Case Details
- Photo URLs:
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 02/23/1983
- Missing From:
- Missing From Syracuse, New York
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 10/10/1966 (58)
- Age:
- Age 16 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 4’11, 130 – 145 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description Possibly a brown rabbit fur coat, a t-shirt, jeans and brown boots.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Launa may use the first names Colleen, Lisa and/or Tina. She has a surgical scar on her abdomen.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Launa disappeared in Syracuse, New York. The last time anyone heard from her was February 23, 1983, when she called her grandmother from a pay phone. She said she was with friends and would be home soon. That was the last time anyone ever spoke to her.
She had only a bag of clothes with her – no makeup, toothbrush, or money. Launa had a trusting personality but a troubled past. She’d run away from home often, and had been arrested for prostitution a few months before disappearing. She was supposed to go to court for that charge the day after she vanished. Her grandmother said Launa wasn’t using drugs or alcohol.
Before she disappeared, Launa told her grandmother that if she went a long time without contact (a month or more), to tell the police about a certain man she knew. Sadly, Launa wasn’t reported missing until three weeks later, on March 16th. The police never found her, and her case remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Syracuse Police Department 315-442-5330
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 02/23/1983