CA CA - Kathryn Elaine Stine, 18, La Puente, Spring 1968

[sonz82]

Kathryn was last seen sometime in the spring of 1968 riding off with a boyfriend on the back of his motorcycle.

She isn't currently on any database and was never officially reported missing because she was 18, the police wouldn't file it.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Kathryn Stine:
Height: 5"5
Weight: Approx. 120 lbs
Hair color: Strawberry Blonde
Eye color: Hazel/Green
Date missing: Late spring 1968
Location: La Puente, Los Angeles County, California
DNA in CODIS

 

[victoriarobinson642]

FamilySearch.org
There's another photo of her on Family Search. Her DOB is listed as 19 November 1949.

 

[sonz82]

I really think she looks like the Oakland Jane doe 1969.

 

[Susikatze]

She does but Oakland JD had blue eyes while Kathryn had brown eyes.

 

[sonz82]

She does but Oakland JD had blue eyes while Kathryn had brown eyes.

 

[Susikatze]

Neither blue or green are hazel... which is a shade of brown (greenish touch).
But in any case, all suggestions are worth submitting. Because the worst that can happen is that there is no match but the good side is that we have another rule out and that it may reopen and put the spotlight on older cases.

 

[sonz82]

Neither blue or green are hazel... which is a shade of brown (greenish touch).
But in any case, all suggestions are worth submitting. Because the worst that can happen is that there is no match but the good side is that we have another rule out and that it may reopen and put the spotlight on older cases.

I did submit , her eyes are stated to be blue/green. Hazel does not always mean brown. I have Hazel blue eyes that can appear green in certain lighting.

 

[alb1on]

One of the boyfriends in this case gives rise to an interesting question. Robert Earl Murray was an associate of the Manson family at this time, when Manson was also associated with the motorcycle club Satan's Slaves, which was active in La Puente (and elsewhere in Southern California). It is difficult to know whether Murray was known to Manson through the biker club or the other way around, because Murray seems to have done a pretty thorough disappearing job after the events of 1969 (in which he seems not to have been involved). However it is an interesting coincidence which may or may not have anything to do with this case. Apparently Murray was arrested on May 2 1968 in a drug bust although I do not know what happened in that case (held/charged/released etc) but a more specific date on Kathryn's disappearance might eliminate him in this case depending on the drug arrest. However, if he is the same as the boyfriend it may indicate an earlier Manson case than previously identified. One thing which may indicate whether the Manson Murray is the same as in this case is that he was 6ft6in and 205lbs. That sort of build should be memorable to Kathryn's family and friends.

 

[cenazoic]

“She isn't currently on any database and was never officially reported missing because she was 18..”


Is it possible for her sister to submit a missing person report at this point? Presumably that would get Kathryn into NamUs and make DNA testing easier.

*still a newbie, so not quite sure how all the official pieces work together (or don’t).

 

[Richard]

LINKS:

Kathy Stine. She went missing many years ago.

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[sonz82]

Bump

 

[Richard]

Kathryn Elane Stine, age 18
Missing since 1967 or 68

LINKS:

FamilySearch.org

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[victoriarobinson642]

Has anyone tried to add her to NAMUS?

 

[alb1on]

Following up on my post #9 above. I remain interested in, if not convinced of the possible identification of the boyfriend Robert Murray (from the clipping in post #1) with Robert Earl Murray, the motorcycle club member who was associated with the Manson family (and disappeared after the well known events). Robert Earl Murray has proved elusive to the many fanatical Manson researchers for many years but one interesting possibility did crop up in Ancestry; a Robert Earl Murray living in Ward, Colorado with the exact same birthdate (8 August 1945) as previously reported for the Manson Robert Murray. I also came across the confirmation on the main Manson blog that Danny De Carlo is alive and well. The relevance of this is that De Carlo was simultaneously the treasurer of the Straight Satans motorcycle club and living with the Manson family. If anyone would have known about a fellow family associate who was a motorcycle club member it would be De Carlo (who gave evidence for the state at the Manson trial and left the Satans). It seems remarkably lax of LE if they have not (a) looked into the possibility of the boyfriend being the Manson associate and (b) confirming whether the Colorado Murray is the same and (c) asking De Carlo what he recalls of Murray and whether the name of Kathryn or Stine ever came up in those times.
It may all be a wild goose chase but with no other leads you would think they would look into any possibilities.

 

[FlyOfDragons]

Sonoma County Jane Doe 1979 was a 16-21 year old white female with auburn hair, was estimated to be about 5’3, and died in around 1972. She was a victim of the Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murderer. Santa Rosa is about 7 hours north of La Puente. Jane Doe was nude when discovered, but a metal candy tin with a cherry design on it and containing a hard contact lens was found with her.