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This person was missing Missing Since 09/30/2000

Missing Since:

Missing Since 09/30/2000

Missing From:

Missing From Plantation, Florida

Classification:

Classification Endangered Missing

Gender:

Female

Race:

Race White

Date of Birth:

Date of Birth 05/24/1982 (42)

Age:

Age 18 years old

Height and Weight:

Height and Weight 5’2, 95 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:

Clothing/Jewelry Description Blue earrings. Clothing unknown, but she normally wears jeans, t-shirts and platform shoes.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, hazel eyes. Perris’s hair had red highlights at the time of her disappearance. She often dyes her hair; it has been colored dark brown, black and red before. Her hair naturally curly but she often straightens it. Perris has a tattoo of a large multicolored butterfly on the small of her back; a photograph of the tattoo is posted below this case summary. She has Chinese characters tattooed on her right ankle and an unspecified tattoo on her left ankle. Her ears, tongue and navel are pierced. Perris smokes Newport Menthol cigarettes.

Details of Disappearance:

On September 30th, 2000, Perris received a phone call around 3:00 PM at her family’s home in Plantation, Florida. She told her parents she was going to nearby Coral Springs for a short time and would be back for a Marlins game that evening. She vanished.

All her belongings were at home except her cell phone. Her father still pays for the phone and calls it regularly, but gets no answer.

A week later, her white 1994 Mazda MX-6 (license plate D48-PIE) was found abandoned in a Tamarac shopping center parking lot. The car had locked doors, rolled-up windows, and her phone and purse were gone. Rain washed away any clues. While she liked playing pool, there was no evidence she’d been at the bar in the shopping center.

Perris’s disappearance was unusual. She had a part-time job, savings, and plans for a Colorado trip and a cruise – none of which she ever used. She was described as shy but strong-willed, and enjoyed music, bowling, and billiards. She didn’t like driving.

The call she received before disappearing remains a mystery. She’d recently returned to high school after dropping out and was about to graduate. Friends claimed she used drugs and that her uncle was involved, possibly trying to get her into a pornographic film; however, her uncle denies this, and there’s no proof. She reportedly planned to see him that day, but he said there was no such meeting.

Since then, there have been many unconfirmed sightings of Perris in different locations, but her case remains unsolved. Police don’t believe she ran away but aren’t sure what happened. She was declared legally dead in 2007.

Agency:

Plantation Police Department 954-797-2118

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