CA CA - Betty Whitaker, 64, Novato, 4 Mar 1981

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Betty Lee Whitaker
Nickname/Alias Lana Lee
Marin County, California
64 year old white female

Height (inches)

Weight (pounds)

[TD="class: view_field"]62.0[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]160.0[/TD]

Hair: Gray or Partially Gray
Eyes: Blue

IV scars

Jewelry: Gold Bracelet and Rosary


Betty was last seen in in Novato, CA hospital in 1981.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/12157/

Please help find more info and a picture of Betty.

 

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Betty Lee Whitaker - Newspapers.com
Betty Lee Whitaker - Newspapers.com

A Betty Lee Whitaker was sentenced to 1-5 years in state prison in 1977 on an auto theft charge when she was 59, she was released after being given credit for 158 days served and grand theft auto charges were dismissed.

 

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The police have not been able to obtain any photos, DNA, or dental records for Betty. They have also not been able to locate any family members.

From the Novato Police Facebook page.
Novato Police Department

Last month, we brought to you a story about Nicholas Cunferman, who went missing in 1986. Our Facebook followers shared Nicholas’ story over 90 times. We are very appreciative of the public’s help with these historical investigations. This month, we are sharing the story of Betty Whitaker.

On March 4, 1986, Betty Whitaker was a patient at Novato Community Hospital. Against the advice of medical staff, she left the hospital. The hospital staff reported Betty as missing to the Novato Police Department on March 4, 1986. Since then, she has never been found. At the time she was reported missing, Novato Community Hospital was located on Hill Road in Novato.

Betty Whitaker was born in 1917. Today, she would be 102 years old. At the time Betty went missing, she was 64 years old, 5’ 2” tall, weighing 160 pounds, with gray hair and blue eyes. Betty was wearing a gold bracelet and a rosary. She continues to be listed as a missing person in the State of California Missing Persons Database and also within NAMUS, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. What makes this case difficult to investigate is that detectives were never able to obtain a picture of Betty and were never able to locate her family. NPD was never able to locate any dental records nor does she have an available DNA profile that could be used to compare to an unidentified person. Betty used the alias, Lana Lee, at the time she went missing.

We are appreciative of any assistance the public can provide about Betty’s case. You can find Betty’s NAMUS profile at the link provided:

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/12157

If anyone has any information regarding Betty's disappearance, please contact the Novato Police Department at 415-897-4361.

 

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Photo uploaded November 28, 2022

 

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Wonder if she could be either one of these does. Stats line up pretty well but weight is off for both of them.

UP5870
Date Found: July 8, 1981
Location: San Francisco, CA
Age: 55-75 Years
Race: White / Caucasian
Height: 5' 2"(62 inches) , Measured
Weight: 100 lbs, Measured
Hair Color: Gray or Partially Gray
Eye Color: Blue
Circumstances: The subject registered for a room in the Powell Hotel on 7-7-81. On 7-8-81, a maid entered the room to do a routine linen change when she noticed the subject unresponsive in bed. There was no personal property except for some jewelry which was on the desk. On the nightstand next to the bed were two unlabeled containers with Seconal, Tylenol, and Valium capsules in them suggesting a possible ingestion.

UP4317
Date Found: January 9, 1982
Location: Los Angeles, California
Age: 55-75 Years
Race: White / Caucasian
Height: 5' 2"(62 inches) , Measured
Weight: 84 lbs, Measured
Hair Color: Gray or Partially Gray
Eye Color: Blue
Circumstances: On 1/9/1982 the decedent was found in a hotel room that she shared with a man. The man met her a few months earlier and only knew her as "Vivian" Found at the King Edward Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.

 

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Bump for Betty

She walked away from Novato Community Hospital in 1981 in poor condition. It is noted above that dentals could not be located nor any family for DNA but yet there is one exclusion (who has since been identified)

It was reported that she was wearing a gold bracelet and a rosary when she left the hospital but I wonder why no clothing description. Was she wearing her own clothes or hospital garb?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov