MN MN - Ruth Eckholm, 86, Duluth, 17 August 1991

[Sleuth91]

Ruth Eckholm
NamUs

[NO PHOTOS FOUND]

Demographics
Missing Age: 86 Years
Current Age: 115 Years
First Name: Ruth
Last Name: Eckholm
Sex: Female
Height: 5' 8" (68 Inches)
Weight: 130 lbs
Race/Ethnicity: White/Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact: August 17, 1991
NamUs Case Created: November 18, 2011
Last Known Location Map
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
County: St. Louis County
Circumstances of Disappearance: Was an Alzheimer patient.

Physical Description
Hair Color: White
Left Eye Color: Blue
Right Eye Color: Blue

Distinctive Physical Features: No Information Entered

Clothing and Accessories: No Information Entered

Transportation: No Information Entered

0 Unidentified Person Exclusions

Investigating Agencies
Saint Louis County Sheriff's Office (Case Owner)
Address: 100 North 5th Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota 55802
County: St. Louis County
Main Phone: (218) 726-2340
Website URL: Sheriff
Agency Case Number: 91159011

Case Contributors
Jason Mielke, Law Enforcement
Relationship to Case: Law Enforcement
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Address: 1430 Maryland Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55106
County: Ramsey County
Main Phone: (651) 793-7000

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Ruth - this summer will be 31 years.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Photo of Ruth from Central High School's 1922 yearbook. CHS closed in 2011.

Central High School (Duluth, Minnesota) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[MadMcGoo]

View attachment 364922
Photo of Ruth from Central High School's 1922 yearbook. CHS closed in 2011.

Central High School (Duluth, Minnesota) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I’m curious. Do you ever contact NamUs/Doe Net/CP when you find a photo of a MP who doesn’t have one in their profile?

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I’m curious. Do you ever contact NamUs/Doe Net/CP when you find a photo of a MP who doesn’t have one in their profile?

I try to contact the doe network if they have a profile!

 

[MadMcGoo]

I try to contact the doe network if they have a profile!

Same! I just recently started contacting the other two. Not much luck there though. :/

 

[Teamir]

Ruth M Eckholm

I found her date of birth as March 23rd, 1905. And the site I found it on lists a date of death as August 31, 1998. That could be the date she was legally declared deceased or she might have been located and the police were never informed to close the case. It lists her middle initial as M.

Ive requested news articles from her time of disappearance…more to come.

 

[Teamir]

I’ve received scans of news articles from when she went missing. I need to organize and upload. But here is a screenshot of the photo of her from the article.

 

[Teamir]

The initials DNT stand for Duluth New Tribune, and the publication date is the date following "DNT".

 

[Teamir]

The initials DNT stand for Duluth New Tribune, and the publication date is the date following "DNT".

 

[Teamir]

The initials DNT stand for Duluth New Tribune, and the publication date is the date following "DNT".

 

[Teamir]

I know some of those are hard to read, so if you have any you want me to zoom in on, let me know. Here's a zoomed clip of her description. It's more complete than what is in Namus, related to clothing.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Ruth Eckholm - Minnesota Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of Ruth Eckholm, Missing since August 1991

www.missingin.org

 

[Pennysmom1]

Ruth is not listed at NAMUS

Very little information found.

 

[Teamir]

Ruth is not listed at NAMUS

Very little information found.

Does this NAMUS link work?

 

[Pennysmom1]

Does this NAMUS link work?

Yes, it does! The spelling of Ekholm is different. We'll have to see if we can find out which is correct.

 

[mlhenn]

Ruth M. Eckholm – The Charley Project

Details of Disappearance​

Eckholm was last seen on August 22, 1991. At the time of her disappearance she was living in Twig, Minnesota at Twig Home 2, an adult foster home for people with memory loss. She walked out the door at 3:30 p.m. while a caretaker was helping one of the other residents, and never returned.

She was last seen at 4:30 p.m. at Fitger's Brewery Complex in downtown Duluth, Minnesota; she bought a shirt there and ate dinner. An extensive search of the area turned up no sign of her and she has never been heard from again.

Eckholm had previously lived at St. Ann's Residence in Duluth and had wandered away from that facility as well, being found safe later on. She was moved to Twig Home 2 in order to be better supervised. Her family stated she had friends in east Duluth and used to live there, and might have tried to go there. She had also previously lived in Bilings, Montana and Portland, Oregon.

She has never been located.