Missing MN girl from 1960s-1970s (HELP)

[NarcWahlberg]

So I recently found out from a friend of mine that someone we know has a missing sister from Minnesota, possibly Plummer, MN. Anyway, I haven't spoken to the gentleman about it because I'm sure I'll get the "It's none of your business." response. So the hard part of trying to find information about this is that I don't know the girls name, age of disappearance, date of disappearance, "correct" city, DOB, etc. All I know is the acquaintance/friends name, info, etc. I have tried a lot of googling, using these resources: Assistance for Families of the Missing , etc. I'd really like to look into this but I just have nothing to start with. Any suggestions???

 

[HmmMysterious]

So I recently found out from a friend of mine that someone we know has a missing sister from Minnesota, possibly Plummer, MN. Anyway, I haven't spoken to the gentleman about it because I'm sure I'll get the "It's none of your business." response. So the hard part of trying to find information about this is that I don't know the girls name, age of disappearance, date of disappearance, "correct" city, DOB, etc. All I know is the acquaintance/friends name, info, etc. I have tried a lot of googling, using these resources: Assistance for Families of the Missing , etc. I'd really like to look into this but I just have nothing to start with. Any suggestions???

I think you should talk to this man. It wouldn't hurt to try imo.

 

[truthfinder2019]

As you at least have her surname if she is the sister of someone you know, with familysearch.com you can find places of residence etc, and with ancestry.com you can maybe find her in school books or old newspapers if this was ever reported.
check the doenetwork to see if she is listed there it contains a lot of cold cases and you can filter by State.

U.S. Missing Persons

 

[truthfinder2019]

PM me if you need help

 

[NarcWahlberg]

It's weird, his last name is Carlson. And he is/was from the Plummer, MN area. I was told she disappeared in the 60s-70s but there is no one with that name missing. He comes from a very religious stable family too so the last name is the same. Hmmmm????

 

[GraceG]

Project Cold Case in Minnesota maintains records, and you can search by surnames but I believe they only go back to 1980. I've included the link though, I did search using the surname Carlson and found zero records though there were over 3000 missing females from Minnesota in the system. Project Cold Case Database

 

[doublestop]

Could the sister have been married and thus be listed under a different name?

 

[cenazoic]

Project Cold Case is very interesting, but it’s dedicated to unsolved homicides, not missing people.

 

[NarcWahlberg]

Could the sister have been married and thus be listed under a different name?

No. They were children.

 

[doublestop]

No. They were children.

Any idea of the likely decades in which this may have happened?

 

[NarcWahlberg]

So I had help with this & was able to clarify a lot. The information I received & posted here wasn't accurate. I found out she was actually an adult when she disappeared. Thanks for your help!

 

[truthfinder2019]

I think I can post here part of what I found and communicated to @NarcWahlberg . This has been a horrific crime against a 22 yrs old beautiful woman back in 1987.

The 1987 murder of Anita Carlson in northwestern Minnesota remains unsolved 34 years later

In July 1987, the city of Bemidji was shaken by the murder of a young woman with a promising future. Anita Ann Carlson, 22, was a recent Bemidji State graduate who disappeared while working a night shift at the Pete’s Place West convenience store. As part of Forum News Service's new cold-case…

www.bemidjipioneer.com

 

[cenazoic]

Great job, @truthfinder2019 ! I spent too much time helplessly trawling around in 1960-1975 on newspapers.com.

 

[NarcWahlberg]

I'd actually like to try harder looking into this. I've been doing some of my own online detective work but being new to this I keep hitting road blocks. I'm starting to think that Donald Blom should/should have been a person of interest. He was out of prison at that time.

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MN Thread 'MN - Donald Blom suspected SK 1975-1999'

Feb 19, 2017

Birth Date: 2/5/1949 South St. Paul
Location: UNDISCLOSED
Admit Date: 8/18/2000
Penalty-Guilty, Life sentence without parole
Victim-Kathlyn "Katie" Poirier
Year-1999
OID Number: 111324
Previous Conviction-Registered sex offender, 6 felonies and five of them sex-related and kidnapping
Other names-Donald Aubin Hutchinson, Donald Albin Pince, Donald Albin Prince, Timothy Edward Whitmore, John Fitzgerald Koppel, John Koppel, Dennis Allen Franklin

Crime Timeline-

April 4 75-Aggravated assault on 15-year-old

December 23 75-1st-degree rape and kidnapping on 14-year-old...

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