Account
Feb 11, 2020
Jul 13, 2023
Winnefred
Freeman
76
20
64 inches
115 lbs
120 lbs
Black / African American
Female
In the spring of 1968, a young woman named Winnefred Jeanette Freeman, age 20, disappeared from Portland, Oregon. On May 8th, she was seen for the last time. Winnefred, a Black female with black hair and brown eyes, stood at 5'4" and weighed around 115 pounds. The last known sighting of her was as she was getting into her blue and white 1964 Chevrolet with a man described as being heavyset and middle-aged. After that moment, Winnefred was never heard from or seen again. The scant details available about her life only deepen the mystery surrounding her sudden disappearance, leaving behind a void of information and decades of unanswered questions. The circumstances following Winnefred's last known whereabouts are unsettling. Just four days after she was seen with the unidentified man, her 1964 Chevrolet was discovered abandoned within the city of Portland. The discovery of her empty vehicle, without any sign of Winnefred, marked a grim turn in the case. Despite this, there is a notable lack of detailed information regarding the initial investigation into her disappearance. Over the years, her case has grown cold, with very few leads to pursue. The passage of time has further obscured the facts of what happened that day in May, making it increasingly difficult for investigators to piece together the events that led to her vanishing. The case of Winnefred Freeman remains an open and unsolved missing person investigation with the Portland Police Bureau. For many years, details about her life were almost non-existent, with a 1965 yearbook photograph being one of the few available images of her. The official report of her disappearance was not filed until February 11, 2020, over fifty years after she was last seen. This long-overdue official action has brought renewed, albeit limited, attention to her case. The lack of information from the time of her disappearance has been a significant hurdle. The overview of this case is one of profound and prolonged uncertainty. A young woman vanished, and with so few details available, the narrative of her life and the circumstances of her disappearance are tragically incomplete, leaving a family and a community to wonder what became of Winnefred Jeanette Freeman.
May 08, 1968
Portland
Oregon
Multnomah County
No
74445
Portland Police Bureau
Portland
Oregon
Multnomah County
97204
Heidi Helwig
Detective
1111 Southwest 2nd Avenue, Oregon
5038230400
Local
Law Enforcement
20-680221
2020-02-11
Portland Police Bureau
8969
Black
Brown
Brown
05/26/2026
