DE DE - Donna Urban, 23, Wilmington, 7 Feb 1983

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[h=1]Donna Lee Urban[/h]
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Urban, circa 1983



  • Missing Since 02/07/1983
  • Missing From Wilmington, Delaware
  • Classification Lost/Injured Missing
  • Date of Birth 04/11/1959 (58)
  • Age 23 years old
  • Height and Weight 5'2, 112 pounds
  • Clothing/Jewelry Description A light-colored ski jacket.
  • Medical Conditions Urban was clinically depressed at the time of her disappearance. She has made two suicide attempts in the past.
  • Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Urban is left-handed.


[h=3]Details of Disappearance[/h] Urban was last seen in Wilmington, Delaware on February 7, 1983. At approximately 10:00 p.m., she stopped her car in the far right northbound lane on the Delaware Memorial Bridge, got out and jumped off the bridge into the Delaware River. She has never been heard from again and a search of the river turned up no sign of her, but she is presumed deceased.


http://charleyproject.org/case/donna-lee-urban

On February 7, 1983 at approx. 10:00pm Donna Urban, supposedly wearing a light-colored coat, stopped her car at the center of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in the extreme right northbound lane (lane #1 L.S. #b-123), got out of her car and jumped off the bridge into the Delaware River below. Officers at the scene called for search and rescue units, which arrived shortly afterwards. They continued the search throughout the night, but had negative results. Officers then searched Ms. Urban’s car for evidence of suicide, but the search also had negative results. Past medical records state that Ms. Urban was clinically depressed and noted two previous failed attempts to end her life.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/5607/
 
I hope Donna can some day be found.

I had to do a double take when I saw Donna’s photo of her in uniform.
 
The DE Memorial Bridge spans from Delaware to New Jersey..I have traveled over that scary bridge many times. The Delaware River runs through Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Donna's body might be a UID from one of these states. Feb 7, 1983 was a Monday..temp was mid 30s ..I'm not sure about how wind and water temperature would carry a body. Sad case knowing Donna had attempted suicide twice prior.
 
Searched through some UIDs in neighboring states to Delaware that share waterways, NY/NJ..no matches IMO.
Possibility she survived..or maybe never jumped but ran off?
Sad case :(
 
Also searched Maryland and Pennsylvania UID pics today...nor sure where Donna can be.
Feb of 83 brought snow, wind, rain, and cold temps to Delaware. Not sure how currents would carry a body through the Delaware River. Maybe her body or clothing got stuck on debris and never surfaced ?
 
Donna was wearing a ski jacket. There are many tankers that go up and down the Delaware River. Maybe her jacket got hung up on one of these boats and her body was carried for quite some distance.
 

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