MT MT - Peggy Decoteau, 40, Superior, 4 July 1979

[Gardener1850]

Peggy Joan Decoteau
Nickname/Alias: Peggy Jo Cashman
Mineral County, Montana
40 year old white female

Height (inches)

Weight (pounds)

[TD="class: view_field"]60.0 to 62.0[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]155.0[/TD]

Hair: Red/Auburn
Eyes: Blue

Peggy Jo Decoteau was last seen in Mineral County, MT on July 4, 1979.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/14829/

 

[Coffee56]

Peggy Jo DeCoteau – The Charley Project

The Doe Network: Peggy Jo Decoteau 2553DFMT

 

[Richard]

Missing for 40 years...

Peggy Jo Decoteau (circa 1979)


Peggy Jo Decoteau

• Case Classification: Missing

• Missing Since: July 4, 1979

• Location Last Seen: Mineral County, Montana

Physical Description
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.

• Date of Birth: September 20, 1938

• Age at Time of Disappearance: 40 years old

• Race: White

• Gender: Female

• Height at Time of Disappearance: 5'0" to 5'4"

• Weight at Time of Disappearance: 155 lbs.

• Hair Color: Red or auburn

• Eye Color: Blue

• Alias(s) / Nickname(s): Peggy Jo Cashman, Peggy Joan Cashman, or Peggy Joan Decoteau.

• Distinguishing Marks/Features: None noted.

• Dentals: Not available.

• Fingerprints: Not available.

• DNA: Available ( mtDNA nucDNA Y-STR in CODIS).

Clothing & Personal Items

• Clothing: Unknown.

• Jewelry: Unknown.

• Additional Personal Items: Unknown.

Circumstances of Disappearance
Peggy Jo Decoteau was last seen in Mineral County, Montana, on July 4, 1979.

Investigating Agency(s)
If you have any information about this case please contact;

• Agency Name: Mineral County Sheriff's Office

• Agency Contact Person: Sheriff Ernie Orleans

• Agency Phone Number: 406-822-3555

• Agency Name: Montana Department of Justice

• Agency Contact Person: Missing Persons Clearinghouse

• Agency Phone Number: 406-444-1526

• NamUs Case Number: MP #14829

Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Information Source(s)

• Montana Department of Justice

• NamUs

• The Doe Network: Peggy Jo Decoteau 2553DFMT

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Peggy, now missing over 41 years...

 

[Richard]

Peggy Jo DeCoteau

Peggy, circa 1979

• Missing Since 07/04/1979
• Missing From Superior, Montana
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 09/20/1938 (82)
• Age 40 years old
• Height and Weight 5'0 - 5'4, 155 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description Levi's jeans. Carrying a light denim travel bag and a brown leather purse containing approximately $200 in cash.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Red hair, blue eyes. Peggy may use the middle names Jean and/or Joan, or her maiden name, Cashman. She has a mole on the right side of her face and a surgical scar on her abdomen from a gall bladder operation.

Details of Disappearance

Peggy was last seen in Superior, Montana on July 4, 1979. She and her husband, Earl, had traveled from their home in Maple Valley, Washington to visit relatives in North Dakota, and they stopped at the Big Sky Motel in Superior on the way home.

Earl stated that he woke up in their room at 11:00 p.m. and Peggy was gone. Her purse, credit cards and travel bag were also missing. She has never been heard from again. Earl waited for nine days before reporting the disappearance to police; in the meantime, he tried to find Peggy by checking to see if she was with various friends and relatives.

The DeCoteaus had been having marital problems, and investigators believed at first that Peggy had left of her own accord. Her credit cards were never used after she went missing, however, and foul play is now suspected in her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency

• Mineral County Sheriff's Department 406-822-3555

Source Information

• Montana Missing Persons Clearinghouse
• NamUs
• The Great Falls Tribune
• The Missoulian
• Peggy Jo DeCoteau – The Charley Project

 

[iamnotagolem]

Wow those last 2 paragraphs, he woke up at 11pm? Didn’t report her missing for 9 days? Who last saw her other than her husband? She could be anywhere in ND or MT.

 

[iamnotagolem]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Could this be Peggy?

 

[NoSpoonFeeding]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Could this be Peggy?

No,PMI is only months, Peggy had been missing for more than 6 years

 

[iamnotagolem]

No,PMI is only months, Peggy had been missing for more than 6 years

I saw that, but I talked to a gal that worked in the field and she said never hesitate to include UIDs that are off by one detail because she’d seen so many typos and errors in them including date found, eye color, hair color, even gender. So I try to remember that.

Peggy is the only missing person in the county and the UID was found after the date she went missing.

 

[Gina20]

I saw that, but I talked to a gal that worked in the field and she said never hesitate to include UIDs that are off by one detail because she’d seen so many typos and errors in them including date found, eye color, hair color, even gender. So I try to remember that.

Peggy is the only missing person in the county and the UID was found after the date she went missing.

This sounds like a job for Othram.

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[Pennysmom1]

1994 MT missing persons

Clipping found in The Billings Gazette published in Billings, Montana on 9/11/1994. 1994 MT missing persons

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Peggy Joan Decoteau - Montana Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of Peggy Joan Decoteau, Missing since July 1979

www.missingin.org

 

[Caring1]

6 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[Kitra]

So great to see people still thinking of Peggy. She's my great aunt & I so wish there was closure about her case...

 

[Richard]

So great to see people still thinking of Peggy. She's my great aunt & I so wish there was closure about her case...

Welcome to Websleuths! I hope that some answers might be forthcoming in your aunt's case.

 

[Kitra]

Welcome to Websleuths! I hope that some answers might be forthcoming in your aunt's case.

Thank you! I did get her case file, so maybe I should post some things from it?