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Cindy Irene King, a 15-year-old girl, disappeared from Grants Pass, Oregon, on July 19, 1977. At the time of her disappearance, Cindy was 5'3", weighed 115 pounds, and had brown hair and hazel eyes. She had a small scar near her right temple and a tattoo near her groin. Cindy also wore a dental retainer and had long toes and large teeth, making her physical appearance distinctive. Additionally, her right arm had been broken twice previously.

Cindy's case remains a mystery, as the detail ...Read More
Last Seen: Jul 19, 1977

Victim Details

Apr 15, 2010

Jan 08, 2024

Cindy

King

63

15

63 inches

115 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the summer of 1977, a young life seemed to vanish without a trace, leaving a void of unanswered questions that has persisted for decades. On July 19th of that year, 15-year-old Cindy Irene King was last seen in Grants Pass, Oregon. At the time of her disappearance, she was a teenager with brown hair and hazel eyes. Distinctive features included a small scar near her right temple, pierced ears, and a tattoo near her groin. Cindy also had long toes, large teeth for which she wore a dental retainer, and had previously broken her right arm twice. The reasons for her presence in Oregon remain somewhat nebulous, as the majority of her family resided in Kentucky and Tennessee. It is known that she had an uncle living in Douglas County, Oregon, though he had passed away earlier in 1977. The circumstances surrounding the day Cindy went missing are distressingly sparse, and she has not been seen or heard from since. Little information has been made public about what she was doing or who she was with on that fateful day in Grants Pass. This lack of detail has made the investigation into her disappearance incredibly challenging for law enforcement over the years. Investigators with the Josephine County Sheriff's Office have kept her case open, hoping for a breakthrough that might finally shed light on her whereabouts. Cindy, who sometimes went by the first name Suzanne, left behind a family grappling with the uncertainty of her fate. Over the years, efforts to locate Cindy have continued. Age-progressed photos have been created and circulated, depicting what she might look like as the years passed, in the hope that someone might recognize her. Her case is listed with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and other national databases for missing persons, ensuring her information remains accessible to the public and law enforcement agencies across the country. Despite the passage of time, the investigation into what happened to Cindy Irene King is ongoing. The case remains a poignant reminder of a young girl who disappeared, leaving a family to wonder and a community to hope for answers that have yet to come. The overview of the case is one of a mysterious disappearance with very few leads or information available to the public.

Jul 19, 1977

Grants Pass

Oregon

Josephine County

97527

No

26674

Josephine County Sheriff's Office

Grants Pass

Oregon

Josephine County

97526

Jim Geiger

Lt.

1901 Northeast F Street, Oregon

5414745123

County

Law Enforcement

87-1845

1991-11-18

Josephine County Sheriff's Office

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

05/29/2026


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