CA CA - Connie Minchaca, 17, Napa, 9 June 1978

[theshadow45]

Connie has been missing for 40 years as of yesterday.

 

[Archangel85]

The boyfriend should've been interrogated. Police also should've asked the store employees if they saw her over there.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping for Connie, today is her birthday.

 

[Moonwalker9]

Connie Gail Minchaca

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Connie, circa 1978; Age-progression to age 53 (circa 2013)

• Missing Since06/09/1978
• Missing FromNapa, California
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• Date of Birth10/05/1960 (58)
• Age17 years old
• Height and Weight5'5 - 5'6, 120 - 130 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA pink blouse, a black leather jacket and blue Levi's jeans.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Connie has several fillings in her teeth. Some agencies spell her middle name "Gayle" or her last name "Menchaca."

Details of Disappearance
Connie was last seen at her Napa, California home on June 9, 1978. She was supposed to go to a party that evening, but she never arrived and has never been heard from again.

At the time of her disappearance, she was living with her father and dating a 25-year-old man. Her family didn't approve of the relationship and she was having problems with them as a result, and would sometimes sneak out at night through her bedroom window to see her boyfriend.

Connie ran away from home at least six times in the months prior to her June 1978 disappearance, but she left all her belongings behind when she was last seen and her family doesn't believe she run away and never contacted them again.

After her disappearance, her family received numerous anonymous, threatening phone calls. The caller was sometimes male and sometimes female, and the callers claimed they knew what had happened to Connie. Sometimes they claimed that she had been kidnapped and other times said she had been murdered. The callers have never been identified.

It's unclear what happened to Connie after her disappearance, but investigators don't believe she will be found alive. Her case remains unsolved.

 

[theshadow45]

Connie has been missing for 41 years today.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping for Connie, today is her birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Connie has been missing for 42 years today.

 

[StarrChance]

Article from 2001, suggesting the detective believed she did run away...

 

[sunnynz]

Article from 2001, suggesting the detective believed she did run away...
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I don't see how gang affiliations = missing of own accord personally. I would see gang affiliations as more of a sign that she was at risk of harm from someone else. IMO.

 

[CastlesBurning]

Details updated, 8/8/20:

Connie Gail Minchaca – The Charley Project

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping for Connie, today is her birthday. The date appears to have been corrected to 5 October from 6 October 1960 as previously listed.

 

[theshadow45]

Connie has been missing for 43 years today.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Connie’s birthday.

 

[coldcaser]

This Valencia, CA Jane Doe found on 01/26/1980 with another Jane Doe seems worth submitting to me:

Female, White/Caucasian
17-24 years old
5'5"-5'9", 115-130lbs
Blondish-brown hair

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
1322UFCA

The facial similarities between the sketch and this photo of Connie are striking IMO.

 

[sunnynz]

This Valencia, CA Jane Doe found on 01/26/1980 with another Jane Doe seems worth submitting to me:

Female, White/Caucasian
17-24 years old
5'5"-5'9", 115-130lbs
Blondish-brown hair

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
1322UFCA

The facial similarities between the sketch and this photo of Connie are striking IMO.

Yes I think you should submit her

 

[carbuff]

It's about 5 to 6 hours from Napa to Valencia, depending on exactly what part of each town: Google Maps

Since there's no evidence either way that she died the night she disappeared, it's not unreasonable that she might have gone to the LA area.

 

[theshadow45]

Connie has been missing for 44 years today.

 

[joeytes]

There is very little information on Connie Minchaca in NAMUS.

This UID from Pennsylvania could be her:

11UFPA

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/5166

PA PA - Perry County - "Turquiose Doe" 11UFPA, 15-30, 20 June 1979 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community


There are 47 exclusions, Connie is not one of them.

Connie has fillings, so does the UID.

Details such as height, hair color, and timing match.

Connie has dimples. Based on the artist sketch take a look at the cheeks, it looks as though the UID could have dimples if she smiled.

She was also wearing "Navaho or Zuni" jewelry. Before she was found in Pennsylvania she probably traveled through the southwest.

After almost 10 years, Connie has been ruled out.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Connie’s birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Connie has been missing for 45 years today.