SheWhoMustNotBeNamed
Former Member
Bumping up for Betty again. Gone 72 years.
If her sisters were sleeping, where is the proof she went past them with a water bucket... sorry but I'm wondering if something happened during the night. Not being able to talk, she was a prime candidate for abuse too. Not saying this was necessarily by close family, but could have been a neighbour etc.
Betty McCullough
Missing since June 21, 1941 from Silver Creek Falls, Oregon
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Age at Time of Disappearance: 10 years old
Clothing: A mans shirt, shoes
Medical : She was subject to sudden bouts of illness and was also unable to hear or speak. She was diagnosed as only having a few years to live, possibly to her late teens.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Early morning, on June 21, 1941, Betty McCullough woke up, took a water bucket and quietly slipped by her two sleeping sisters. She was going to get water from the water pump outside. She was never seen again. No sign of her, no clues, nothing left behind.
Days following her disappearance, her father, other family members, neighbors and police scoured the area, searching for signs of her. Nothing was ever found. It is feared she may have been picked up by a passing motorist.
Source Information:
Salem News
The Doe Network: Case File 2054DFOR
LINK:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2054dfor.html
I wonder what was wrong with her that lead the doctors to believe she was terminal. I think there's a kind of genetic kidney disease that also causes deafness but I forget what it's called.
I submitted Betty almost two years ago. The staff restricted my access to the caseIs there any point in trying to add her to NamUs given the fact that no agency is currently investigating the case?
One article stated she was picking berries with her parents and wandered off. No articles that I found mentioned the circumstances above.Details of Disappearance
Betty was last seen at her family's Silver Creek Falls, Oregon on June 21, 1941. She woke up early in the morning before her sisters were awake, dressed, and took a bucket outside to get water from the nearby pump. Betty never returned home and has never been heard from again.