Deborah Lea Hudler, known as Debbie, was 13 when she disappeared from Denver’s Fort Logan Mental Health Center on May 23, 1972. She was described as having brown hair and blue eyes, standing five feet five inches tall and weighing about 135 pounds. Deborah had epilepsy and needed regular medication, which she would not have had after leaving the facility.

Public details about the day she vanished are sparse. An initial missing-person report was filed in 1972, the investigation was later closed, and the Denver Police Department is listed as the investigating agency; the case has since been reopened. The combination of her age, medical needs, and that she went missing from a care facility are central to why the disappearance remains troubling.

Does anyone who lived near Fort Logan in 1972 or who had contact with the center that spring remember seeing Deborah or have information that could help clarify what happened?