VA - Donna Kay Gibson, 32, Louisa, 25 February 1995

[chaddylex]

Donna Kay Gibson – The Charley Project

• Missing Since02/25/1995
• Missing From: Louisa, Virginia
• Classification Endangered: Missing
• Sex: Female
• Race: White
• Age32 years old
• Height and Weight5'0, 115 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description: A nightgown and bathrobe.
• Medical Conditions: Gibson was suffering from largynitis at the time of her disappearance.
• Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Gibson has a mole on her left cheek and a tattoo of a butterfly on her left ankle. She is severely nearsighted, but left both her contact lenses and her eyeglasses behind. She smokes cigarettes and those were also left behind.

Details of Disappearance
Gibson was last seen at her residence on Route 601 in Louisa, Virginia on the night of February 25, 1995. She had lived in the home for approximately four years with her husband and three children. Her daughter saw her lying asleep on the couch in the early morning hours.

Several hours later, she had vanished. She left all her clothing and personal belongings behind, including her cigarettes, contact lenses and glasses. There was no evidence of forced entry to the home and no evidence of a struggle.

Gibson's son was a light sleeper and said normally, if someone walked around in the house during the night, the creaking floorboards woke him up. He heard nothing that night.

Investigators at the time believed Gibson might have left home with the intention of coming back soon. She has never been heard from again. Her case remains unsolved and her children believe she met with foul play.
Investigating Agency

• Louisa County Sheriff's Office 540-967-1234

Source Information

• Virginia State Police
• The Central Virginian

 

[chaddylex]

This is the first time I listened to the Vanished Podcast and the missing wasn't listed here on NamUs so I created a thread for her. Her daughter's were interviewed for the Podcast and would really like to know what happened to her. It's a good listen.

EPISODE 284: Donna Gibson — The Vanished Podcast

Donna also isn't listed in NamUS.

 

[Brotherfudz]

So sad hearing her kids wondering if she left on her own or if the ex did it. Seems pretty obvious it was the ex...but why the pillows under the blanket? Maybe she snuck outside to see him and didn’t want her family to know she left, then he killed her?

 

[chaddylex]

So sad hearing her kids wondering if she left on her own or if the ex did it. Seems pretty obvious it was the ex...but why the pillows under the blanket? Maybe she snuck outside to see him and didn’t want her family to know she left, then he killed her?

That's what I am thinking...

 

[chaddylex]

Here is another podcast just released about Donna's disappearance. https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/missing-persons-1012963/episodes/donna-kay-gibson-97059077

I still don't understand why her profile isn't in NamUs. I hope her daughter's see this and enter her into the database.
When the daughters were interviewed for this podcast, they acknowledged her mom having a profile on The Charley Project, and mentioned about making a website or page to get more info out about her disappearance.

 

[jetsfanjohn]

I had a listen to the Vanished Podcast on this case.

Whether she initially went willingly with him or if she was abducted, you'd have to assume the ex. is responsible for her disappearance.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Added to NAMUS

 

[ChatteringBirds]

It seems very odd to me that she left her glasses behind. Severely near-sighted but didn't put her glasses on when she got up from the couch?
I do need to listen to the Podcasts admittedly.

 

[Pennysmom2]

July 1, 2014

Family wants closure in Bumpass woman’s sudden disappearance 19 years ago

Donna Gibson’s daughter, Miranda, was 18 months old when her mother vanished in 1995. She has no memories of her mother, only those of her siblings.

www.thecentralvirginian.com

 

[Hestia's Fire]

I'm catching up on old episodes of The Vanished podcast, and Donna's story really breaks my heart. I can't believe how little attention she has gotten. It seems like law enforcement really dropped the ball here and never bothered to investigate her disappearance at all. Married woman vanishes, must be her husband. Can't get anywhere questioning him? Oh well, it's a mystery.

Meanwhile she's had to take out a restraining order against a man she was in a relationship with who was stalking her and peeping in the windows and sleeping underneath the house in secret, but he doesn't get questioned? Make it make sense.

I think everyone in town knew about her reputation of having extramarital relationships and so law enforcement didn't really bother investigating when she disappeared because they looked down on her lifestyle. It's the same old story- if you aren't a sympathetic victim in every way, either because of your lifestyle choices or your mental health struggles or addiction or whatever, you just may not ever get the attention you deserve.

 

[tb112711]

We would like to sincerely thank the person who added this thread. It means a lot to have Donna’s story get the attention it deserves.

It has been 30 years since the disappearance of our mother, and we are left with absolutely no answers. The police department continues to ignore our plead for answers (let alone simple communication concerning the case) as they have repeatedly done so, over the years. This case should’ve been solved. We should’ve HAD answers a long time ago. Instead, 30 LONG years have passed and here we are. My siblings and I, left to wonder what happened, yet still clinging to the hope that “one day” we will find out. To say we are upset, let down and disgusted by the lack of police involvement and attention to her case is a huge understatement. We have gone above and beyond to meet with members of the police department only to be disregarded with our concerns and disrespected in our multiple attempts. We don’t understand why they have and continue to treat us this way.

 

[chaddylex]

We would like to sincerely thank the person who added this thread. It means a lot to have Donna’s story get the attention it deserves.

It has been 30 years since the disappearance of our mother, and we are left with absolutely no answers. The police department continues to ignore our plead for answers (let alone simple communication concerning the case) as they have repeatedly done so, over the years. This case should’ve been solved. We should’ve HAD answers a long time ago. Instead, 30 LONG years have passed and here we are. My siblings and I, left to wonder what happened, yet still clinging to the hope that “one day” we will find out. To say we are upset, let down and disgusted by the lack of police involvement and attention to her case is a huge understatement. We have gone above and beyond to meet with members of the police department only to be disregarded with our concerns and disrespected in our multiple attempts. We don’t understand why they have and continue to treat us this way.

You are quite welcome.

I am so sorry you and your family is going thru this. I will hope and pray you will get someone in your Sheriff's Dept that will take your mom's case seriously.

Is her husband and ex both still alive? What are they like now, 30 years later if they are still alive? I am asking this because if they were involved maybe the way they are now has impacted on how their lives have turned out 30 years later (like if one was involved how their guilt has gotten to them)

 

[tb112711]

Our father ( Donna’s husband at the time of her disappearance ) was on dialysis several days a week, sick from kidney disease. He died before being able to receive a transplant in 2006. He upheld his innocence the entire time over the years and made sure to provide the best he could for us children as a single father. Our paternal grandparents were there every step in our lives as well until their passing years later. The impact certainly did take a toll on them one by one over the years for the fact that they never got any answers. Now it is left to us children to find the answers and we are left stuck.
As for the “ex” (man who she was having an affair with), he was incarcerated the last time I checked. He had no problem months and years after her disappearance “bragging” to others in town about killing her and even went as far as supposedly confessing to his brother that he killed her. He is constantly in and out of jail. He had reportedly “shut down” the one time he was actually questioned in jail (years ago) regarding any involvement with our mother’s disappearance. Supposedly it upset him so much. Since that police have not attempted to contact him any more that we are aware of. Like I have mentioned we have literally begged detectives to visit him and ask questions and we get disregarded. It’s so frustrating to us.

 

[chaddylex]

Our father ( Donna’s husband at the time of her disappearance ) was on dialysis several days a week, sick from kidney disease. He died before being able to receive a transplant in 2006. He upheld his innocence the entire time over the years and made sure to provide the best he could for us children as a single father. Our paternal grandparents were there every step in our lives as well until their passing years later. The impact certainly did take a toll on them one by one over the years for the fact that they never got any answers. Now it is left to us children to find the answers and we are left stuck.
As for the “ex” (man who she was having an affair with), he was incarcerated the last time I checked. He had no problem months and years after her disappearance “bragging” to others in town about killing her and even went as far as supposedly confessing to his brother that he killed her. He is constantly in and out of jail. He had reportedly “shut down” the one time he was actually questioned in jail (years ago) regarding any involvement with our mother’s disappearance. Supposedly it upset him so much. Since that police have not attempted to contact him any more that we are aware of. Like I have mentioned we have literally begged detectives to visit him and ask questions and we get disregarded. It’s so frustrating to us.

This makes me so sad you are going thru this. Did you happen to make a Facebook page for your mom? If not, maybe you can do that, and it can be shared and maybe put some pressure on the Sheriff's Dept/Police, or maybe someone might see it and can help? Just grasping at straws, I guess since you have had no luck so far.

 

[tb112711]

Thanks for that advice! I will get with my sisters and create one. I hope that will help put some pressure on getting attention to her case and maybe get us some sort of long awaited answers. Thank you so much again for all of your kind words and helpful advice.

 

[chaddylex]

Thanks for that advice! I will get with my sisters and create one. I hope that will help put some pressure on getting attention to her case and maybe get us some sort of long awaited answers. Thank you so much again for all of your kind words and helpful advice.

You are quite welcome! Once you get it created, share it on here so we can share it too!
Good luck!