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This person was missing Missing Since 06/11/1974

Missing Since:

Missing Since 06/11/1974

Missing From:

Missing From Seattle, Washington

Classification:

Classification Endangered Missing

Gender:

Female

Race:

Race White

Date of Birth:

Date of Birth 08/20/1955 (69)

Age:

Age 18 years old

Height and Weight:

Height and Weight 5’2, 115 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:

Clothing/Jewelry Description A white backless t-shirt, a sheer red, white, and blue floral print long-sleeved shirt, navy blue cotton bell-bottom pants which had one button and were missing three, and white open-toed wedge sandals. She had two rings: one was a rectangular black onyx ring on her left middle finger with a small diamond in the center set in yellow gold, and the other was a cultured pearl ring in a Tiffany setting on her right ring finger with a slender gold band. She was carrying a tan leather sack-type purse with reddish stains on it; the purse contained Hawkins’s identification, a small quantity of cash, a small hairbrush, and a bottle of Heaven Sent perfume with angels printed on the label.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Hawkins had a deep tan at the time of her disappearance. She is nearsighted and wears eyeglasses and contact lenses to correct her vision, but had neither with her at the time of her disappearance. Hawkins has slight bumps just below her knees due to an adolescent bout with Osgood-Schlatter’s disease, an inflammation of the tibia. She has a skin discoloration on her back and a mole on her neck. Her name is spelled “Georgann” by some agencies.

Details of Disappearance:

In 1974, University of Washington student Joni Hawkins disappeared after visiting her boyfriend’s dorm, just a short walk from her sorority. Her roommate reported her missing when she didn’t return by 2 AM. A housemother heard a scream around the time Joni left her boyfriend’s place, but dismissed it.

Serial killer Ted Bundy confessed to killing Joni just before his execution in 1989. He told investigators he tricked her into helping him with his briefcase (he often used a fake arm cast to lure victims), hit her, and then strangled her. Bundy claimed a bone found near Lake Sammamish was hers, but this was never confirmed, and Joni remains officially missing.

Bundy’s confession connects Joni’s disappearance to a string of other unsolved disappearances of young women in the area. These women are also still considered missing, and their remains have never been found.

Agency:

King County Sheriff’s Office 206-296-4155

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