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Joy Dee Shields, 18, went missing on May 30, 1986, from Coos Bay, Oregon. She was last seen wearing a white tank top, burgundy leather jacket, bleached blue jeans, and white tennis shoes. At the time of her disappearance, she was reported to be 5'0" tall and weighed around 102 pounds. Joy had brown hair and hazel eyes.

The circumstances surrounding her disappearance remain unclear, and there has been little public information released over the years. Despite extensive efforts by law enf ...Read More
Last Seen: May 30, 1986

Victim Details

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


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