MI MI - Juliette Delania Walker, 21, Pontiac, 1 June 1963

[Moonwalker9]

Missing Person Case
Juliette Delania Walker – The Charley Project

• Missing Since06/01/1963
• Missing FromPontiac, Michigan
• ClassificationMissing
• Age21 years old
• Height and Weight5'5 - 5'7, 140 - 160 pounds
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsAfrican-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Walker's nickname is Lannie. Her ears are pierced.

Details of Disappearance
Walker was last seen in Pontiac, Michigan on June 1, 1963. She had been known to drop out of sight for a day or two; however, after her June 1963 disappearance, she never returned. Few details are available in her case.

Could she still be alive?

 

[Richard]

Juliette Delania Walker

Does anyone have more information about this case? She has been missing for almost 56 years now.

 

[Richard]

Juliette Delania Walker

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Walker, circa 1963

• Missing Since 06/01/1963
• Missing From Pontiac, Michigan
• Classification Missing
• Sex Female
• Race Black
• Age 21 years old
• Height and Weight 5'5 - 5'7, 140 - 160 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Walker's nickname is Lannie. Her ears are pierced.

Details of Disappearance

Walker was last seen in Pontiac, Michigan on June 1, 1963. She had been known to drop out of sight for a day or two; however, after her June 1963 disappearance, she never returned. Few details are available in her case.

Investigating Agency

• Oakland County Sheriff's Office 248-858-4951

Source Information

• NamUs
• Juliette Delania Walker – The Charley Project

 

[dotr]

Feb 3 2021
Cold Case: Juliette Delania “Lannie” Walker

Juliette Delania “Lannie” Walker. Image from NamUs / Public Domain

''Lannie lived in Pontiac, Michigan. It has been suggested, but not confirmed, that she left children behind. There is not more information available on her or her case, and it remains unsolved.''

Juliette Delania “Lannie” Walker. Image from NamUs / Public Domain
''If you have any information on the disappearance or whereabouts of Juliette Delania “Lannie” Walker, please contact the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office at (248)858–4951.''

 

[Savemecastiel]

Bump

 

[Richard]

Juliette Delania Walker, 21
Missing 1 June 1963 from Pontiac, Michigan

 

[Aurora90]

Bump.

 

[Aurora90]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Race has been known to be off before....

 

[CastlesBurning]

They have been missing in Michigan the longest: 12 people last seen before 1970

Juliette Delania Walker was last seen on June 1, 1963, in Pontiac.

Police said she was known to leave for a day or two, but this time, she never returned home.

Juliette Delania Walker	Details
Missing Age	21
Current Age	80
Height	5′5′'-5′7′'
Weight	140-160 lbs
Eyes	Black
Hair	Brown

Anyone with information should contact the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office at 248-858-4951.

 

[alb1on]

I suspect she was born Delania Hill. Ancestry has records for Delania Hill in Pontiac, the daughter of Matthew Alexander Hill and Juliette Hill (born Slaughter) who was age 8 in the 1950 census. Given the rarity of Delania as a name and the coincidence of both location and mother's first name this looks like a good match. Where the name Walker comes from I do not know. Both parents died in the late 1990s but there were many siblings and some may still be living.
This does not take us much further but may help in locating a marriage and as a pointer to possible name variants.

 

[Richard]

Bumping this thread up. She has been missing for over 60 years.

 

[Emilimae]

Hello everyone, this is my first post on Websleuth, and I had never really looked into missing persons cases before today. I'm quite skeptical that I may have found Juliette within an hour of searching on NamUS, but I have to see what you all think. I started by looking for unidentified bodies near my area and came across a few. The one I decided to try and do a search and see if I can find a missing person, similar to a missing black woman who was found in Hudsonville, Michigan.
Hudsonville unidentified person

She was found on October 20th, 1967, in Hudsonville, Michigan. I know that if this is Juliette Walker, it would mean she was alive and had not been in contact with her family for four years. So, I searched and didn't find many hits at all, but what made me go immediately to Juliette was the fact that she went missing in Michigan, so I started there. When I saw her picture, I wasn't immediately convinced she could be Jane Doe based on the reconstruction photo.

But when I looked at the similarities listed in both files, I saw that they were both around the same height. Jane Doewas 5'8", and Juliette is listed between 5'5" and 5'7". They also both have brown eyes as well and the age would have fit as well. The weight was off though. Jane Doe was 100 pounds, and Juliette is listed between 140-160 pounds, but her weight could have easily changed in the four years between her being missing and her dying. What made me start questioning if this could be her was when i put both the reconstructed photo of jane doe and juliette into Chat GPT and asked it to analyze them to see if they could be the same person it listed the similar facial features and said while it couldnt say they were the same person it said there was enough similaritie between the two that it could be the same person. The key differences between the two photos are the hair and the expression.

The more I look at the photos, the more I think they could be the same person. Which is insane to think because if I could find it so easily, anyone else could have as well, including the police. I just need more people's eyes on this to give me your opinions. Below is a side-by-side of both photos.

 

[PGHJW]

Well, I guess we now know AI is useless. They do not look at all alike.