CO CO- Mary Bernadette Brubaker, 32, Boulder, 1 Dec 1996

[Pennysmom1]

Missing Person / NamUs #MP35966

View NamUs missing person case MP35966 for Mary Bernadette Brubaker missing from Boulder, Colorado. Date of last contact: Dec 01, 1996. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

Vehicle 1969 Chevrolet El Camino
Style Pickup
Color Orange and Black
State--
Lic. Plate KPX761
Exp. Year--

4554DFCO - Mary Bernadette Brubaker

Name: Mary Bernadette Brubaker
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: December 01, 1996
Location Last Seen: Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: Unknown
Age: 32 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 125 - 135 lbs
Hair Color: Brown, long straight hair to mid-back
Eye Color: Hazel
Nickname/Alias: Mary Gontarz; Nichole Gontarz
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Pierced ears; surgical scar starting from left breast to abdomen

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Levi jeans; button up blouse; boots or sneakers
Jewelry: Gold hoops; lots of bracelets; multiple rings
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

In late 1996, Mary Brubaker traveled from Arizona, where she and her boyfriend had been living, to Colorado to visit her family. Her boyfriend accompanied her and family noticed there was tension between them. On their way back home, communication stopped between Mary and her family between Boulder and Yuma.

When Mary didn't check in with her family to confirm a Western Union transfer in the summer of 1997, her family began to worry that something had happened to her.

There has been no activity on her credit card or driver's license since her disappearance.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Oct 3, 2017

'Missing in Arizona' seeks answers for families of long-term cases

A growing program in Arizona is providing fresh opportunities for answers to family members of people who are missing, including the chance to meet with experts in forensics, law enforcement and search and rescue at an all-day event in Phoenix on October 21.

www.tucsonsentinel.com

<<When Mary Bernadette Brubaker moved to Arizona, it meant seeing less her family, most of whom lived in Boulder, Colo., but she kept in touch regularly through cards and letters as well as phone calls and she made the drive first from Tucson, then from Yuma, to visit when she could. So when she didn't check back in with the to confirm a Western Union transfer in the summer of 1997, they began to worry that something had happened to her.

In late 1996, Brubaker's boyfriend accompanied her on her last visit and the family could tell that things were tense between them. Brubaker and her boyfriend lived in an isolated area and, as she struggled with their tumultuous breakup, she told her sister Colleen Dowdy she was beginning to hear voices. Then communication from Brubaker stopped. Somewhere between Boulder and Yuma, Mary had disappeared.

"All those things put her as an at-risk missing person, yet none of this mattered to the police," Dowdy said.

At the time, they were told that Brubaker "had the right to go missing if she wanted as an adult, and that she would probably turn up."

For years, Brubaker's family reached out over and over again — to her ex-boyfriend, her neighbors and law enforcement. They searched for activity on her credit card or driver's license, hired detectives and later spent hours on the internet. But it seemed like Mary Brubaker had vanished without a trace.

Brubaker's disappearance weighed heavily on the family including her son who was 13 when his mother vanished.>>

 

[Caring1]

4 Unidentified Person Exclusions