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Dorothy Murrell Missing Person Case

Last seen in Newport, Tennessee on May 24, 1984

Victim Details

May 29, 2015

Jan 05, 2024

Dorothy

Murrell

106

64

62 inches

64 inches

150 lbs

160 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

May 24, 1984

Newport

Tennessee

Cocke County

No

24023

Newport Police Department

Newport

Tennessee

Cocke County

37821

145 Mineral St, Tennessee

4236238941

Local

Law Enforcement

15011804

Newport Police Department

Brown

Blue

Blue

07/20/2026


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On a spring day in May of 1984, 64-year-old Dorothy Lucille Murrell was seen by her family for the last time in her hometown of Newport, a small community in Cocke County, Tennessee. Specific details about the day she vanished, May 24, 1984, remain scarce in public records. Dorothy, a woman with brown hair and blue eyes, stood between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed between 150 and 160 pounds. She wore glasses and was known to have a yellow gold watch with a special engravin ...
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Last Seen: May 24, 1984

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  • Missing Person / NamUs #MP28866
  • Dorothy Murrell | International Missing Persons Wiki - Fandom
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