Elizabeth Joy Birgen
- Missing Since 11/11/2001
- Missing From Tehachapi, California
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Female
- Race White
- Date of Birth 09/19/1959 (63)
- Age 42 years old
- Height and Weight 5'4, 100 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue denim jacket, blue jeans, light blue sneakers and a fanny pack.
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair. Birgen's ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance
Birgen was last seen at the Red Caboose Bar in Tehachapi, California on the night of November 11, 2001. She was reportedly dropped off at the Tehachapi K-Mart parking lot the next morning. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.* Elizabeth Joy Birgen, 42, was last seen at the Red Caboose Bar in Tehachapi on Nov. 11, 2001. She reportedly was dropped off at the Tehachapi K-Mart parking lot the next morning and has never been heard from again, according to sheriff's deputies. There's very few details about the case because her body has never been found. It is one of the cases retired sheriff's homicide sergeant Mike Moore reviewed in 2008. Anyone with information of any of the above cases is asked to call the Sheriff's Department at 391-7500 of Secret Witness at 322-4040.
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