IA IA - Kimberly Doss, 16, Davenport, 27 Sept 1982

[Mysteries1974]

The actual date is March 20, 1980

Kimberly Sue Doss

Left and Center: Kimberly circa, 1980 Right: Age Progressed to age 56 Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance Missing Since: March 20, 1980 Missing From: Davenport, Scott County, Iowa Classificat…

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Tried to do her some justice on my website for her. I’ve also sent the correct information to Meaghan Good who runs the Charley project and she will also make sure her case for Kimberly is fixed

 

[Shoopersleuth]

Found this newspaper article from 1984

Feb 18, 1984, page 3 - Quad-City Times at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

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Thank you for posting this, I will add it to her file. Yes Kimberly was dropped from the missing Children list when she turned 18 which was the Idaho Policy at the time. She was later put back on an remains on now.

Kimberly Sue Doss disappeared in March of 1980 from Davenport Iowa. She spoke to her mother by phone to say she was traveling from Davenport to Houston by bus with a one night stop over in Chicago on her scheduled route. She was 14 years old at that time. Law enforcement finally took an official report on September 1 1982 when she would have been 16 years old and still a child. She had not been seen or heard from for over 2 years by that point.

Any and all sightings of her as a prostitute in California by the name Kimberly Gardner have been proven false multiple times by Law Emforcement, they just won’t remove the incorrect information from NamUs. We have tried.

The last time there was any confirmed sighting of Kimberly alive was in March 1980. The last contact she had with family was March 24 1980 when she spoke to her mom. She was 14 years old.

 

[Mysteries1974]

Family Still Asks: Where’s Kim Sue Doss?

One of your neighbors posted in Neighbor News. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

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Kimberly Sue Doss – The Charley Project

Updated 6 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated June 5, 2024; date of disappearance corrected, two pictures added, details of disappearance updated.

Kimberly was living in Davenport, Iowa at the time of her March 1980 disappearance. She had moved to Houston, Texas with her mother several months earlier, but returned to Davenport because she missed her friends and boyfriend. She initially planned to live with her father, but instead stayed with her boyfriend and his family. She kept in regular touch with her mother in Texas.

Prior to her disappearance, Kimberly got into a fight with her boyfriend and left his home. She called him later and said she was in Ridgeview, Iowa with a friend she referred to only as Debbie. (None of her family or friends know of any friends she had by that name.) The last people to see her were two male friends in Davenport, whom she visited after leaving her boyfriend's home.

On March 20, Kimberly called her mother and said she was going back to Houston and had gotten a bus ticket to go. She mentioned meeting a girl on the bus in the Quad City area, named Kathy, who was from Chicago, Illinois, and Kimberly planned to spend the night in Chicago before going to Houston.

She never arrived in Houston and has never been heard from again. Her mother attempted to report her missing, but the Houston police refused to accept the report because Kimberly had disappeared in Iowa. She then contacted the Davenport police and tried to file a report, but they wouldn't take a report either because Kimberly's mother was in Texas.

It was not until September 1982, after Kimberly's mother moved to Davenport, that she was finally able to file a report for her daughter as a runaway with the Davenport Police Department. Many agencies give the date of Kimberly's disappearance as September 1, 1982 or September 27, 1982, but she'd gone missing two and a half years earlier.

Thursday's Child, a charitable organization that assists homeless or at-risk teenagers, claimed they made contact with Kimberly in 1983 when she was arrested for prostitution in California, and that she was using the name Kimberly Kathleen Gardner and didn't want anything to do with her family.

This woman was not, in fact, Kimberly; she was located in Minnesota in 1991 and admitted her actual name was Shannon Jones. All of the supposed sightings of Kimberly that had been reported after 1980 were actually Jones. In 2018, a DNA sample taken from Jones definitively proved she was not Kimberly Doss.

Due to this misidentification, Kimberly’s name was mistakenly removed from the National Crime Information Center several times. The Davenport police closed her case in February 1984, because she had turned eighteen and it was policy at the tmie to remove missing children who reached the age of 18 from the registry. Kimberly was re-listed as a missing child in 1999.

Kimberly's family does not believe she ran away from home, as they don't think she would have suddenly stopped contacting everyone she knew. They believe she may have met with foul play. Her disappearance remains unsolved.

 

[Shoopersleuth]

Kimberly Sue Doss

Part 1: Just A Teen

Try to think back to when you were a teenager, for some people the world was not so harsh. As teens the world was theirs and they felt they knew everything. It was the ultimate feeling. So it felt anyway. A parent's input was undoubtedly unwelcome, and being told no to something was astonishing to a teenager. Many of us can relate to those feelings. At just 14 years old, Kimberly was no different. We will get into all the circumstances regarding Kimberly’s disappearance, but first, l want you to get to know Kimberly.

Larry and Linda Doss welcomed their second daughter, Kimberly Sue Doss on February 2, 1966. Kimberly had a sister Schelly who was two years older than her. Their family lived in Davenport, Iowa along with extended family close by. Kimberly lived there until age 8 when her parents ended up divorcing. Larry remarried and remained in Davenport with his new wife and stepchildren. Linda moved to Louisiana with Schelly and Kimberly. Schelly’s favorite memories with Kimberly were living in Louisiana and often going to the local trampoline park and movies together. After their time in Louisiana, the family moved to Houston, Texas. Linda remarried, and they welcomed two stepsisters into their family. Kimberly was especially close with one of her stepsisters growing up, unfortunately, she passed many years ago now.

According to the family, Kimberly was a good child, she was extremely outgoing and never met a stranger. Schelly only remembers them getting disciplined occasionally if at all. Kimberly found her interest in boys as a young teen and going to parties with her friends. Since she sometimes went back to Davenport to see her family, she would always see a close guy friend, Dallas Murphy, who lived down the street from her grandparents. Eventually, Dallas became her boyfriend so living in Houston was undoubtedly difficult for a teenager to not be near her boyfriend.

At 14, Kimberly felt she knew what was best for her. Like most teens, she did not want to have rules or be told no. She did not get her way one day and told her mom she was returning to Davenport to stay with her dad. Kimberly missed being back in Davenport it seemed. Being a teenager away from your closest friends, other siblings, and childhood home would presumably be difficult for any teenager.

Kimberly, being a free spirit, returned to Davenport, and she had no intentions of living with her dad. Instead, she moved in with Dallas at his mom’s house where she typically stayed when back in Davenport. Thinking she knew best, Kimberly lived there for a few months before deciding she wanted to move back to Houston.

March 20th, 1980, Kimberly called her mom to tell her she wanted to take the bus and come home to Houston. That was the last time Linda has ever spoken to Kimberly…

In Part 2 of Kimberly Sue Doss, we will take you back to what led Kimberly to call her mom about going to Houston. With the help of Kimberly’s family and law enforcement, we will begin to clear up the misinformation circulating for the last 44 years.

If you have any information, no matter how big or small, regarding the disappearance of Kimberly Sue Doss, please contact the Davenport PD 563-326-7979. If you are not comfortable doing so, please email us instead at avoice4thelost@gmail.com and we will forward the information to the authorities.

Please join AVoice4TheLost and check back for part 2 of Kimberly Sue Doss…

Agency Case : 82-46115

The Doe Network : 503DFIA - Kimberly Sue Doss (doenetwork.org)

Kimberly Sue Doss – The Charley Project

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Family of Kimberly Sue Doss

Our partner on this feature and head advocate for Kimberly Sue Doss - Liana Wiechnik (VCCI Group)

Davenport Iowa PD

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[Shoopersleuth]

Kimberly Sue Doss’s Missing Person Date of last Contact has Finally been officially Corrected by Davenport Police Department and was updated in NamUs this Morning

 

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That's good news. Maybe she can be excluded as some unidentified remains that were not considered previously.

 

[Shoopersleuth]

There have been a lot of changes and updates to this case in the last week and Det Lauren Anderson with the Davenport Pilice Department has launched a fresh investigation. Kimberly’s information is being updated and corrected on official sites now.

Is it possible to start a new thread with the updated and correct information so we can leave the incorrect info and false information behind?

 

[Mysteries1974]

There have been a lot of changes and updates to this case in the last week and Det Lauren Anderson with the Davenport Pilice Department has launched a fresh investigation. Kimberly’s information is being updated and corrected on official sites now.

Is it possible to start a new thread with the updated and correct information so we can leave the incorrect info and false information behind?

the moderators can edit the title so that it correctly shows March 20th 1980 as her date of disappearance. This way nothing is lost. Idk who to take for that

 

[Shoopersleuth]

the moderators can edit the title so that it correctly shows March 20th 1980 as her date of disappearance. This way nothing is lost. Idk who to take for that

Thank you, I will see if I can find out. The problem is that almost everything that has been tossed around for the last 40 years is so messed up and so wrong that it is going to be a monumental task to get it all corrected. If I could get it fixed here or at least rebooted in a new thread it would help the dominos fall.

When we met with Det. Anderson, the plan was to gather a list of all the official sites and once all is set the correct information will go out to all of them at the same time.

But the facts are simple, after tracking down all of the false information, the actual facts as known are

Kimberley called her Mom from Daveport on 3/20/1980. She said she was going to come home to Houston and had a bus ticket that would route her through Chicago. Said she met a girl possibly named “Kathy” and asked if she could stay one night with her in Chicago. That was the last time she is know to have spoken with family or friends. She was last seen in Davenport on or about March 20/1980 in the company of Cecil Williams. That is the last time she was physically seen.
She has never been seen or heard from sonce

 

[Shoopersleuth]

Part 4 of Kimberly’s Story Takes us Back to Day 1 and the Investigation Starts again

Kimberly Sue Doss

Part 4: How YOU Can Help!

“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” ~ Laini Taylor

Undoubtedly, hope keeps the Doss Family going, even after all the mistakes made throughout the last 44 years of searching for Kimberly. The heartbreak endured, without hope, could have been highly detrimental, and in some ways, it was. For the Doss Family, the fight and hope have never stopped regardless. Schelly, Kimberly’s sister, has taken over the reins from their mother to continue fighting and searching for answers as to what happened to her sister back on March 20th, 1980.

Schelly now resides in Illinois, but she is not far from where she grew up in Davenport, Iowa. As one can presume, being the sister of a missing loved one, she needs all the hope possible. Schelly was 16 years old when Kimberly disappeared, and Kimberly was just 14 years old. Their lives were beginning. The sisters' lives should have been celebrating all of life's accomplishments together. Instead, life consists of Schelly fighting for answers regarding Kimberly's disappearance.

As previously mentioned in Part 3, there is a new Detective handling Kimberly’s case. Det. Lauren Anderson is from DPD, and these past few weeks since she has taken over, she has already given back glimmers of hope to Schelly and Kimberly’s loved ones. Det. Anderson did not dismiss the need to correct the errors in Kimberly's case. Unfortunately, these errors have hindered Kimberly’s investigation for 42 years since Linda, Kimberly’s mother, could finally file the report in Davenport. Det. Anderson listened to Schelly’s requests and immediately went to work to correct Kimberly's missing dates. Doing so now allows organizations to update their records with the correct information. The dates of Kimberly's disappearance have been an unnecessary battle that, unfortunately, Schelly and her family have been fighting to have corrected all these years.

The other request that needed immediate attention was the incorrect information that Kimberly used as an alias. Unfortunately, information that was incorrectly tied to Kimberly’s file was that Kimberly used the alias “Kimberly Kathleen Gardner.” Together with Det. Anderson, we want to clarify that Kimberly Sue Doss has NEVER used an alias. Her name should NEVER have had Gardner's name attached to it to begin with. Kimberly Kathleen Gardner is an alias for a woman who has willingly given her DNA to prove she is NOT Kimberly Sue Doss. This incorrect information has caused irreparable harm in the search for Kimberly. Det. Anderson has already taken the initiative and requested the alias's removal from all organizations and sites.

Fortunately, correcting the dates Kimberly went missing now allows DNA to be checked for a match between 1980 and 1982. Unsurprisingly, this is also an issue Schelly has worked tirelessly, alongside her mother, to change. Det. Anderson has informed Schelly that they are re-submitting Kimberly’s information to see if there is a match. Even after 44 years, this progress gives hope. Presumably, it is possible there may not be a match. However, this is a positive step in the right direction.

All involved are grateful for what Det. Anderson has accomplished and portrayed in such a short time for Schelly and the Doss Family. In advocating for families, there are glimmers of hope when new detectives take over, but not every family experiences the same outcome. We are hopeful that more detectives will be willing to listen, help, and correct what needs to change for the families of missing loved ones.

Social media has been extremely helpful in the missing person community. Flyers, information about missing people, designated groups, and pictures all circulate quickly and can help solve many cases, but only when people speak up. This is how you can help Schelly and the Doss Family…

If you see information circulating that still shows Kimberly’s dates as missing September 1, 1982, instead of March 1980, please report it. If you see information about Kimberly Sue Doss with an alias connected to her name, please report it for false information. Please join the Facebook group for Kimberly below which was created and run by Schelly, and family advocate Liana Wiechnik.

Together with Liana, we are working alongside Det. Anderson to correct all the misinformation on sites and organizations online. We ask that if you see something still incorrectly posted, please report it. These errors could ultimately hinder Kimberly’s investigation more than it already has. It is worth noting, that goes for any case. If you see information that has been deemed incorrect, please reach out to whoever has posted it and allow them to at least attempt to correct the issue. In many instances, they are unaware as they are sharing many cases.

We are grateful that Schelly has trusted AVoice4TheLost to share her voice. This allows the facts and real story to circulate and correct the misconceptions.

Please continue to share Kimberly’s story. Each share matters and could possibly reach the right person. It could possibly reach someone who may know more but did not know it was relevant. All these years someone may have overheard a conversation or possibly knows who “Kathy” is, the friend that Kimberly was allegedly going on the bus with to Illinois. Or a completely different situation occurred between Kimberly and the people she was hanging around with.

Kimberly needs her voice back, and this is only the beginning. Together with Schelly and Liana, we will continuously strive to give Kimberly her voice back. We look forward to updating you on Kimberly’s case as information becomes available, and we remain hopeful for answers.

If you have any information, no matter how big or small, regarding the disappearance of Kimberly Sue Doss, please contact the Davenport PD 563-326-7979. If you are not comfortable doing so, please email us instead at avoice4thelost@gmail.com, and we will forward the information to the authorities.

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Agency Case : 82-46115

The Doe Network : 503DFIA - Kimberly Sue Doss (doenetwork.org)

Missing Person Case (namus.gov)

Have you seen this child? Kimberly Sue Doss (missingkids.org)



Sources:

Family of Kimberly Sue Doss

Our partner on this feature and head advocate for Kimberly Sue Doss - Liana Wiechnik ~Freelance InterNet Detectives US (FIND US)

Davenport Iowa PD

FB Missing Kimberly Sue Doss: Still Missing, What Really Happened Log into Facebook

The Resource Center For Cold Case Missing Children’s Cases – Where are they? (rcccmcc.com