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Janice Hannigan is my aunt. Trudi Lee-Clark (one of Janice's sisters) was my mother she passed away on December 23rd, 2018. My mom talked to me about Janice's case. I've picked up where she left off. I'm not sure how this works but I contacted Namus and asked to be the one on updates for my aunt Janice. I appreciate the info that has been given. I'm going to look into it. In my spare time I look through Namus I've only started looking in Washington.
Let's Find Janice Hannigan and Bring Her Home
It seems her niece may have picked up the search after her sister died. What doesn't make sense to me is it states that she was in the hospital for 3 days Dec 21-24
Janice went to the hospital on Dec. 21, 1971, where she was treated for numerous bruises on her chest and head.
“The patient was admitted to the hospital with multiple contusions around the head. Has shown no evidence of any headache or loss in the level of consciousness,” Dr. H.D. Buckley wrote in his discharge summary, which doesn’t identify the hospital or say anything about the cause of Janice’s injuries. “The contused areas show the swelling to be receding.”
I don't understand, did nobody know she was in the hospital for three days? Where did this discharge summary come from that nobody knows what hospital it came from? How many hospitals are in the area that LE couldn't track the doctors name to a hospital? Before the sister passed away she said he did not believe her father had anything to do with it. I guess my question is what did the father have to say? If he didn't know she was in the hospital, when did he last see her because the dates are confusing from different sources. Namus says last contact March 1st 1971. Her sister says she participated in a Veterans Day event in Nov 1971 and of course was in an unknown hospital for 3 days. I feel like the hospital/doctor info could have easily been tracked and maybe the doctor would have had more details about her.
I wonder - could she have been in hospital to give birth? Perhaps the reason the hospital name wasn't mentioned on the paperwork was because it was only half or a portion of the notes.
I think hospital stays were longer in the past, but three days seems quite long for bruises. It seems about right for giving birth.
I suppose it depends on the cause of the bruises; the doctor wrote that she didn't lose her consciousness... May she have suffer a fall or a traffic accident? In that case, I understand she may have stayed there under observation just to be sure she hadn't suffered a serious brain injury.
I would like to know why the investigators thought her father knew something; maybe because of the previous disappearance: "According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs missing-person report from 1975, Janice had gone with her father to a basketball game in Lewiston, Idaho, and went missing from there. It says that happened in February 1971; perhaps Janice was gone for a little while and returned."
47 years, zero answers: 16-year-old Toppenish girl disappeared after Christmas Eve 1971. Her sister refuses to give up the search.
Did Janice have an argument with her father then and investigators thought it may have happened again?
One thing that I find odd is that, apparently, no one went to drive her home from the hospital; she had to stay there for three days and it was Christmas Eve... And I don't want to point fingers, but the only evidence that we have about her leaving the hospital is a document written by a doctor who did not even mention the hospital or the cause of her injuries. Did someone, a nurse, other doctor, see her leaving the hospital? How many hospitals were there in the area?
Again, I'm not blaming anyone, but... the lack of information is frustrating.
@tashina.thomas well done on taking up your family's search.
I notice that Janice's Charley Project file was updated on 7 January 2022 to add two photos.
Still the same 4 ruleouts in Namus including one case from WA UP10799 which is either a case that is not publicly visible in Namus or has been solved/removed.
Nevermind, it appears those remains were determined to be of a manSorry if I overlooked it, but is there a UP# for these remains?
Thats a good find. Here I was wondering if it was a hospital in Buckley, Washington. I wonder if the yakima memorial hospital would have any records of her.The doctor who treated her was Dr Harold Douglas Buckley, who is shown in records on Ancestry as living at 311 Southpark Drive, Wapato and with another address at 2300 North River Road, Yakima. The record date is 1981 but there are also some death records for a man of the same name in 1979 so, whilst the addresses would be right, they may be those of a deceased by 1981. Nevertheless, it should be possible to confirm which hospital he was at. If I was guessing I would start with the Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. I doubt records have been kept, but who knows.
I feel that Janice's missing date is confusing as well, along with her discharge date from the hospital . When I had spoken to my mom about my aunt Janice. She told me Janice and their dad went to a basketball game in Lewiston Idaho. Janice had told her dad that she was going out to the car for something, but after that he didn't see her again. My mom said she was unaware about Janice being in the hospital in December. Also it seems like my family didn't see Janice or hear from her then when she was a candidate during the Veterans Day powwow. And the discharge paper was new evidence to my mom before she had passed. I also have the discharge paper and it really doesn't give much detail sadly.I suppose it depends on the cause of the bruises; the doctor wrote that she didn't lose her consciousness... May she have suffer a fall or a traffic accident? In that case, I understand she may have stayed there under observation just to be sure she hadn't suffered a serious brain injury.
I would like to know why the investigators thought her father knew something; maybe because of the previous disappearance: "According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs missing-person report from 1975, Janice had gone with her father to a basketball game in Lewiston, Idaho, and went missing from there. It says that happened in February 1971; perhaps Janice was gone for a little while and returned."
47 years, zero answers: 16-year-old Toppenish girl disappeared after Christmas Eve 1971. Her sister refuses to give up the search.
Did Janice have an argument with her father then and investigators thought it may have happened again?
One thing that I find odd is that, apparently, no one went to drive her home from the hospital; she had to stay there for three days and it was Christmas Eve... And I don't want to point fingers, but the only evidence that we have about her leaving the hospital is a document written by a doctor who did not even mention the hospital or the cause of her injuries. Did someone, a nurse, other doctor, see her leaving the hospital? How many hospitals were there in the area?
Again, I'm not blaming anyone, but... the lack of information is frustrating.