Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 12/15/2007
- Missing From:
- Missing From Old Town, Florida
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 03/12/1947 (77)
- Age:
- Age 60 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’2, 120 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair. Osteen has a scar on her face near her eye. She smokes 305 brand cigarettes.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On December 15, 2007, Patricia Osteen disappeared from her home in Old Town, Florida. She lived with her disabled sister.
That night, a strange man broke into their house. He attacked her sister, then grabbed Osteen and forced her outside. Her terrified sister was too afraid to call for help until the next morning, when the housekeeper reported Osteen missing.
The sister could only describe the abductor as a Caucasian man with short, gray, receding hair. Police found no signs of a break-in and no footprints or tire tracks (possibly washed away by rain). Osteen left her purse and shoes behind.
Osteen’s boyfriend, Charles Carr, had been murdered in 2004 during a robbery. Police investigated if the two events were connected, but found no link.
Osteen ran a flea market stall and was active online. Police checked her computer and talked to her online contacts, but the case remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Dixie County Sheriff’s Office 352-498-1231
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This person was missing Missing Since 12/15/2007