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Julie Ray Missing Person Case

Last seen in Calera, Alabama on Dec 25, 2015

Victim Details

Aug 25, 2016

Jan 12, 2024

Julie

Ray

47

37

67 inches

131 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Dec 25, 2015

Calera

Alabama

Shelby County

No

25114

Calera Police Department

Calera

Alabama

Shelby County

35040

Dustin Anderson

Detective

10947 Alabama-25, Alabama

2056683505

Local

Law Enforcement

http://www.cityofcalera.org/index.aspx?nid=393

201600523

Calera Police Department

Brown

Blue

Blue

08/06/2026


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In the heart of Alabama, a family's holiday season was irrevocably altered by a sudden and baffling disappearance. Julie Danielle Ray, a 37-year-old mother of two, vanished on Christmas Day in 2015 from Calera, Alabama. Known to her loved ones as Dani, she was a restaurant server with distinctive tattoos, including the name 'Jaylin' and the initials 'CJ' on one of her legs. The last confirmed communication from her was a text message to her stepfather on Christmas Day, s ...
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Last Seen: Dec 25, 2015

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