KY KY - Almedia Carolyn Melcher, 43, Louisville, 1 Jan 1964

[chaddylex]

Newly added to NamUs

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Missing Person / NamUs #MP87281 Almedia Carolyn Melcher, Female, White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact January 1, 1964
Missing From Louisville, Kentucky
Missing Age43 Years
Current Age101 Years


Case Information

Demographics
Missing Age 43 Years
Current Age 101 Years
First Name Almedia
Middle Name Carolyn
Last Name Melcher
Nickname/Alias--

Sex Female
Height5' 8" (68 Inches)
Weight125 - 130 lbs
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact January 1, 1964
NamUs Case Created December 15, 2021
Last Known Location Map
Location Louisville, Kentucky
County Jefferson County
Missing From Tribal Land No
Primary Residence on Tribal Land--
Circumstances of Disappearance After her parents divorced, she was raised by her father. The last known contact with her was when she was in nursing school, possibly in 1963-1964. No one has had contact with her since. There was a rumor that she took off with a truck driver.
Physical Description
Hair Color Brown
Head Hair Description--
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye Color Unknown
Right Eye Color Unknown
Eye Description--

 

[chaddylex]

I did find on another site that her granddaughter was looking back for her in 2007.

This is what she posted.

I'm not sure if anyone here has any superb investigatory skills but this is an old one.  My Grandmother disappeared shortly after my mother graduated high school.  I can get the dates but this is what I do know.  She divorced my grandfather and married a gentleman with the last name of Melcher.  She was in and out of my mothers life all through highschool but always showed up for important dates.  After my mother graduated, she left and was never seen again.  My uncle, a police officer was able to track her to Florida but was never able to find her.  As you can imagine, this has left a huge hole in my mother's heart.  My mother is in her sixties and although we are well aware that my grandmother is most likely dead, we would like to know where she's buried so we can move her to where she belongs.  I have a few pictures of her I can post.  Due to her being born in 1922, I do not know if she ever had a social security number.  We do believe she had a license but are not sure from which state and with which name.  Her maiden name is Carolyn Almedia Flood, her married name was Floyd and later Melcher.  Please let me know if you have any ideas on how I can pursue this.

 

[Ghost_21]

So, her name is incorrect in NamUS?

 

[UncoolNegated]

I looked at this case. I am pretty sure like 95% sure she is Almedia Carolyn Flood as well. Flood married Vernon Melcher. They were both associated with Louisville, Kentucky. However, Almedia Carolyn Flood was born in 1922 whereas the NamUs profile is for a 43-year-old who disappeared in early 1964 so you'd expect a birthdate of 1920 or 1921. I'm thinking they are the same person but the details in this case are sketchy. You can search Ancestry for Almedia Carolyn Flood. There are pictures there and they look alike. I messaged someone on that site to authenticate them Also, Vernon Melcher and Almedia appeared to get a divorce in 1969. I am wondering if this was in absentia. If it was, then she clearly would have been a missing person at that time. If not, then her whereabouts would have been accounted for to finalize the divorce? This is a case where someone in the know really needs to iron out the facts. I don't trust what is written at NamUs that much for this case.

 

[StarrChance]

From Ancestry I could find

Name: Almeda C Flood
Date of Birth: 16 Aug 1922
Birth Place: Henry, Kentucky, USA
Mother's Name: Hallie Jarrett
Volume Number: 090
Certificate Number: 44981
Volume Year: 1922

Name: Miss Almeda Carolyn Flood
Gender: Female
Residence Date: Abt 1941
Residence Place: 1110 S. ' Preston Street
Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1941
Father: Sam Flood
Mother: Flood
Spouse: James B. Floyd
Siblings: Lucille Flood

Name: Mrs. Floyd
Gender: Female
Spouse: James B. Floyd
Child: Hallie Josephine Floyd

Name: Almedia C. Floyd
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Birth Date: abt 1922
Residence Place: 411 E. Ormsnv
Marriage Date: Abt 1951
Spouse: Forrest E. Lewis

Name: Almedla C Melcher
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1956
Residence Place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Vernon E Melcher
Publication Title: Louisville, Kentucky, City Directory, 1956

 

[Odyssey]

I just did a search on Vernon Melcher. The search results showed a Vernon K Melcher in the city directory for 1960. I clicked on it and the scanned image actually shows Vernon E Melcher at the same address where he and Almedia were listed in 1956. But in the 1960 one he is listed alone, no Almedia to be found.

 

[Bit of hope]

I found this picture on My Heritage

 

[Bit of hope]

I also found this; what seems to be the record of Vernon E. Melcher jr. If this is correct Almedia would have given birth to him when she was 14. When did she marry Vernon E. Melcher sr. ? Something seems to be off.

 

[StarrChance]

Couldn’t find that in Ancestry, but that Vernon is there with a wife

Vernon E. Melcher Jr. (1936-1981) - Find a Grave...

Vernon was the son of Vernon Melcher and Dorothy L. Schell. Vernon married Anita Edwards in Louisville, KY. They had four children: Christopher M. born 21 June 1962; John C. 17 April 1965; Daniel J. 29 July 1967; and Lisa M. 18 August 1969. Vernon's mother died young and he was raised by his...

www.findagrave.com

 

[Bit of hope]

This might be her.

• Titel publicatieDaily News
• Plaats van publicatieBowling Green, Warren County, KY, USA
• Datum 16 jul 1971

1115 Vine Street is in Bowling Green, KY

 

[StarrChance]

Also from Bowling Green KY 1971, Divorce

 

[Bit of hope]

Also from Bowling Green KY 1971, Divorce

View attachment 349130

So again another one?

It looks like the right Vernon Melcher is hard to find in the genealogy files, so is the connections between Almedia and Vernon E. Melcher. There seems to be a lot of mistakes/wrong info. It's very confusing. Someone upthread posted this, NamUs #MP87281 - Newspapers.com this seems to be correct. I couldn't find a marriage nor a divorce in the genealogy files.

Maybe this is the right one. Almedia is not mentioned, only the first? marriage and the last relationship. There is a typo in the first part of the text. This man died in 1976 and not in 1970.

Vernon Edward Melcher Sr. (1911-1976) - Find a...

The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), Monday, April 12, 1970; Page 33. VERNON E. MELCHER SR., 64, of 3016 Wurtele Ave., died at 3:15 p.m. Saturday at SS Mary & Elizabeth Hospital. He was a retired plumber, a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of the Robert E. Newman Chapter of the...

nl.findagrave.com

 

[Emilie D]

This is my grandmother. Both the mydeathspace post and Namus report were made by me. The biggest issue we have is that no one but my mother, her cousin, and sister are still alive. The dates are guesses based on other things that happened around the same time. An original missing persons report was made at the time but when I contacted LMPD I was told there was a flood in the 60’s that ruined a ton of documents. They believe her case was amongst them. Let me know if I can provide any clarification.

Emilie

 

[djc351]

As of today, Kentucky has approximately 310 missing persons cases, some of which are literally decades old such as Almedia's case.

The Kentucky State Police has removed the missing persons cases from their website, or at least had the last time I checked which was last year. And a lot of the missing persons cases, such as Almedia's, have grown cold and have been forgotten.
So a few days ago I decided to bring some of these old cases back to the forefront, in hopes of bringing a resolution to the families. I am creating flyers for each case and sharing them on social media.

I have a Facebook group called "Eastern Kentucky Cold Cases" and I'm the moderator for the Facebook Group "Missing People & Cold Cases In Kentucky". I have just shared this case on the later group.

Hopefully with all of us working together, we can bring some closure to this case and others.

 

[Emilie D]

As of today, Kentucky has approximately 310 missing persons cases, some of which are literally decades old such as Almedia's case.

The Kentucky State Police has removed the missing persons cases from their website, or at least had the last time I checked which was last year. And a lot of the missing persons cases, such as Almedia's, have grown cold and have been forgotten.
So a few days ago I decided to bring some of these old cases back to the forefront, in hopes of bringing a resolution to the families. I am creating flyers for each case and sharing them on social media.

I have a Facebook group called "Eastern Kentucky Cold Cases" and I'm the moderator for the Facebook Group "Missing People & Cold Cases In Kentucky". I have just shared this case on the later group.

Hopefully with all of us working together, we can bring some closure to this case and others.

Thank you so much for this.

 

[?!?]

This is my grandmother. Both the mydeathspace post and Namus report were made by me. The biggest issue we have is that no one but my mother, her cousin, and sister are still alive. The dates are guesses based on other things that happened around the same time. An original missing persons report was made at the time but when I contacted LMPD I was told there was a flood in the 60’s that ruined a ton of documents. They believe her case was amongst them. Let me know if I can provide any clarification.

Emilie

Findagrave (post #12) says he was a Navy veteran: have you checked his service records? No telling what you might find....

 

[?!?]

Almedia Carolyn Flood, daughter of Samuel Oldham Flood

Visit the post for more.

www.floodfamily.org

 

[Bit of hope]

 My uncle, a police officer was able to track her to Florida but was never able to find her.

This was a message from her granddaughter from a while back @chaddylex found and posted. Maybe we should look out for her in Florida. I wonder in what year this search was conducted. The message was from 2007.

 

[Emilie D]

Findagrave (post #12) says he was a Navy veteran: have you checked his service records? No telling what you might find....

I’m not sure what you are referring to. If it’s Vernon Melcher, my grandmother and he divorced prior to her disappearance. She is not the wife that is buried with him. She literally dropped off the face of the planet. The investigator in charge tried to do a search for a license or ID for her nation wide post 1963 and couldn’t find anything

 

[?!?]

I’m not sure what you are referring to. If it’s Vernon Melcher, my grandmother and he divorced prior to her disappearance. She is not the wife that is buried with him. She literally dropped off the face of the planet. The investigator in charge tried to do a search for a license or ID for her nation wide post 1963 and couldn’t find anything

My comment was to point out there is POSSIBLY a lot of info in his military records -- and given the apparent uncertainty about dates, etc. (general lack of reliable data) those military records might fill in some of the unknown. I am not all that familiar with what the Navy records for that time would include, but it is possible they would include SSNs for him and any spouses, or beneficiaries/next-of-kin (especially if he was [partially] disabled or got any 'benefit'), addresses, or other clues to substantiate or disprove any existing 'questionable' data. Also note that correspondence can continue well after his service days; possible the divorce generated some useful data (with the Navy). Can also give names of service buddies/unit members, for more leads.

I know it's a lot of digging, but service records CAN be a 'gold-mine' (personal experience)....and, like gold mines, there are no guarantees!