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Missing Nancy Lynn Kirkpatrick 
Nancy, approximately 1976; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 50 (approximately 2010) Date reported missing : 04/21/1976 Missing location (approx) : Columbia Falls, Montana Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 01/25/1960 (61) Age at the time of disappearance: 16 years old Height / Weight : 5'1 - 5'2, 90 pounds Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Nancy has burn scars on shoulders and a scar on her right arm between her shoulder and her elbow. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Nancy was last seen in Columbia Falls, Montana on April 21, 1976. She babysat for a neighborhood family that day and was last seen walking home afterwards. She never arrived at her residence and has never been heard from again. Nancy's parents were divorced and she lived with her grandmother at the time of her disappearance. Her loved ones described her as a normal teenAge at the time of disappearance: r and a good student who was interested in the hippie counterculture. However, she was a chronic runaway, and had traveled as far as Seattle, Washington and Los Angeles, California. The police would always find her and bring her home. The day Nancy disappeared, she had just been returned home after running away and spent a day in lockup in Kalispell, Montana before being released to go back to her grandmother in Columbia Falls. It's possible she ran away again. One of her teachers thought they saw her at a bar in AnchorAge at the time of disappearance: , Alaska in May 1983, seven years later, but this sighting was never confirmed. Less than a year before Nancy went missing, another teen girl, Robyn Pettinato, disappeared from a town about ten miles from Columbia Falls. She has never been found. It's theorized that there's some connection between the two cases, but this hasn't been proven. Both cases remain unsolved. Other information and links : ncy Flathead County Sheriff's Office 406-758-5585 Whitefish Police Department 406-863-2420 September 2021 updates and sources MySpace pageheader for Nancy Kirkpatrick The Doe Network The Daily Inter Lake Montana Missing Persons Clearinghouse The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. Several organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and imAge at the time of disappearance: s of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece. Nancy Kirkpatrick's sister's Facebook pageheader |