MO MO - Cathy Smith, 25, Kansas City, July 1981

[Gardener1850]

Cathy Anne Smith
Nickname/Alias Kathy Anne Smith, Kathy Anne Parker, Cathy Anne Parker
Jackson County, Missouri
25 to 30 year old white female

Height (inches)	70.0 to 75.0
Weight (pounds)	160.0 to 180.0

Hair: Brown; When she went missing she had below shoulder length hair.
Eyes: Blue

Cathy went missing while en route to Harrison, Georgia. She worked for the Frisco RR. It has since been purchased by Burlington RR.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/23402/

Cathy Anne Smith

Cathy Lynn Smith
Circumstances
Ms. Smith was supposed to move back to Georgia from Kansas City, but she never arrived.
Physical Description
Sex: Female
Race: White
Date of Birth/Age at time of disappearance: November 8, 1954 / 25
Height/Weight: 5 feet 10 inches / 160 pounds
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue


http://kcmo.gov/police/missing-persons/cathy-anne-smith-missing/

 

[Coffee56]

Cathy Ann Smith – The Charley Project

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

These cases with little details are so frustrating. She was "supposed" to move back to Georgia. Who says? Who did she mention that to, assuming she really did? Is there a source of where this claim originated as there appears to be no interviews of anyone affiliated with her. Was it family? A friend? Boyfriend? Coworker from the railroad? What brought her to KC if she was from Georgia? Her job? Did she have family in KC? Who was she living with? Was she a transient? And who filed the missing persons report?

When she allegedly left, did she drive? Did she hitchhike? She didn't have a single person who could take her to a bus station? As it was noted she worked for the railroad, was there a route via train she would have tried to take? How long did she work for the railroad? Why was she leaving? Her place of employment couldn't provide these details? Too many questions and no investigation to back it up.

 

[SHSASUsleuth23]

Too many questions and no answers! These are the worst cases. Plus that's A LOT of distance and terrain between KC and Georgia.

 

[Caring1]

6 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[cheemsg]

The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia - Newspapers.com - her mother died in 1966 when she was about 12.

Springfield Leader and Press from Springfield, Missouri - Newspapers.com - in 1977, she was arrested for stealing a coat.

Mexico Ledger from Mexico, Missouri - Newspapers.com - there's a few articles about Cathy Ann Smith divorcing Rodger Dale Smith in 1972. She would have been 18 at the time, quite young to divorce but this is the 70s. Rodger himself was 20, so this makes sense. A daughter named Amy Beth was born in 1970 to them.
I'm not 100% sure this is her since it seems like Smith is her family name. Unless they both happened to have the last name Smith.

There are a few articles about her playing sports in High School in Georgia

 

[Pennysmom1]

Cathy Anne Smith

www.kcpd.org

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/mpphotos/A1001001A23B27B45030D562381.pdf

Cathy Ann Smith – The Charley Project

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Smith, circa 1980

• Missing Since 07/01/1980
• Missing From Kansas City, Missouri
• Classification Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 11/08/1954 (69)
• Age 25 years old
• Height and Weight 5'10 - 6'3, 160 - 180 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Smith may spell her first name "Kathy" and/or her middle name "Anne", and may use the last name Parker. She had shoulder-length hair at the time of her disappearance.

Details of Disappearance​

Smith was last seen in Kansas City, Missouri on July 1, 1980, while en route to Harrison, Georgia. She worked for the Frisco Railroad at the time; it has since been purchased by the Burlington Railroad. She had plans to move from Kansas City back to Georgia, where she'd lived before.

Smith apparently never made it to Harrison and has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.