CT CT - Lisa Joy White, 13, Vernon, 1 Nov 1974

[ChatteringBirds]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Bumping up for Lisa

 

[chaddylex]

Lisa's NamUs profile was modified today, 3/23/22 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
She currently has 15 rule outs
UP6279 12/18/1996 Fairfax VA
UP2813 07/10/1991 Union AR
UP4370 08/26/1980 Los Angeles CA
UP8419 01/16/2001 Isle of Wight VA
UP14969 11/15/1978 Hampshire MA
UP12683 06/06/2014 Newport News VA
UP6661 02/03/1991 Stafford VA
UP6796 11/18/1985 Alleghany VA
UP11211 03/13/2013 Tolland CT
UP8493 12/06/1993 Fairfax VA
UP9721 09/28/1995 Hartford CT
UP4768 04/19/1990 Licking OH
UP6249 11/14/1980 Rockingham VA
UP6485 02/11/1982 Prince William VA
UP6259 04/22/1981 Lawrence OH

 

[CastlesBurning]

Missing in Connecticut

• Lisa Joy White of Vernon – Last seen November 1, 1974 at 13 years old
  • Lisa was last seen walking along Prospect Street in Vernon at 8 p.m. on Nov. 1. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since.

 

[Diane Redfern]

I would love to know Charles Pierce's whereabouts when Lisa went missing... and also Wayne Chapman's.

 

[Caring1]

 

[EuropeanSearcher]

Could she be "Tina"?

 

[smile22]

Could she be "Tina"?

who is tina? do you have a link to this tina for comparison

 

[EuropeanSearcher]

It's one of the name of this Doe #UP7514

 

[spartanx]

It's so sad to see teenage rebellion end badly... It was definitely set up by an older man/men... The remorse she shows in the note makes me wonder if she were alive... would she have contacted her family by now? I remember feelings being a lot stronger when she was a teenager... I feel like she's probably deceased... I hope her family finds out what happened... It was also a terrible time for child sexual abuse and prostitution... police in the 70s weren't known for being the best investigators... so it could also be poor police work... Maybe those files were lost decades ago or something... Sadly, we'll probably never know...
whatever
Rest in peace, Joy

 

[Pennysmom1]

June 18, 2024

Tolland County Cold Case Squad

The Tolland County Cold Case Squad was established in October 2014 to jointly investigate the cases of three children who went missing between 1968 and 1974.

portal.ct.gov

4/14/22 update, but not sure what the update is

1518DFCT - Lisa Joy White

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available, previously worn braces and teeth were perfectly aligned
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available

 

[Pennysmom1]

 

[DD Byrd]

The link to other girls' disappearances is certainly compelling. But she also disappeared the night after an underage drinking charge. Of course she could have been plucked off the street regardless, but it sounds like the other girls disappeared during the day, and a couple on bikes. Further, if the sighting is correct of her on the street at 8pm, it doesn't necessarily mean she disappeared from the street, which is the impression at first glance. Is the directoin she was headed at all relevant?

We know she wrote the note, and it has a definite run away vibe. But it was also a Friday night, perhaps Lisa wanted to take off for just the weekend to scare her mother, or just let off some steam. Is it known if she'd done this before?

Her sister said she was affiliated with older boys and some men. I'm going to guess that one of them is the buyer of the alcohol, so at least 18. Not uncommon then or now, but it could play out badly. If Lisa wrote this note, actually addressing her 'littleness' and then left in a huff, I think "he" would be one of the first things on her mind. Perhaps to visit before/after the friend. Assuming he wasn't the friend or at the friend's house in the first place.

We don't know what-all was said to Lisa re the drinking. If her mother said "we're going to call the police on him for harassing little girls" and/or buying alcohol for minors....and Lisa repeated that TO him, who knows his reaction. For all we know he had a history with LE or was on probation and that would be very bad for him.

 

[Beekarina]

That is definitely possible.

I lean more towards someone abducting her though as she was walking home. Maybe someone loosely associated with the older crowd she was hanging around with? Thinking back to my younger days, there were always guys around in the late teens to maybe 30 or so who bought beer and stuff for high school parties. There were also a handful of middle school kids who would show up at parties. I'm younger than she would have been by a few years, but I think similar enough generational experience.

I could see something happening like one of the older guys who hung around being a predator, she recognized him and he offered her a ride--either home, or said he was going to a party or to hang out with the older boy she liked, and did she want to go?

I'm sure LE has probably exhausted any possible links between the victims, but there could be someone on the periphery like this. 13 IS still really young, and where she had just gotten into trouble the night before she may have been in full-blown rebellion and really pushing the limits with trying to act way older than her age. That could get her into a bad situation really fast. She would probably know enough not to go with a "stranger", but some "cool older dude"? Sounds like she would hop right in.

JMO