Flora Vesta Smith Helmick

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This person was missing Missing Since 08/03/1973

Missing Since:
Missing Since 08/03/1973
Missing From:
Missing From Bridgewater, Virginia
Classification:
Classification Lost/Injured Missing
Gender:
Female
Race:
Race White
Date of Birth:
Age:
Age 52 years old
Height and Weight:
Height and Weight 5’0, 190 – 200 pounds
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Distinguishing Characteristics:
Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Gray hair, brown eyes. Flora has no teeth. Her nickname is Flory.
Details of Disappearance:
Flora and her sister Martha, along with their boss John Keyton, disappeared on August 3, 1973. They left Bridgewater, Virginia around noon in Keyton’s light green Ford Fairlane, heading to a family reunion in Kentucky. They never arrived.

Keyton was a bad driver with a history of accidents and tickets; his license was even suspended, but he still drove.

In 2016, their car was found wrecked in the Kentucky River. Martha’s body was inside, identified years later. Flora and Keyton were not found. Police think the car accidentally went into the river, and all three people died.

Agency:
Bridgewater Police Department 540-828-2611
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