OK OK - Patricia Taylor, 14, Tulsa County, 1 Jan 1980

[scottishgal]

Did the girls' home in Tulsa provide evidence that she ran away to the authorities ? at the time or in 1994 when family came searching ? can they just assume case closed / runaway with due reporting and investigation at the time ? are there any other cases of disappearances from this home during that decade .......

 

[scottishgal]

Occam's razor would have us consider the possibility she died at the girls home as well ?

 

[scottishgal]

Hi April, I know you havent posted here in a while , can you update pls if you have managed to find your half sister since ?

I saw a comment on FB for a feature on cold cases in OK six years ago and had PLT's pic , someone asked if the Patty Lynn on FB had been ruled out ? at first I didnt see a resemblance but both of them do have a slight overbite ? pls let us know if this has person has been approached and ruled out. Really hope all the siblings have got resolution on this

 

[theshadow45]

Patricia has been missing for 44 years today.

 

[april.vorndran]

Hi April, I know you havent posted here in a while , can you update pls if you have managed to find your half sister since ?

I saw a comment on FB for a feature on cold cases in OK six years ago and had PLT's pic , someone asked if the Patty Lynn on FB had been ruled out ? at first I didnt see a resemblance but both of them do have a slight overbite ? pls let us know if this has person has been approached and ruled out. Really hope all the siblings have got resolution on this

I haven't found her. I am unsure of the facebook post. I'd love to see the link for that though.

 

[april.vorndran]

Did the girls' home in Tulsa provide evidence that she ran away to the authorities ? at the time or in 1994 when family came searching ? can they just assume case closed / runaway with due reporting and investigation at the time ? are there any other cases of disappearances from this home during that decade .......

She ran away a few times while in state care, but the evidence I have is just a house report stating she didn't come home from work and then follow up paperwork from the state showing she'd aged out.

 

[april.vorndran]

So I do have a match that has very similar dental information to Patricia. I just want to know if she went missing in 1981 like it says or 1994 when that letter was sent. On second thought, I was thinking about the braces when Patricia may or may not have had brace at the time. Could they have been removed just prior?

It was 1981. My understanding from record is that the braces had been removed at that point.

 

[april.vorndran]

I can see that, but I wonder if she had the tattoo as we

Please bear with me as I am extremely new to this site! I have been very perplexed by Patricia's case. I often wonder where she might have been heading when she left. It has crossed my mind that maybe she wanted to visit or live where she was born, in California. When looking at Jane Does, this one caught my attention (The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)) I'm not sure if anyone has ever looked at her but I didn't see her on the exclusion list. (I might have overlooked it) The circular scar on the right knee stood out to me! I wonder if this Jane Doe worked at Solley's Restaurant, since she had a tshirt with that name on it. They had two locations in the 80s close to Los Angeles. I'm curious about anyone's thoughts or if this has already been looked into?

I sent this over to the NMEC and Mike Nance.

 

[april.vorndran]

I sent this over to the NMEC and Mike Nance.

NMEC confirmed she is excluded.