FL FL - Adelaida Vargas, 45, Miami, 13 March 1980

[Wanting2Help]

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/13785/0/

Status Missing
First name Adelaida
Last name Vargas
Nickname/Alias
Date LKA March 13, 1980 03:30
Date entered 01/31/2012
Age LKA 45 to 45 years old
Age now 76 years old
Race White
Ethnicity Hispanic/Latino
Sex Female
Height (inches) 63.0 to 68.0
Weight (pounds) 120.0 to 140.0

Circumstances
City Miami
State Florida
Zip code 33155
County Miami-Dade

Circumstances The missing person left her residence and never returned. The missing person called her daughter in a hysterical state warning her to leave the residence because the family was in danger.

Physical
Hair color Sandy
Head hair Sandy brown
Left eye color Brown
Right eye color Brown
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Distinctive features as described below
Scars and marks: Scar behind both ears as a result of plastic surgery
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Clothing and Accessories
Clothing Green slacks, black blouse, and rust colored jacket
Footwear Rust colored wooden shoes
Jewelry Cartier watch with black band

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Dental
Status: Dental information / charting is currently not available

DNA
Status: Sample is currently not available

Fingerprint Information
Status: Fingerprint information is currently not available

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Police Information
Title Detective
First name John
Last name Perez
Jurisdiction County
Agency Miami-Dade Police Department
Address 1 1701 NW 87th Avenue
Address 2
City Miami
State Florida
Zip code 33172
Phone 305-418-7200
Email [email protected]
Website
Case number PD060215082509
Date reported March 19, 1980
Comments Cross Ref to Case: 86278A

 

[Wanting2Help]

I submitted this Jane Doe to the ME as a possible match on 2/2/12 and asked if they thought the remains may have been there since 1980.

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/5529

They replied:

I looked into this case and our office has submitted DNA that has been entered into NamUs database. Once the missing person’s department has collected DNA from her family and it is entered into NamUs’s database, then the process of elimination will began. At this time there is not enough information reported to proceed with a comparison or elimination.

They never answered about the length of time they might have been there.

 

[Wanting2Help]

I emailed LE handling her case to see if DNA is on file or is obtainable.

 

[Wanting2Help]

I just spoke with Detective Perez. Very nice guy He thanked me for submitting this match and wanted to let me know that they tracked down her daughter for dna. They have submitted the dna to NamUs and are waiting on the results. He said he would let me know what the outcome is...

 

[Wanting2Help]

I just sent a follow up email to Det. Perez. Hopefully they have results by now, its been almost 2 months...

 

[Wanting2Help]

Update: they are requesting DNA from a different family member to compare as well...

 

[Wanting2Help]

Still waiting on DNA results...

 

[Simply Caustic]

Bump for Adelaida...

Via Kindle, like a true Amazon junkie

 

[Momoffourboys]

Adelaida's story just came up on my FB.

I am intrigued. Was she married? Divorced? Were there searches for her? Where did she live? Just thinking out loud.

 

[Puzzled27]

I was browsing some missing Miami cold cases and started researching. Adelaida was married and divorced him by 1978. She filed in 1974. She lived rather close to him after the divorce. Looks like he remarried the same year their divorce went through and lived rather close to her. The location where they lived would make sense to drive directly west towards the Everglades and dump a body in a canal that's infested with alligators. I used to live between their residence and the canal. I wonder if the DNA ever matched.

 

[Puzzled27]

Hi. Did you ever hear back from the detective about the DNA? There have been so many changes in personnel, so he may not have got back to you if someone else is handling cold cases.

 

[Wanting2Help]

Hi. Did you ever hear back from the detective about the DNA? There have been so many changes in personnel, so he may not have got back to you if someone else is handling cold cases.

No I never heard back.

 

[elframo]

Bumping for Adelaida

 

[Aurora90]

This is a heartbreaking case. Surely she explained to her daughter what it was she was afraid of... LE must be keeping it close to the chest.

 

[DS2021]

Such a strange case

5 unidentified rule outs

 

[Atombudd]

Adelaida R. Vargas​

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Vargas, circa 1980

• Missing Since 01/31/1980
• Missing From Miami, Florida
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 03/13/1936 (89)
• Age 42 years old
• Height and Weight 5'6, 130 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A black blouse, a rust-colored jacket, green slacks, rust-colored wooden shoes and a Cartier watch with a black band.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Vargas has scars behind her ears from plastic surgery. Her nicknames are Lala and Lalin.

Details of Disappearance​

Vargas was last seen in Miami, Florida on January 31, 1980. She called her daughter in a state of hysteria and said she had to leave because the family was in danger. She then left her residence and never returned.

The circumstances of Vargas's disappearance are unclear; her case remains unsolved. She was born in Cuba and emigrated to the United States when she was about 22 years old.

Adelaida R. Vargas – The Charley Project

Circumstances of DisappearanceThe missing person left her residence and never returned. The missing person called her daughter in a hysterical state warning her to leave the residence because the family was in danger.

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Circumstance Notes​

Cross Ref to Case: 86278A

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[Aurora90]

Cross Ref to Case: 86278A

Sounds like they have a suspect and possibly another case they are connecting this to. Could it have been a domestic situation and that is the case they are cross referencing? I find it hard to believe any other scenario other than DV tbh.

I still believe she told her daughter specific information during her last phone call, but that LE has decided (understandable) not to make that information public. I wonder if they will ever publicly announce a suspect?

Was she married? Is he still alive?