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Missing Diane Nguyen Robbins 
Diane, approximately 1985; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 40 (approximately 2011); Molly Purdin Date reported missing : 06/18/1985 Missing location (approx) : Kennewick, Washington Missing classification : Non-Family Abduction Gender : Female Ethnicity : Asian, Biracial, White DOB : 10/29/1971 (49) Age at the time of disappearance: 13 years old Height / Weight : 5'2, 90 pounds Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Biracial (Asian/Caucasian) female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Diane has a one-inch scar on her forehead. She is of Vietnamese descent. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Diane left her family's residence in Kennewick, Washington on June 18, 1985 to visit friends in Seattle, Washington. She joined a 21-year-old friend, Molly A. Purdin (sometimes referred to as Molly Purdin-Clary), sometime during the day and both females were last seen in King County, Washington in the late afternoon hours. A photograph of Purdin is posted with this case summary. Her body was discovered nearly one month later July 1985, off Index-Galena Road near Milepost 8 in King County. She was a victim of homicide; she had been raped and killed by a blow to the head. There was no tEthnicity : of Diane and she has never been heard from again. She was presumed to be a runaway until Purdin's remains were discovered. In the few years around the time of Purdin's murder and Diane's disappearance, about a dozen other women in their teens and twenties went Missing location (approx) : the area, including Virginia Rambus and Darci Warde. Several of the missing women had links to prostitution, although Diane was not one of those. Authorities believe a serial killer operating in the Seattle area was responsible for at least some of the women's disappearances. Diane is the offspring of a white American soldier, Elsworth Robbins, and a Vietnamese mother, Dung "Nancy" Robbins. When she was twelve years old, Diane told her mother that her father had Gender : ually abused her. Elsworth was convicted of the crime and Nancy separated from him. It was approximately a year later that Diane disappeared. Nancy committed suicide in 1991. Diane's older half-brother, Steve Robbins, lives in Michigan and is now a motivational speaker and university professor. She also has several maternal relatives living in Vietnam. Foul play is suspected in Diane's disappearance due to the circumstances involved in her case. Her disappearance and Purdin's murder remain unsolved. Other information and links : ncy Benton County Sheriff's Office 509-735-6555 September 2021 updates and sources The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The Daily Herald The Seattle Post-Intelligencer The Seattle Times S.L. Robbins and Associates Updated 8 times since October 12, 2004. May 17, 2012; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression updated. |