Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 05/24/1979
- Missing From:
- Missing From Luther, Michigan
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Age:
- Age 39 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’6, 120 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A reddish-brown leather trench coat with a belt around the waist, jeans, slip-on sneakers and a pacifier.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Chorba’s ears are pierced.
- Details of Disappearance:
- In July 1979, Chorba’s family reported her missing. She’d been living in Michigan and was having a secret relationship with a married man, Ollie. They had a young son together and she was pregnant with another child. She also had a teenage daughter.
Ollie told police Chorba went to California on a flight that crashed on May 25th, 1979, killing everyone on board. However, investigators determined Chorba wasn’t on that flight.
Years later, Ollie’s wife, Judy, confessed that Ollie had actually killed Chorba. She said he buried Chorba in a hidden grave in the woods after shooting her. Judy testified against him at trial.
Ollie always claimed Chorba was still alive and went to California, but he was found guilty of second-degree murder in 2001. Chorba’s body has never been found. Her daughter, who never believed her mother had abandoned her, is still alive today.
- Agency:
- Michigan State Police 269-465-6525
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 05/24/1979