WA WA - Bernice Selby, 27, Everett, 12 Oct 1962

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[h=1]Bernice Selby[/h]

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Bernice, circa 1962

• Missing Since 10/12/1962
• Missing From Everett, Washington
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Date of Birth 01/08/1935 (83)
• Age 27 years old
• Height and Weight 5'6, 150 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Bernice's ears are pierced.

[h=3]Details of Disappearance[/h] Bernice was last seen in Everett, Washington on October 12, 1962. She has never been heard from again. Her sister reported her missing on December 18.

Thirty-three years after her disappearance, an informant told police Bernice had been murdered by her husband, Donald Selby, and her body buried under a road in Everett. The couple had been in the process of a divorce in 1962. Donald had long been a person of interest in his wife's disappearance. He died in 1980.

Authorities dug up a twelve-foot span of the road in the 6300 block of 97th Drive northeast, but found nothing. Although her body hasn't been located, investigators do believe Bernice was the victim of a homicide.

http://charleyproject.org/case/bernice-selby

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/13656/

 

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[Coffee56]

BERNICE SELBY MISSING FROM EVERETT, WASHINGTON SINCE 1962

Selby, who lived on the shore of Lake Cassidy east of Marysville, was reported missing Dec. 18, 1962, by her sister, Sylvia Smith.

Selby's husband became a person of interest, but was never charged. Donald Selby, an aircraft sheet-metal worker, had filed for divorce seven months before his wife's disappearance, and the divorce was granted in May 1963.

In the spring of 1963, detectives obtained a search warrant for Selby's residence. Bone fragments were uncovered in a pasture near the home, but the FBI later determined they were animal bones. Divers dragged the waters of Lake Cassidy three times, but no evidence was found.

In 1995 an acquaintance of Donald Selby called sheriff's Detective Jim Haley. The man said Selby had admitted to striking his wife with his fist, knocking her into a fireplace where she hit her head and died. He passed a polygraph test. A second informer gave the same information. The man said Selby told him he buried her body next to a culvert under a road that was scheduled to be paved. Officials used a backhoe to remove a 12-foot span of the road at the 6300 block of 97th Drive Northeast, and then dug about 30 inches to the bottom of a culvert running under the road. They didn't find anything.

Donald Selby died as a result of the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980.

Seattle Times Snohomish County Bureau
EVERETT - Thirty-three years ago, Bernice Selby vanished. She was never seen again.

The case was closed long ago. But two months ago, a man came forward who said he knew what really happened to the 28-year-old woman: She was slain by her husband, and her body was buried under a road in Everett.

That information was enough to send investigators from the Snohomish County sheriff's office and Everett Police Department out to the 6300 block of 97th Drive Northeast last week armed with shovels and pitchforks. The investigation was made public yesterday.

Officials used a backhoe to remove a 12-foot span of the road and then dug about 30 inches to the bottom of a culvert running under the road, said Scott Stensen, a road maintenance supervisor for the county's Public Works Department.

They didn't find anything, but authorities now think that Selby was slain.

"The ideal thing would have been if we had found her," said Jan Jorgensen, spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. "It is possible we could have missed it."

Selby, who lived on the shore of Lake Cassidy east of Marysville, was reported missing Dec. 18, 1962 by her sister, Sylvia Smith.

Selby's 30-year-old husband, Donald Selby, immediately became a person of interest in the case. He was never charged.

According to newspaper accounts, Donald Selby, an aircraft sheet-metal worker, had filed for divorce seven months before his wife's disappearance, and the divorce was granted in May 1963.

In the spring of 1963, detectives obtained a search warrant for Selby's residence. Bone fragments were uncovered in a pasture near the home, but the FBI later determined they were animal bones.

Divers dragged the waters of Lake Cassidy three times, but no evidence was found.

The case remained inactive until this September, when an acquaintance of Donald Selby called sheriff's Detective Jim Haley. The man said Selby had admitted to striking his wife with his fist, knocking her into a fireplace where she hit her head and died.

The man said Selby told him he buried her body next to a culvert under a road that was scheduled to be paved.

The sheriff's office wouldn't reveal the informer's identity, but said he passed a polygraph test. A second informer gave the same information, Jorgensen said.

"Apparently, this had been really bothering this person," Jorgensen said. "He said he just wanted to get it off his mind."

But if Donald Selby was a killer, he carried his secret to his grave. He died as a result of the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980 and was found dead in a burned-out camper.

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[Coffee56]

6 Years Later, Informer Tells Police About Slaying | The Seattle Times

 

[Richard]

Donald Selby, Killed in the Mount St. Helens eruption, 18 May 1980.

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[blayneyyy25]

Could this be Bernice ? I feel like this case matches up pretty well and location too!

 

[sasha17]

Could this be Bernice ? I feel like this case matches up pretty well and location too!

You linked to Bernice Selby's NamUs page. Did you mean to link to someone unidentified?

 

[blayneyyy25]

You linked to Bernice Selby's NamUs page. Did you mean to link to someone unidentified?

my bad! Could this be Bernice?

 

[sasha17]

my bad! Could this be Bernice?

It could be. I agree it matches up and Bernice is not listed on that UP's exclusions list. You should submit it!

 

[elframo]

Bernice has been missing 63 years today ...