OR OR - Ethel Lane, 86, & Joyce Hess, 54, Myrtle Creek, 18 Oct 1974

[ATheLibrarian]

Not much information on these ladies. Neither are on DoeNetwork.

Ethel Lane (mother) https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/13165/0/
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/l/lane_ethel.html


Joyce Hess - https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/13167/0/
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/hess_joyce.html

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

This Jane Doe matches limited physical description- and was only an hour away (52 miles) on Highway 5- pretty straight drive from one location to the other. Ethel went missing in 1974, Jane Doe was found in 1986 but died years earlier. Jane Does age: 60-80, Ethel: 86 yrs. Jane Doe: 5' -5'4 feet, Ethel: 5'4 feet. http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1263ufor.html

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Map from Ethel Lanes last known location and Jane Does location.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Myr...25ba08e5112d4!2m2!1d-123.3283925!2d42.4390069

Ethel Mae wasn't entered into NAMUS until 2011.

 

[madamx]

I had never heard of these 2 women and I cannot find out any more info on them at all.


Missing Persons | Douglas County Sheriff's Office | Roseburg, Oregon
Hess, Joyce C.
Date missing: October 18, 1974
Resident of: Myrtle Creek, Oregon
Age: 54
Height: 5'04'''
Weight: 130
Hair: Gray
Eyes: Unknown
Case No: 74-3635


Missing Persons | Douglas County Sheriff's Office | Roseburg, Oregon

Lane, Ethel
Date missing: October 18, 1974,
Resident of: Myrtle Creek, Oregon
Age: 86
Height: 5'04'''
Weight: 130
Hair: Unknown
Eyes: Unknown
Case No: 74-3635

 

[madamx]

 

[madamx]

 

[madamx]

Just so strange 2 women go missing and I cant even find any news articles or anything on these women.. Its sad.. I wonder who reported them missing?

 

[madamx]

This Jane Doe matches limited physical description- and was only an hour away (52 miles) on Highway 5- pretty straight drive from one location to the other. Ethel went missing in 1974, Jane Doe was found in 1986 but died years earlier. Jane Does age: 60-80, Ethel: 86 yrs. Jane Doe: 5' -5'4 feet, Ethel: 5'4 feet. http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1263ufor.html

that sounds pretty good. you should submit that!

 

[madamx]

Ethel Lane - Oregon Missing Person Directory

Last seen alive: October 18, 1974

Circumstances: Ethel Lane and Joyce Hess lived on West Gazley Road in Myrtle Creek.
It appears that Lane and her daughter Hess were the victims of homicide. Their bodies have never been located.

Location
City: Myrtle Creek
State: Oregon
Zip: 97457
County: Douglas

 

[Coffee56]

Ethel Lane – The Charley Project
Joyce C. Hess – The Charley Project

Ethel Lane - Newspapers.com

 

[msmojo74]

Odd that the brother killed himself around this time. Maybe he was involved in their disappearance?

 

[Luckyzmom]

Ethel Lane – The Charley Project
Joyce C. Hess – The Charley Project

Ethel Lane - Newspapers.com

. Nice find !

 

[CastlesBurning]

Details updated, 10/20/20:

Joyce C. Hess – The Charley Project

Ethel Lane – The Charley Project

 

[Diane Redfern]

Did LE ever checked their properties (where Joyce and Ethel lives and also Ramsower's)?

Johnson C. “John” Ramsower (1899-1974) - Find a...

Born on 3 Oct 1899. Died on 25 Oct 1974. Buried in Grants Pass, Oregon, USA.

es.findagrave.com

 

[Pennysmom1]

Joyce C Hess - Oregon Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of Joyce C Hess, Missing since October 1974

www.missingin.org

Ethel Lane - Oregon Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of Ethel Lane, Missing since October 1974

www.missingin.org

 

[DS2021]

that sounds pretty good. you should submit that!

Theyve been identified