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This person was missing Missing Since 03/21/1979

Missing Since:

Missing Since 03/21/1979

Missing From:

Missing From Burlington, Vermont

Classification:

Classification Endangered Missing

Gender:

Female

Race:

Race White

Date of Birth:

Date of Birth 04/24/1962 (62)

Age:

Age 16 years old

Height and Weight:

Height and Weight 5’3 – 5’4, 105 – 120 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:

Clothing/Jewelry Description A green and white striped shirt, blue jeans, low-top sneakers and rings on every finger.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde/brown hair, blue eyes. Selinda’s ears are pierced one time each. Her nickname is Cindy. She has a cross-shaped scar on her left ankle and a slight gap between her front teeth.

Details of Disappearance:

Selinda disappeared on March 21, 1979, from her home on Forest Street in Burlington. She was 15, a student at Burlington High School, and the youngest of six in a Catholic family. Before she vanished, she’d started hanging out with a rough crowd and smoking marijuana, and she and her family received threatening phone calls. After getting an unlisted phone number, the threats stopped.

Selinda left home to see a friend and never came back. An anonymous tip claimed she was murdered and her body was in the Winooski River, but police never searched the river. Years later, a friend of Selinda’s sister said she found blonde hair there while fishing.

While police think Selinda may have run away, there were many reported sightings of her after her disappearance—even a claim she was at her father’s funeral in 1981. None of these sightings have been confirmed. Her parents have since passed away, but her siblings still hope to find her, and the case remains a mystery.

Agency:

Burlington Police Department 802-658-2700

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