UT UT - Susan Curtis, 15, Provo, 27 June 1975

[Mysteries1974]

2852DFUT - Susan Curtis

Name: Susan Curtis
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: June 27, 1975
Location Last Seen: Provo, Utah County, Utah

Physical Description
Date of Birth: May 18, 1960
Age: 15 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 120 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown/long/straight
Eye Color: Hazel
Nickname/Alias: Sue
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers
Dentals: Available/braces
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Full-length yellow evening gown.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance
Susan is originally from Bountiful, Utah. She was attending the Bountiful Orchard Youth Conference and Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah when she disappeared. Susan was an athletic teenager and had ridden her bicycle 50 miles from Bountiful to Provo to attend the conference. She was last seen on June 27, 1975, the first day of the conference. That evening after a formal banquet, Susan left her friends to walk back to her dormitory, about a quarter mile away, to brush her teeth. She has never been heard from again.

Serial killer Ted Bundy confessed to Susan's murder before his execution. Her body has never been found.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Brigham Young University Police
Agency Contact Person: Lieutenant Arnold Lemmon
Agency Phone Number: 801-422-5208
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 14BY00782



NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 27748

 

[Mysteries1974]

Here are links to her case file on other Angencies:

Susan Curtis – The Charley Project

2852DFUT - Susan Curtis

Missing Person Case

 

[Fede]

She was Bundy´s last confession, so he didn´t show the details of where her body could be. I wonder if by looking towhere he disposed other bodies there can be some kind of lead to where Susan´s body can be.

 

[Mysteries1974]

Yeah, Susan’s case got the least amount of attention unlike Bundys other victims.

 

[Mysteries1974]

I feel that she was dumped somewhere near where Debra Kent was found

 

[Mysteries1974]

I feel that Susan was dumped somewhere near Debra Kent who’s remains were allegedly found in 1989

 

[Fede]

I wonder if Law Enforcement are considering the case open. Maybe if there is someone from her family looking for her body after all these years...

 

[Mysteries1974]

I wonder if Law Enforcement are considering the case open. Maybe if there is someone from her family looking for her body after all these years...

Susan’s case is not actively investigated. Debra Kent was removed from all missing persons databases.

 

[tfa25]

Darling Susan - what dark fate visited you that HELL.

 

[Mysteries1974]

I feel horrible for Susan’s family.

 

[ISarahlouise]

According to Chris Mortensen (Youtube chanel Captain Borax) a police investigator told him that Susan had been sexually abused by a PE teacher for a few years. The investigator actually went to that PE teachers house, years after susan's disappearance and when he was much much older, just to scare him.

I thought this was interesting information to add as there's not much known about Susan. I feel so terrible for her as with all the other young girls that haven't been found.

 

[ISarahlouise]

To add to the comment above.

The teacher was exposed because he took Susan curtis to a clinic to find out whether she was pregnant or not. They told the clinic Susan's friends name instead of hers, so the clinic called her friend. After that the police kept an eye on him.

 

[Fede]

Susan and Nancy Baird are still considered missing: 13 people still missing in Weber, Davis and Box Elder counties

 

[CastlesBurning]

Details updated, 10/20/20:
Susan Curtis – The Charley Project

 

[Pennysmom1]

I pray you are found someday Susan

Susan “Sue” Curtis (1960-1975) - Find a Grave...

Disappeared while attending a youth conference at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. 15 year old Victim of Ted Bundy.

www.findagrave.com

Susan CURTIS

Susan was from Bountiful. She was attending the Bountiful Orchard Youth Conference at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah when she disappeared. This is a kidnapping/homicide case that occurred June 25, 1975. Ted Bundy is the prime suspect in this case after he admitted to kidnapping and...

bci.utah.gov

2852DFUT - Susan Curtis

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available/braces
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available


Have there been any unidentified persons found with braces?

 

[Pennysmom1]

March 10, 2024

Summer Of Bundy: Investigator On Quest To Find Bodies Of Ted Bundy's…

Private investigator Jason Jensen is planning a “Summer of Bundy,” in conjunction with the Cold Case Coalition, to look for the gravesites of four Utah…

cowboystatedaily.com

Police ask for help locating missing Susan Curtis

Clipping found in The Daily Herald published in Provo, Utah on 7/4/1975. Police ask for help locating missing Susan Curtis

www.newspapers.com

Aug 20, 2000

Utah families still feel effects of tragedy

Debi Kent and Susan Curtis lived in the same neighborhood, attended the same school events and died at the hands of the same monster.

www.deseret.com

<<Marilyn Curtis says now that the disappearance was especially hard on Susan's sister, who was also at the conference, and blamed herself for not walking with her sister.

The family would have to wait nearly 14 years to find out what happened to Susan.

Debi Kent's murder was among the first in which Bundy was a suspect, and Belva Kent attended his trial for the DaRonch kidnapping every day. Her presence seemed to make Bundy uncomfortable, Blair Kent says.>>

<<He forgot about Curtis — one of more than 30 he killed — until he was walking down the hall to the execution chamber. He stopped the warden and asked for a tape recorder so he could make his last confession.

Marilyn Curtis says she received a call from a friend who saw the news that Bundy had confessed to killing Susan.>>