TX TX - Ruth Jones-Severance, 25, Houston, 11 Dec 1982

[CarlK90245]

A new NamUs No-Photo casefile was created today for Ruth Marie Severance

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/18953/0

I did A little research, and found that she was originally from Lexington NC, and her maiden name was Jones.

I found a few newspaper articles on her, along with a photo

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...RIeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kVIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5920,3505464

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...1ocAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vFIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4710,4632549


NamUs MP # 18953

Ruth Marie Jones-Severance

LKA

Age LKA: 25
Date LKA: December 11, 1982
Location LKA: Houston, Harris County, Texas
Circumstances: Missing Person last seen on 12/11/1982.​

Vital Stats

Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 58 inches (4'10")
Weight: 110 pounds
Hair Color: Blond/Strawberry
Eye Color: Hazel
Clothing: Green and white jacket, navy blue shirt and blue jeans​

Identifiers

Dentals: Not Available
DNA: Not Yet Available (Initial Inquiry Underway)
Fingerprints: Not Available​

 

[CarlK90245]

Here is the full article, in case the links go bad.

 

[CarlK90245]

... and another:

 

[CarlK90245]

It looks like the husband, Charles Peter Severance, is out of the reach of the law. He died in 1991.

 

[Gardener1850]

Bumping with Charley Project:

Details of Disappearance

Ruth was last seen in Houston, Texas on December 11, 1982. She left work with her ex-husband, Pete Severance, in order to go Christmas shopping for their son. They went to the Swiss Colony Store at Memorial City Mall, then left at approximately 7:00 p.m.

According to Pete, they were driving to a Target store two miles away when they began arguing. Pete let Ruth out of the car. She has never been heard from again. Her roommate reported her missing the next morning.

When Pete came home from the shopping trip, he had a black eye and scratches all over his face. Interviewed by the police on December 13, he said Ruth had caused the injuries during their fight. He agreed to take a polygraph, but the day before it was scheduled he changed his mind.

He and Ruth had begun dating each other when she was 14 and he was 23. Her parents didn't approve of the relationship due to the age difference, so they ran away to be together. Their son was born in 1976 and the couple married in 1979, but their relationship was troubled and they divorced in 1981.

Pete remarried in the summer of 1982, and Ruth was engaged at the time of her disappearance. She had custody of their son and was struggling financially; she'd been evicted from her apartment from non-payment of rent and had moved in with a friend.

It's uncharacteristic of Ruth to leave without warning, and her family doesn't believe she would have abandoned her son or missed his upcoming birthday. They stated she was not an independent person and would have confided in others if she planned to walk out of her life. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance.

http://charleyproject.org/case/ruth-marie-severance

 

[UncoolNegated]

It looks like the husband, Charles Peter Severance, is out of the reach of the law. He died in 1991.

She looks like your avatar picture.

 

[UncoolNegated]

I did some research on this case. Most of what I found is redundant to the news article above. However, Pete Severance was professionally involved in hole-digging.

 

[MadMcGoo]

4 Unidentified Person Exclusions
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UP6279 12/18/1996 Fairfax VA
UP8419 01/16/2001 Isle of Wight VA
UP12683 06/06/2014 Newport News VA

 

[ChatteringBirds]

What a tragic case.
How sad that her son has had to live without her since childhood.
And that LE wasn't able to solve this back in the 80's.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Bumping case up for Ruth.

 

[Jeast185]

A new NamUs No-Photo casefile was created today for Ruth Marie Severance

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/18953/0

I did A little research, and found that she was originally from Lexington NC, and her maiden name was Jones.

I found a few newspaper articles on her, along with a photo

The Dispatch - Google News Archive Search

The Dispatch - Google News Archive Search


NamUs MP # 18953

Ruth Marie Jones-Severance

LKA

Age LKA: 25​

Date LKA: December 11, 1982​

Location LKA: Houston, Harris County, Texas​

Circumstances: Missing Person last seen on 12/11/1982.​

Vital Stats

Race: White​

Sex: Female​

Height: 58 inches (4'10")​

Weight: 110 pounds​

Hair Color: Blond/Strawberry​

Eye Color: Hazel​

Clothing: Green and white jacket, navy blue shirt and blue jeans​

Identifiers

Dentals: Not Available​

DNA: Not Yet Available (Initial Inquiry Underway)​

Fingerprints: Not Available​

I am the stepson to her son Charles Zachery severance he's married to my mother Kathleen Marie noel, call me at 3364258452 he talks about it quite a lot never got any clarification and now has schizophrenia he talks to my mother about it here and there and he believes she was killed and is in Lexington n.c