CA CA - Tiffany Felky Doyle, 26, Santa Cruz, 8 Nov 1974

[Gardener1850]

[h=1]Tiffany Doyle[/h]

• 

Doyle, circa 1974

• Missing Since 11/08/1974
• Missing From Santa Cruz, California
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Date of Birth 12/29/1947 (70)
• Age 26 years old
• Height and Weight 5'6, 100 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A brown nylon jacket and a multicolored stocking cap. She was carrying a green day pack.
• Medical Conditions Doyle needs medicine which she doesn't have with her.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair. Doyle may use the last name Felkey.

[h=3]Details of Disappearance[/h] Doyle was last seen in Santa Cruz, California on November 8, 1974. She may have gone hitchhiking on the day of her disappearance. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.

http://charleyproject.org/case/tiffany-doyle

NAMUS lists her under the name Tiffany Felky (no mention of the name Doyle).

NAMUS Circusmtances: MP has a non-life threatening disease and chooses to leave friends and family.

Transportation Methods-- Bus: possibly or hitch hiking.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/26191/

 

[Romulus]

Tiffany Felky
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

MP has a non-life threatening disease and chooses to leave friends and family.
Originally reported to another local agency in 1974 by her sister. Records were purged so sister reports to our agency in 2014.

 

[glamourkitty1922]

She left hitchhiking and without her meds https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19784603/1974_missing_tiffany_felkey_needs_meds/

 

[Lavender Moon]

I met so many interesting, kind. good people when I hitchhiked in the 70s; but hitchhiking is like playing Russian Roulette. God bless Tiffany, wherever she may be.

 

[Gardener1850]

MP-CA, Tiffany Felkey Doyle -Missing Santa Cruz Sentinel Nov 12 1974 - Newspapers.com

 

[MadMcGoo]

Something about Tiffany reminds me so much of Mecklenburg County Jane Doe. I wish there were information out there about Tiffany’s disappearance... sad to think she could be just about anywhere.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Tiffany Felky
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (RS&BBM)
MP has a non-life threatening disease and chooses to leave friends and family.
Originally reported to another local agency in 1974 by her sister. Records were purged so sister reports to our agency in 2014.

I found the wording of this interesting. I don’t often see “...chooses to leave friends and family.” I guess you could say it’s synonymous with “left on his/her own accord” but it’s usually prefaced with “the family believes he/she may have”. This, to me, reads more like they know she chose to leave. IMO. It just stood out to me.

Even the last sentence seemed...different. Her sister reported Tiffany missing to one agency in 1974, the records were “purged” (not at all uncommon), and then her sister reported her again to a different agency in 2014. I find little to nothing in terms of articles or sites in which anyone has been actively searching for Tiffany. So I’m curious what made her sister decide to file another report 40 years later? Was the agency who took the ‘74 report no longer open, or why go to a different agency?

I decided to do a public search and see if I could find out if Felkey or Doyle was her maiden name or why NamUs only had her listed as Felkey. She was Tiffany Doyle before marrying James Felkey on August 23, 1967 in Marin, California. They were divorced on September 18, 1975 in Garfield, Colorado. (After her disappearance and out of state - though I’m certain it’s her.) However, I found an archived article that showed the same man married a Pamela S Doyle on November 7, 1975 in Santa Cruz, California!

It’s definitely the same James Felkey that married both women... It could be a coincidence but it’s a pretty bizarre coincidence. IMOO.

Santa Cruz Sentinel 10/28/75
I found all of this information on www.newspapers.com and www.ancestry.com , but it can be found on just about any publicity available people search engine.

 

[dotr]

MP-CA, Tiffany Felkey Doyle -Missing Santa Cruz Sentinel Nov 12 1974 - Newspapers.com

 

[Richard]

Tiffany Doyle

• 

Doyle, circa 1974

• Missing Since 11/08/1974
• Missing From Santa Cruz, California
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 12/29/1947 (71)
• Age 26 years old
• Height and Weight 5'6, 100 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A brown nylon jacket and a multicolored stocking cap. She was carrying a green day pack.
• Medical Conditions Doyle has an unspecified medical condition. It is not life-threatening, but she needs medicine which she doesn't have with her.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair. Doyle may use the last name Felkey, and some agencies refer to her as Tiffany Felkey.

Details of Disappearance
Doyle was last seen in Santa Cruz, California on November 8, 1974. She may have gone hitchhiking on the day of her disappearance. She has never been heard from again and may have left of her own accord. Few details are available in her case.

Doyle was originally reported missing by her sister, but the original missing persons report was purged. She was reported missing again in 2014, nearly forty years after she was last seen.

Investigating Agency

• Santa Cruz Sheriff's Department 831-454-2242

Source Information

• California Attorney General's Office
• The Santa Cruz Sentinel
• NamUs
• charleyproject.org/case/tiffany-doyle
  
  

 

[MadMcGoo]

Refreshing Tiffany’s thread...

 

[MadMcGoo]

Refreshing the thread…

 

[dotr]

Any chance Tiffany hitch-hiked her way to Vancouver, BC?
Cold case: What happened at Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain Station in 1998?

Coroners Service Unidentified Case: 1998-0240-0579 - Province of British Columbia

Ws thread..
CANADA - WhtFem, 30-40, Brn hair, blue eyes, 5'6''-5'7'',unpierced ears,Vancouver, BC, Skytrain, 11/4/98

 

[MadMcGoo]

Refreshing the thread…

 

[Diane Redfern]

Any chance Tiffany hitch-hiked her way to Vancouver, BC?
Cold case: What happened at Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain Station in 1998?

Coroners Service Unidentified Case: 1998-0240-0579 - Province of British Columbia

Ws thread..
CANADA - WhtFem, 30-40, Brn hair, blue eyes, 5'6''-5'7'',unpierced ears,Vancouver, BC, Skytrain, 11/4/98

I really see a resemblance. Maybe a family member could provide more details about the circumstances surrounding her disappeareance.

 

[FlyOfDragons]

Any chance Tiffany hitch-hiked her way to Vancouver, BC?
Cold case: What happened at Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain Station in 1998?

Coroners Service Unidentified Case: 1998-0240-0579 - Province of British Columbia

Ws thread..
CANADA - WhtFem, 30-40, Brn hair, blue eyes, 5'6''-5'7'',unpierced ears,Vancouver, BC, Skytrain, 11/4/98

Though I see a bit of a resemblance, I think this Doe's nose is completely different from Tiffany's, which seems to have a rather shallow(?) bridge. Her eyes seem to be much larger than Tiffany's as well.

 

[dotr]

Though I see a bit of a resemblance, I think this Doe's nose is completely different from Tiffany's, which seems to have a rather shallow(?) bridge. Her eyes seem to be much larger than Tiffany's as well.

Welcome to Ws @FlyOfDragons, thanks for chiming in!

There are differences and although possibly an unlikely match, just want to note that the UID female's image is computer generated so may not be an exact likeness.
It looks like Tiffany did not have pierced ears, imo, this UID woman also had unpierced ears. fwiw.(For what it is worth) speculation.

Coroners Service Unidentified Case: 1998-0240-0579

The BC Coroners Service and Vancouver Police are asking for the public’s assistance to help identify a woman whose death occurred at the Broadway Skytrain more than two decades ago.

www2.gov.bc.ca

 

[FlyOfDragons]

Welcome to Ws @FlyOfDragons, thanks for chiming in!

There are differences and although possibly an unlikely match, just want to note that the UID female's image is computer generated so may not be an exact likeness.
It looks like Tiffany did not have pierced ears, imo, this UID woman also had unpierced ears. fwiw.(For what it is worth) speculation.

Coroners Service Unidentified Case: 1998-0240-0579

The BC Coroners Service and Vancouver Police are asking for the public’s assistance to help identify a woman whose death occurred at the Broadway Skytrain more than two decades ago.

www2.gov.bc.ca

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Thank you for the explanation! Sorry for the late reply, I'm still getting a hang of WS and somehow missed the notification. Knowing that the photo is computer-generated -- and that practically all reconstructions should be taken as approximations -- then yes, I'd say that Tiffany can't necessarily be ruled out. Looking at the photos again, however, I really do think they look quite dissimilar. Jane Doe seems to have a pretty prominent jaw/chin, possibly even an underbite. Tiffany has a pretty unique facial structure, with a long, thin oval face and a distinct set to her mouth, I think at least partially due to her teeth. She also has beautiful high cheekbones that Jane Doe doesn't seem to have. You never know though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Richard]

Tiffany has been missing for 50 years.

 

[FlyOfDragons]

I found the wording of this interesting. I don’t often see “...chooses to leave friends and family.” I guess you could say it’s synonymous with “left on his/her own accord” but it’s usually prefaced with “the family believes he/she may have”. This, to me, reads more like they know she chose to leave. IMO. It just stood out to me.

Even the last sentence seemed...different. Her sister reported Tiffany missing to one agency in 1974, the records were “purged” (not at all uncommon), and then her sister reported her again to a different agency in 2014. I find little to nothing in terms of articles or sites in which anyone has been actively searching for Tiffany. So I’m curious what made her sister decide to file another report 40 years later? Was the agency who took the ‘74 report no longer open, or why go to a different agency?

I decided to do a public search and see if I could find out if Felkey or Doyle was her maiden name or why NamUs only had her listed as Felkey. She was Tiffany Doyle before marrying James Felkey on August 23, 1967 in Marin, California. They were divorced on September 18, 1975 in Garfield, Colorado. (After her disappearance and out of state - though I’m certain it’s her.) However, I found an archived article that showed the same man married a Pamela S Doyle on November 7, 1975 in Santa Cruz, California!

It’s definitely the same James Felkey that married both women... It could be a coincidence but it’s a pretty bizarre coincidence. IMOO.

View attachment 210957 Santa Cruz Sentinel 10/28/75
I found all of this information on www.newspapers.com and www.ancestry.com , but it can be found on just about any publicity available people search engine.

i did some more research, and i am very certain of my findings... after Tiffany's disappearance, her husband divorced her, then married her younger sister Pamela. here's a full timeline of the family from what i could find on Ancestry. hopefully this could be of some use and also save others the trouble of combing through Ancestry.

• January 1902: Maurice Aloysius Doyle is born in Massachusetts
• April 1912: Margaret Olive Manuel is born in Colorado
• c.1920 or later: Maurice marries his first wife (who is not relevant here)
• before 1940: Margaret marries a man named Thomas Joseph Noone. Margaret takes her husband's last name.
• June 1940: Margaret, 28, gives birth to son Thomas Dennis Joseph Noone in California.
• 1943: James Alfred Felkey is born.
• c.1945: Both Maurice and Margaret divorce their spouses. Margaret gets custody of her son.
• 1947: Maurice, 45, and Margaret, 35, get married in Omaha, Nebraska. Margaret takes her husband's last name. Her son's name is changed to Thomas Anthony Doyle; he occasionally goes by the nickname Tony.
• December 1947: Tiffany Doyle is born to parents Maurice and Margaret in Omaha, NE.
• From 1947 to at least 1951: The Doyle family lives in Omaha.
• 1953: The Doyles move to Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA.
• June 1954: Pamela Sue Doyle is born to parents Maurice and Margaret in Santa Clara County, CA.
• [...]
• spring 1966: Tiffany graduates from Blackford High School in San Jose, Santa Clara County.
• August 1967: Tiffany, 19, marries James Alfred Felkey, 24, in Marin County, CA.
• [...]
• December 1973: Maurice Doyle passes away in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, CA at the age of 71.
• Nov. 8, 1974: Tiffany is seen for the last time, leaving Santa Cruz.
• between Nov. 8-12, 1974: Pamela reports her older sister missing.
• Nov. 12, 1974: The Santa Cruz Sentinel runs a short article asking for information in Tiffany's case.
• September 1975: James Felkey divorces Tiffany in Garfield County, Colorado.
• Oct. 28, 1975: Pamela and James, who are both living in Santa Cruz, are granted a marriage license.
• Nov. 7, 1975: Pamela, 21, and James, 32, are officially married.
• April 1980: Margaret Olive Doyle (nee Manuel) passes away in Monterey County at the age of 68.
• [...]
• 1990s: Records indicate that Pamela and James are still married.
• [...]
• sometime between 1974 and 2014: The original missing persons report for Tiffany is lost or destroyed.
• Jan. 6, 2014: A new missing persons report is created for Tiffany.