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Missing Since:: Missing Since 07/12/1982
Missing From:: Missing From Roanoke, Virginia
Classification:: Classification Endangered Missing
Gender:: Female
Race:: Race White
Date of Birth:: Date of Birth 03/15/1960 (64)
Age:: Age 22 years old
Height and Weight:: Height and Weight 5’7 – 5’8, 110 – 135 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description:: Clothing/Jewelry Description A burgundy top, a leather vest, blue jeans and possibly rings on all her fingers.
Distinguishing Characteristics:: Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Welch has the following tattoos: a red rose on her right forearm, a hummingbird on her left breast, eagle wings on her right shoulder, a cobra snake on her hip, and a Confederate flag with the words “live to ride, ride to live” elsewhere on her body. She may use the first name Jenny.
Details of Disappearance:: In July 1982, a woman named Welch vanished from Roanoke, Virginia. She’d recently moved in with a male roommate and had a troubled past: she’d been in the army briefly, used drugs, and her boyfriend was in a motorcycle gang called the Pagans. Some gang members were arrested in a drug bust just before she disappeared, and there’s a possibility she was secretly working with the government. She’d worried she was in serious danger, even telling her mom that she was “in too deep.” Welch left behind a locked box with a letter inside, supposedly explaining everything. After she disappeared, the box was broken into and the letter was gone. Her roommate said she’d left, but Welch’s sister thought his story was fishy. The police investigated but couldn’t solve the case, and to this day, no one knows what happened to her.
Agency:: Roanoke Police Department 540-853-5959
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