Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 05/20/1985
- Missing From:
- Missing From Seattle, Washington
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race Black
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 06/10/1965 (59)
- Age:
- Age 19 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’2, 134 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A white pullover sweater, jeans and black cowboy boots.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Rambus goes by her middle name, Anne.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On May 20, 1985, Rambus left her Seattle apartment around 8:00 PM to visit a coworker in the same building. They were going to a party. Rambus vanished and was never seen or heard from again.
She worked at Host International. Around the same time, many other young women disappeared in the Seattle area. Police think a serial killer might be responsible for some of these disappearances, though Rambus wasn’t involved in prostitution, unlike some of the other missing women.
Police investigated a man nicknamed “The Candy Man,” later identified as Jesse Pratt, who lived in Rambus’s apartment building. Pratt is now in prison in Oregon for murdering a woman in Seattle in 1986. He also kidnapped his girlfriend in 1980. In 1985, he had a yellow Cadillac.
It’s unknown if Pratt or his car were involved in Rambus’s disappearance, but they knew each other. Police suspect foul play, but the case remains unsolved.
- Agency:
- King County Sheriff’s Office 206-296-3311
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 05/20/1985