TX TX - Wanda Priddy, 20, Port Lavaca, 29 Aug 1978

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Wanda’s birthday.

 

[spartanx]

I have the impression that perhaps she had something to do with drugs or some illegal activity or, in the last case, rebuild her life since apparently her husband is never seen as a suspect... or perhaps she was cheating on him or having an affair and was being chatted about...
either way
rest in peace

 

[theshadow45]

Wanda has been missing for 45 years today.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Wanda’s birthday.

 

[Justice1978]

It's been a long time since I've posted (busy having babies), but we still think about Wendy all the time and hope that we will have a breakthrough soon.

 

[theshadow45]

Wanda has been missing for 46 years today.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Wanda is still listed as missing

Missing Person / NamUs #MP8072

View NamUs missing person case MP8072 for Wanda Lee Ann Priddy missing from Port Lavaca, Texas. Date of last contact: Aug 29, 1978. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

Wanda Lee Ann Priddy – The Charley Project

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Priddy, circa 1978; Age-progression to age 44 (circa 2002)

• Missing Since 08/29/1978
• Missing From Port Lavaca, Texas
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 01/21/1958 (66)
• Age 20 years old
• Height and Weight 5'4, 120 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description A multicolored halter top, blue jeans and brown shoes.
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Priddy has scars on her chin, above one of her eyes and on the top of her head. Her upper front teeth turn in towards each other. Priddy's nickname is Wendy. She may use the last names Lundin and/or Miller.

Details of Disappearance​

Priddy was last seen by her husband at their apartment in the 200 block of south Nueces Street in Port Lavaca, Texas on August 29, 1978. Her husband came home from his night job at 6:30 a.m. and found their residence deserted and the door open. Priddy's keys and purse were left in her apartment and her car was parked inside. Of her clothing, only a pair of jeans and two t-shirts were missing.

One of the last people known to have seen Priddy was a coworker of her husband's who had picked him up for work the evening before her disappearance. He said Priddy was acting normally at the time and seemed to be happy. Later that day, she reportedly spoke to two people at her apartment. She has never been heard from again.

There is some speculation that Priddy's disappearance is connected to the disappearance of Kathryn Collins, who went missing from Port Lavaca in 1981 and was never found. Police questioned a man who knew both women, but there was no evidence to link him to either case, and he died in 1991.

Priddy married and moved to Port Lavaca shortly after her graduation from from Harlingen High School. She faithfully called her mother in Harlingen once a week after her marriage. Her case remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.

115DFTX - Wanda Lee Ann Priddy

Nickname/Alias: Wanda Lee Ann Lundin, Wanda Lee Ann Miller
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She has scars on the chin, above one eye, and on top of the head.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available. Two front teeth turn in toward each other.
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available in CODIS.

 

[Pennysmom1]

TxDPS Missing and Unidentified Persons Online Bulletin

Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse Online Bulletin, Browse photos and searchable bulletins of missing persons, abductors, and unidentified persons, a central repository for information and pictures of missing and unidentified persons in Texas.

www.dps.texas.gov

MP-TX MP8072 - Wanda Lee Ann Priddy - Port Lavaca, Texas - 29 Aug 1978 - Victoria - 11 Apr 1981

Clipping found in Victoria Advocate published in Victoria, Texas on 4/11/1981. MP-TX MP8072 - Wanda Lee Ann Priddy - Port Lavaca, Texas - 29 Aug 1978 - Victoria - 11 Apr 1981

www.newspapers.com

 

[theshadow45]

Today is Wanda’s birthday.

 

[Justice1978]

I posted Wanda as a potential match in the forum for the Placer County Jane Doe today. Similar time frame, size, multi-colored halter tops and blue jeans. I submitted it the contacts in Namus.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Did you ever hear back on this? Has she been ruled out?

 

[Schmurm]

Did you ever hear back on this? Has she been ruled out?

No. I just put it out there and hope somebody can look into it.

 

[Justice1978]

No. I just put it out there and hope somebody can look into it.

Okay, I will follow up on this I appreciate it!

 

[Caring1]

20 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[Diane Redfern]

There is some speculation that Priddy's disappearance is connected to the disappearance of Kathryn Collins, who went missing from Port Lavaca in 1981 and was never found. Police questioned a man who knew both women, but there was no evidence to link him to either case, and he died in 1991.

Wanda Lee Ann Priddy – The Charley Project

I wonder who that man was; I found a possible match for this person of interest, but I'm not really sure.

Raul Rodriguez (1953-1991) - Find a Grave...

es.findagrave.com

 

[Diane Redfern]

There's other opction:

Billy Bradford Clark (1953-1991) - Find a Grave...

es.findagrave.com

 

[DD Byrd]

Am I piecing together this together correctly?

The last person to see her was the husband's co-worker the night he was picked up for his shift. (side-note, that sounds like a witness plant). She was in the doorway with shorts and a halter top. In the newspaper, the husband states she left with "only the clothes she was wearing." So where did the blue jeans and 2 shirts come into play? Because in this timeline, the last thing he would've seen her in was the shorts/halter. Unless he came home during his shift or she was there at 6:30am in different clothes. Would she up and dressed then, what was her schedule?

It might not have been a verbatim quote and maybe he said "just the clothes on her back" as a colloquial way to just say she didn't take anything meaningful with her. Curious though. Especially if those were favorite t-shirts in heavy rotation and they were missing. Because then I'd say she was wearing one, and the other was used in a perfunctory small clean-up, doused in ether, or some other reason that it had to go.

 

[theshadow45]

Wanda has been missing for 47 years today.