Account
Jun 23, 2023
Jan 08, 2024
Joy
Shields
56
18
60 inches
102 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
On May 30, 1986, 18-year-old Joy Dee Shields was last seen in Coos Bay, Oregon. At the time of her disappearance, she was described as being 5'0" tall and weighing 102 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. When she was last seen, she was wearing a burgundy leather jacket, a white tank top, bleached blue jeans, and white tennis shoes. Joy was a student at Marshfield High School and was expected to graduate in 1987. Friends remember her as being "always super nice, fun to hang with, and also a really good dancer." The circumstances surrounding Joy's disappearance remain unclear, with few official details available in her case. Accounts from acquaintances suggest she may have been at a local bar called Shannigans on the night she went missing. One account indicates that Joy left the bar alone. Later that night, she reportedly made a distressing phone call to a friend from a hotel payphone, stating she was in trouble before the call abruptly ended. Another person who was with Joy that evening reported that Joy said she was leaving with a man and had provided his name. This information was reportedly given to law enforcement, but it did not lead to any significant developments in the investigation. Decades later, the case of Joy Dee Shields remains unsolved, and she has never been heard from again. There are conflicting reports regarding her family's reaction to her disappearance. Some have stated that her family did not seem to actively search for her, while others insist her family, including her sister, was devastated and did look for her. The lack of a strong push from family, as one classmate suggested, may have impacted the initial investigation in a town described as "back woods" at the time. Her case is one of several unsolved disappearances of teenagers from the Coos Bay area during the 1980s. The Coos Bay Police Department is the investigating agency for her case.
May 30, 1986
Coos Bay
Oregon
Coos County
No
126151
Coos Bay Police Department
Coos Bay
Oregon
Coos County
97420
500 Central Avenue, Oregon
5412698911
Local
Law Enforcement
P8601852
Coos Bay Police Department
Brown
Hazel
Hazel
06/03/2026
