WA WA - Jeffrey, 3, & Althea Blankinship, 23, Hadlock, 27 Mar 1973

[Gardener1850]

Althea Dayle Blankinship & Jeffrey Dean Blankinship

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Althea, circa 1973;

• Missing Since 03/27/1973
• Missing From Port Townsend, Washington
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Date of Birth 10/24/1949 (68)
• Age 23 years old
• Height and Weight 5'7, 140 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde/brown hair, blue eyes. Blankinship may go by her maiden name, Marks. She is of Greek descent.

Details of Disappearance

Althea and her son Jeffrey were last seen on March 27, 1973. They resided in Port Townsend, Washington. Their roommate, Glenn Allan Bagley, says he dropped them off at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that day. Althea and Jeffrey planned to travel to Greece to meet her parents, who were vacationing there. They were supposed to catch a United Airlines flight to New York City and a connecting flight to Greece. There was no record that either Althea or Jeffrey boarded any flights that day. They never arrived in Greece and have never been heard from again.

Bagley is the prime suspect in the Blankinships' disappearance, as well as the 1976 disappearance of his ex-wife, Esther Gesler. Photos of him are posted with this case summary. Although Bagley claimed Althea and Jeffrey went on vacation to Greece, her cousin found Althea's passport in a relative's home in 2002 and it had no entries in it. Althea was never issued another passport, making it unlikely she and Jeffrey left the country. As Althea's child, he could have traveled on her passport. Her cousin also found a cache of letters from Bagley to Althea. They had apparently had a romantic relationship.

Bagley moved to the Philippines shortly after Gesler disappeared and worked as a civil engineer in the capital city of Manila for many years. He never spoke to Washington police again, although over the years they tried to build a case against him for murder. He died of cancer in the Philippines in February 2016.

Althea was born in Virginia. She graduated from Shoreline High School in 1967. Her case and Jeffrey's remain unsolved and foul play is suspected.

http://charleyproject.org/case/althea-dayle-blankinship

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/22894/


https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/10196/

 

[Gardener1850]

[h=1]Jeffrey Dean Blankinship[/h]

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Jeffrey, circa 1973; Age-progression to age 43 (circa 2012);

• Missing Since 03/27/1973
• Missing From Port Townsend, Washington
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Date of Birth 08/03/1969 (48)
• Age 3 years old
• Height and Weight 3'5, 75 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes.

[h=3]Details of Disappearance[/h] Jeffrey and his mother Althea were last seen on March 27, 1973. They resided in Port Townsend, Washington. Their roommate, Glenn Allan Bagley, says he dropped them off at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that day. Althea and Jeffrey planned to travel to Greece to meet her parents, who were vacationing there. They were supposed to catch a United Airlines flight to New York City and then a connecting flight to Greece. There was no record that either Althea or Jeffrey boarded any flights that day. They never arrived in Greece and have never been heard from again.

Bagley is the prime suspect in the Blankinships' disappearance, as well as the 1976 disappearance of his ex-wife, Esther Gesler. Photos of him are posted with this case summary. Although Bagley claimed Althea and Jeffrey went on vacation to Greece, her cousin found Althea's passport in a relative's home in 2002 and it had no entries in it. Althea was never issued another passport, making it unlikely she and Jeffrey left the country. As Althea's child, he could have traveled on her passport. Her cousin also found a cache of letters from Bagley to Althea. They had apparently had a romantic relationship.

Bagley moved to the Philippines shortly after Gesler disappeared and worked as a civil engineer in the capital city of Manila for many years. He never spoke to Washington police again, although over the years they tried to build a case against him for murder. He died of cancer in the Philippines in February 2016.

Althea and Jeffrey's cases remain unsolved and foul play is suspected.


http://charleyproject.org/case/jeffrey-dean-blankinship

 

[annoulzz]

Makes me mad that this guy never gave up any answers !

 

[Archangel85]

They should dig at his former home or nearby. But, why he killed them? Did she plan to leave him or something?

 

[Coffee56]

The Doe Network: Case File 2682DFWA
The Doe Network: Case File 4052DMWA

https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/...d-no-longer-focus-of-cold-case-investigation/

Lots of info here but this caught my attention. They could be anywhere:

Bagley owned and flew a plane that could have used the island airstrip, perhaps to transport the Blankinships or their bodies to the remote site.

Cold murder case investigation leads to search for bones on Protection Island

 

[CastlesBurning]

Age progression added, 6/26/20:

Althea Dayle Blankinship – The Charley Project

 

[byjune]

Esther Mae Gesler – The Charley Project - "He maintained his innocence in all three cases and claimed he was building a cat house in his garage on the day Gesler went missing. His then-girlfriend supported his story, but in 2004 she recanted and told the police Bagley had threatened her life. He supposedly said if she ever revealed anything he'd told her, she would "end up in the same culvert in Quilcene as Esther." Wondering how hard authorities have looked into culverts into this... Gallery <<< one of a few culverts in Quilcene.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

What a sad, sad (couple of) case(s). I hope there were no other victims and that the three missing people mentioned in this thread are at peace and somehow there is justice on the other side.

 

[Diane Redfern]

The Doe Network: Case File 2682DFWA
The Doe Network: Case File 4052DMWA

Jefferson's unsolved mysteries: Protection Island no longer focus of cold case investigation | Peninsula Daily News

Lots of info here but this caught my attention. They could be anywhere:

Bagley owned and flew a plane that could have used the island airstrip, perhaps to transport the Blankinships or their bodies to the remote site.

Cold murder case investigation leads to search for bones on Protection Island

According to this 2010 article: "An archeological caliber excavation is planned on Protection Island later this year in a search for bones or bone fragments that could lead to DNA evidence."
Do we know something else about that excavation? I checked and I found and article about fragment of eggshells and things like that.
What about the expert? Why did it take so much time to ask about those bones? They have been lost for decades... Did no one else ask about them?
I don't get it.

 

[Ms.Mae]

Esther Mae Gesler – The Charley Project - "He maintained his innocence in all three cases and claimed he was building a cat house in his garage on the day Gesler went missing. His then-girlfriend supported his story, but in 2004 she recanted and told the police Bagley had threatened her life. He supposedly said if she ever revealed anything he'd told her, she would "end up in the same culvert in Quilcene as Esther." Wondering how hard authorities have looked into culverts into this... Gallery <<< one of a few culverts in Quilcene.

this is my grandmother

 

[Ms.Mae]

They should dig at his former home or nearby. But, why he killed them? Did she plan to leave him or something?

she had already left him and remarried..

 

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[Diane Redfern]

Jefferson's unsolved mysteries: Protection Island no longer focus of cold case investigation | Peninsula Daily News

Little Jeff Blankinship would have turned 41 years old this year. He might have attended Port Townsend schools, maybe married a local girl. His mother, Alt

www.peninsuladailynews.com

 

[Yoshibaby7]

Jefferson's unsolved mysteries: Protection Island no longer focus of cold case investigation | Peninsula Daily News

Little Jeff Blankinship would have turned 41 years old this year. He might have attended Port Townsend schools, maybe married a local girl. His mother, Alt

www.peninsuladailynews.com

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Is this the newest information about this case? It's pretty sad, that's all there has been. Sounds to me like they've given up!

 

[HmmMysterious]

Is this the newest information about this case? It's pretty sad, that's all there has been. Sounds to me like they've given up!

More like it's because the main suspect behind Jeffrey's and his mom's murders is already dead.

So, apparently this is Port Townsend, where Jeffrey and Althea Blankinship were last seen. Just look at the bodies of water and state parks...Glenn Bagley had so many places to dispose of their bodies.