48 - 57 Inches)
Weight - 90 - 100 lbs
Hair Color - Black
Head Hair Description - Long below shoulder length, part in middle
Eye Color - Brown
Eye Description - Glasses (near sighted)
Other distinctive physical characteristic - left side of nose freckle
Race / Ethnicity - Asian
Date of Last Contact - July 8, 1981
Location - East Norwich, New York 11732
Primary Residence on Tribal Land - Yes
Circumstances of Disappearance - MP left her residence, and her car was located abandoned in Nassau County never to have returned.
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Someone suggested this as a match on the Jane Does/Missing Facebook page but I can't understand how they wouldn't have ruled her out?? I know it happens often but this is the same county and the bones had obviously been there a long time. Not to mention it's only 6 miles from where she lived.

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jules39osu said:
Someone suggested this as a match on the Jane Does/Missing Facebook page but I can't understand how they wouldn't have ruled her out?? I know it happens often but this is the same county and the bones had obviously been there a long time. Not to mention it's only 6 miles from where she lived.

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The pig pendant could symbolize the year she was born in according to the Chinese zodiac. Does anyone know Audrey's birthday?
 
DD Byrd said:
She was 20 in 1981, Pig was for 1959. But it also represents wealth, good fortune, etc.
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Audrey was born on 1 June 1961. This rules out the Year of the Pig theory, as 1961 was the Year of the Ox. I know Audrey was born that day as Ancestry shows a record of an Audrey Chin living on 33 Ross Lane, where the missing Audrey lived.

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Now, what's confusing here is that this record is dated 1991, ten years after Audrey was last seen. My theory here is simple: Ancestry accidentally typed 1991 instead of 1981.
 
jules39osu said:
Someone suggested this as a match on the Jane Does/Missing Facebook page but I can't understand how they wouldn't have ruled her out?? I know it happens often but this is the same county and the bones had obviously been there a long time. Not to mention it's only 6 miles from where she lived.

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Unfortunately, I don’t think Suffolk or Nassau County are very dedicated to their cold cases. It’s also possible the remains found have no teeth or viable means of identification. I would submit though
 
Her NamUs page was updated today, and I believe vehicle info was what was added.

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1976 Chevrolet Nova (Chevy II and Concours)​

Style: Sedan
Color: Blue
State: New York
License Plate: 258fcl
Expiration Year: --
Comments: Vehicle was found in a parking lot at a diner located at old country road and south oyster bay road in Plainview w three flat tires

The fact that Audrey's car was found with three flat tires seems suspicious.
 
Audrey was added to The Charley Project

Audrey Chin​

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  • Missing Since 07/08/1981
  • Missing From East Norwich, New York
  • Classification Endangered Missing
  • Sex Female
  • Race Asian
  • Age 20 years old
  • Height and Weight 4'9, 95 pounds
  • Associated Vehicle(s) Tan 1976 Chevrolet Nova with a vinyl top and the New York license plate number 258FCL (accounted for)
  • Distinguishing Characteristics Asian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Chin is nearsighted and wears eyeglasses. She has a freckle on the left side of her nose. She is of Chinese descent.

Details of Disappearance​

Chin was last seen in East Norwich, New York on July 8, 1981. She left her her home in the 30 block of Ross Lane at 10:00 a.m. to go to the supermarket, and never returned. She has never been heard from again.
After her disappearance, her tan 1976 Chevrolet Nova with a vinyl top the New York license plate number 258FCL was found abandoned in the parking lot of a finer at Old Country Road and South Oyster Bay Road in Plainview, New York. Three of its tires were flat.
Chin's family never believed she left of her own accord, as she wasn't having any problems in her life. On the morning of her disappearance she called a veterinarian and made an appointment for her kitten to be seen that afternoon. She left several hundred dollars behind in her room.
The night before her disappearance, Chin fainted in the bathroom and struck the back of her head. She went to the hospital for an X-ray and medical check, and they couldn't find anything seriously wrong with her. Her mother theorized that her disappearance was a delayed reaction to the fall and head injury.
Chin was a night student at State Agricultural and Techincal College at Farmingdale at the time of her disappearance, and planned to transfer to the the State University of New York's Stony Brook campus for the autumn term of 1981. She had an American boyfriend, worked as a typist for a local firm, and dreamed of becoming a nurse. Her case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency​

  • Nassau County Police Department 516-573-8800

Source Information​

 
chaddylex said:
After her disappearance, her tan 1976 Chevrolet Nova with a vinyl top the New York license plate number 258FCL was found abandoned in the parking lot of a finer at Old Country Road and South Oyster Bay Road in Plainview, New York. Three of its tires were flat.
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Looking at the map, i think it's here. I don't know if Hicksville diner is the diner. Bethpage park is on the east and has a large wooded area, but there are other parks around.
 
Too bad they don't say why the tires were flat. Released valves versus slashed tires is probably known but perhaps not released. I suppose it's remotely possible she drove through an alley or something littered with nails etc. Or she regularly drove on them low and they went kaput. But it sounds more like intentionally flat for all 3 to go at once. In turn, that sounds more like revenge due to the expense (if they were slashed), rather than making the car effectively unusable, wherein just one flat would do. Especially in the middle of the day off an intersection.

What I can imagine is she pierced them in the throes of some episode from the head injury, perhaps paranoia that someone was following her. Or she looked unsteady, and a perpetrator in exactly the right place at the right time, let the air out and then 'appeared' to "help" her. I assume the boyfriend was checked out.

Seems like a mighty coincidence to have cracked her head the night before, and I wonder if the vet receptionist recalled if she sounded fairly normal. Although a brain bleed can go very bad very fast. Very unsettling case.
 
The stories from newspapers.com are dated July 21, and her car was still missing then. Be interesting to know when it was located.
 

Updated June 5, 2024

Audrey Chin​

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Details of Disappearance​

Chin was last seen in East Norwich, New York on July 8, 1981. She left her her home in the 30 block of Ross Lane at 10:00 a.m. to go to the supermarket, and never returned. She has never been heard from again.

After her disappearance, her tan 1976 Chevrolet Nova with a vinyl top the New York license plate number 258FCL was found abandoned in the parking lot of a diner at Old Country Road and South Oyster Bay Road in Plainview, New York. Multiple tires were flat, and there was some cigarette ash on the floorboard; Chin did not smoke.

Chin's family never believed she left of her own accord, as she wasn't having any problems in her life. On the morning of her disappearance she called a veterinarian and made an appointment for her kitten to be seen that afternoon. She left several hundred dollars behind in her room.

The night before her disappearance, Chin fainted in the bathroom and struck the back of her head. She went to the hospital for an X-ray and medical check, and they couldn't find anything seriously wrong with her. Her mother theorized that her disappearance was a delayed reaction to the fall and head injury.

Chin was a night student at State Agricultural and Techincal College at Farmingdale at the time of her disappearance, and planned to transfer to the the State University of New York's Stony Brook campus for the autumn term of 1981. She had an American boyfriend, worked as a typist for a local firm, and dreamed of becoming a nurse. Her case remains unsolved.
 
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