carbuff
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There is a post for another UID who was probably a little older than Beth who was found murdered in Long Beach, CA in 1974, but I think a lot of the reasons why no one is able to find a missing persons report for her would also apply to Beth.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114647
Quoting Zinc's post for Shoreline Jane Doe
To that list, I would add:
if the person was a minor when reported, report was closed when the person turned 18 , because in many states records of minors have to be purged
missing person was a "throwaway"
person wasn't missing when they left home, but family gradually lost track of them. I have a cousin in this category -- nobody seems to have heard from her since she moved to South Carolina for a new job 15 years ago. We have no reason to believe she's missing, but on the other hand...?