IN IN - Elizabeth Collison, 45, Washington, 1 Aug 1972

[ChatteringBirds]

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Missing Person / NamUs #MP131531
Elizabeth Collison
Female, Multiple
Date of Last Contact: August 1, 1972
Missing From: Washington, Indiana
Missing Age: 45 Years
Current Age: 97 Years
Chosen Name/Nickname/Alias: Betty
Height: 5' 6" (66 Inches)
Weight: 140 - 175 lbs
Race / Ethnicity
White / Caucasian, Asian

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact: August 1, 1972

Circumstances of Disappearance
Mrs. Collison who also went by "Betty" left her residence, for a business dinner in Washington. Mrs. Collison told family she was meeting with a client for her bank, and would return later that evening. Mrs. Collison has not been seen or heard from since.

Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Distinctive Physical Features: No Information Entered

Clothing: Grey and white summer dress

Transportation: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo

Vehicle was located parked at the bank behind the building.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=4940DFIN

More photos on her DoeNetwork page

George R. Murray, Jr. and Betty Collison 2

Clipping found in The Billings Gazette published in Billings, Montana on 8/15/1973. George R. Murray, Jr. and Betty Collison 2

www.newspapers.com

AT 1 P.M., BETTY put on her pretty gray and white summer dress. Two of her daughters, MB, 17, and N, 14, said she told them she was going with a woman friend to Evansville about 54 miles away to pick up a relative at an airport. Just before she left the house, she talked on the phone with a friend, L J. Mrs. J told investigators Betty said she was meeting G M at 9 p.m.

We found her Oldsmobile parked, unlocked, the next day behind the bank," Beasley says. "We believe Betty typed up a contract in her bank office sometime after 8 p.m., even though the bank was closed for business. We now believe M was possibly at the bank, but no one has positively put him there."
When we got to San Antonio on Saturday, M's wife said he'd come home all right but had gone hunting in West Texas the day before with his two sons.
They are convinced that M and only M held the clues to the disappearance of Betty Collison.
If they're right, the mystery may never be cracked. At 10:38 a.m. on Feb. 21, G M and his Volkswagen crashed at high speed directly into an abutment in San Antonio. M was killed, and Texas Rangers believe it may not have been an accident. At the time of his death, according to Henry Ligeon of the Rangers, he was a suspect in a triple slaying in Texas.

 

[iulia]

Her NamUs page has been removed but the resolved cases stayed the same. It looks like it's been hidden from public view.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Her NamUs page has been removed but the resolved cases stayed the same. It looks like it's been hidden from public view.

Huh, not sure what to make of that.

 

[lightofmine99]

FWIW: Doe Network moved her to "2024 Closed Cases" today.

 

[Pinner]

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=4940DFIN

More photos on her DoeNetwork page

View attachment 539182

George R. Murray, Jr. and Betty Collison 2

Clipping found in The Billings Gazette published in Billings, Montana on 8/15/1973. George R. Murray, Jr. and Betty Collison 2

www.newspapers.com

AT 1 P.M., BETTY put on her pretty gray and white summer dress. Two of her daughters, MB, 17, and N, 14, said she told them she was going with a woman friend to Evansville about 54 miles away to pick up a relative at an airport. Just before she left the house, she talked on the phone with a friend, L J. Mrs. J told investigators Betty said she was meeting G M at 9 p.m.

We found her Oldsmobile parked, unlocked, the next day behind the bank," Beasley says. "We believe Betty typed up a contract in her bank office sometime after 8 p.m., even though the bank was closed for business. We now believe M was possibly at the bank, but no one has positively put him there."
When we got to San Antonio on Saturday, M's wife said he'd come home all right but had gone hunting in West Texas the day before with his two sons.
They are convinced that M and only M held the clues to the disappearance of Betty Collison.
If they're right, the mystery may never be cracked. At 10:38 a.m. on Feb. 21, G M and his Volkswagen crashed at high speed directly into an abutment in San Antonio. M was killed, and Texas Rangers believe it may not have been an accident. At the time of his death, according to Henry Ligeon of the Rangers, he was a suspect in a triple slaying in Texas.

 

[mtlupy]

I found this interesting update from MPIA:

MPIA is trying to find out what happened to Elizabeth Collison Case. She has not been found, based on what family had stated. Their family told us they were concerned about rumors being spread against their family, then the case was removed.

It's very unethical for a missing person to be removed from the missing person database, until they are in fact found. Removing people from the database would hamper efforts to identify the unidentified when they're found. We're working with politicians to create a federal law, in terms of missing people, to ensure missing person reports are taken and or removed prior to the missing person being found.

Missing Person: Elizabeth Collison Missing from Washington, Indiana | Missing People in America

 

[INfisherman]

I’m a lifelong IN resident & have never heard of this missing person. So sad. Washington traditionally isn’t an area of high crime - kind of isolated in the SW portion of the state & in the middle of farm country. Although our news tends to be isolated to state regions from time to time - this may have been covered more in the Evansville or Vincennes media. Sad none the less.