FL FL - Lillie Miller, 20, Riviera Beach, 11 Dec 1981

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Lillie Darlene Miller
Palm Beach County, Florida
20 year old black/african american female

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[TD="class: view_field"]67.0[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]125.0[/TD]

Black hair
Brown Eyes; prescription glasses

dark spot back of left leg

Clothing and accessories:
dark blue slacks, blue button down shirt, dark blue dres jacket.
Black high heels
Engagement ring, yellow gold color with small diamond solitaire. Brand name of ring is "Love Story" 1977 Twin Lake Class ring 1977, with initials of "L.D.M."engraved inside band, Pulsar Quartz watch, digital ladys bracelet style yellow gold color
glasses

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Vehicle comments	Recovered on Ave "J" just south of 29th street facing north bound

[TD="class: view_field"]Pontiac[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]Grand Prix[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]1979[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]Coupe[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]Beige[/TD]

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[TD="class: view_field"]SJU-375[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]Florida[/TD]

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https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/10907/

 

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[h=3]Details of Disappearance[/h]Miller left her secretarial job at the Riviera Beach City Hall in Riviera Beach, Florida on December 11, 1981 to have lunch with her fiance, Otis Morgan. Morgan stated that they ate at his apartment in the 4300 block of Greenwood Avenue in West Palm Beach, Florida. She never returned to work and has never been heard from again.

Morgan said he found Miller's beige or yellow 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix with the Florida license plate number SJU-375 unlocked and parked facing north in a field on Avenue J less than a block from the municipal complex, just south of 29th Street, later that same day. She had purchased the vehicle only the day before.

Morgan dropped out of sight in late January 1982, but later resurfaced, saying he'd left town to get away from the publicity caused by Miller's disappearance.

After his return he moved to a new apartment in the 1000 block of Eighth Street in West Palm Beach. He committed suicide at home on June 12, 1982, shooting himself in the chest; the date was supposed to have been his and Miller's wedding day. He was considered a suspect in her disappearance before his death.

Morgan had a history of violence towards women and, at the time of his death, he was also the prime and only suspect in the 1979 death of a 23-year-old woman in Houston, Texas. He'd been arrested and charged with her murder, but was released for lack of evidence. Caustic acid stains and bloodstains were found in his apartment after Miller vanished, but there was not enough blood to test.

Miller lived with her mother in the 1300 block of west 33rd Street in Rivera Beach at the time of her disappearance. She had previously worked for two years at Palm Beach Junior College; she quit her job because she didn't like the long commute, and took the one at City Hall only three weeks before she vanished.

She's described as a religious individual who attended the Peaceful Zion Baptist Church and taught Sunday school there. She had met Morgan through the church.

Foul play is suspected in Miller's case. Her family held a memorial service for her a year after her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved.

http://charleyproject.org/case/lillie-darlene-miller

 

[folieadeuxnola]

Cold Case: Family pleads for answers in disappearance of Riviera Beach woman

Their loved one has been missing for over 35 years, and what happened to her remains a mystery.
Three sisters are hoping for some sort of break in the case after their youngest sister from Riviera Beach went missing and never returned.

 

[Tuck]

Cold case mystery: The disappearance of Lillie Miller

 

[Gardener1850]

Cold case mystery: The disappearance of Lillie Miller

Quoting from the article:

"It has been 37 years since we've been waiting for her to return, and I won't give up," said sister Edie Kelson, of Lauderhill.

Kelson said she remembers the phone call the day Miller vanished.

"I answered the phone, and my sister said, 'Edie, we hate to tell you this, but Lillie went to work this morning and hasn't returned.' I almost lost it," Kelson said.

Now, more than three decades later, there is a new pair of detectives working the case and a brand-new image of what Miller might look like today thanks to an age-progression rendering. The case is still open.

It was Dec. 11, 1981, when Miller was working as a secretary for the city of Riviera Beach.

According to detectives, at about 12:15 p.m., Miller left the municipal building and drove to have lunch with her boyfriend, Otis Morgan.

Age progression picture in the video at link:

 

[theshadow45]

Lillie has been missing for 38 years today.

 

[spartanx]

cowardly the boyfriend committing suicide and leaving a destroyed family must be in hell ...
someday your truth will come out lillie

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Lillie’s birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Lillie’s birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Lillie has been missing for 41 years today.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

High school photo c. age 16

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Lillie’s birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Lillie has been missing for 42 years today.

 

[Aurora90]

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High school photo c. age 16

Does the yearbook happen to have a photo of that brand of ring? I’ve been looking for it everywhere.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Does the yearbook happen to have a photo of that brand of ring? I’ve been looking for it everywhere.

I don't recall offhand. I suppose if there was a photo anywhere, it would be in the yearbook.

 

[Aurora90]

I don't recall offhand. I suppose if there was a photo anywhere, it would be in the yearbook.

No worries. I just was curious as to what that ring might have looked like. In case I spot it on a Jane Doe somewhere.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Such a happy smile and the light in her eyes, just precious.

 

[theshadow45]

Today is Lillie’s birthday.