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Jennifer Schmidt Missing Person Case

Last seen in West Lafayette, Indiana on Aug 06, 1985

Victim Details

Jan 26, 2010

Nov 10, 2023

Jennifer

Schmidt

60

19

66 inches

125 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Aug 06, 1985

West Lafayette

Indiana

Tippecanoe County

20943

West Lafayette Police Department

West Lafayette

Indiana

Tippecanoe County

47906

Jonathan Eager

Lieutenant of Criminal Investigations

711 West Navajo Street, Indiana

7657755200

Local

Law Enforcement

1985-4037

West Lafayette Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

08/06/2026


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Jennifer Lee Schmidt, a 19-year-old Purdue University student, went missing on August 6, 1985, in West Lafayette, Indiana. Originally from Dayton, Ohio, she was an electrical engineering major attending summer classes at Purdue. That afternoon, Jennifer left her off-campus apartment intending to speak with a professor but never returned. She was last seen conversing with an acquaintance near Grant and Northwestern Streets on the Purdue campus.

Despite extensive efforts by her family, f ...
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Last Seen: Aug 06, 1985

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