Disappearance of Barbra Jane Shumac

On the morning of December 16, 1982, 29-year-old Barbra Shumac and her husband got into an argument at their home in the 10700 block of Kimball Road in Venango Township, Pennsylvania. He would go back to bed and ask her to wake him up later so that they could cut down a Christmas tree. She didn't wake him up, however, and was not in the house when he woke back up. She had left the home between 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. 

There was a note left behind apologizing to him for making his life miserable and "It really hurts me inside to do this, but I don't see any other way".  A .22-caliber rifle was also missing from the home, but she left her purse, key, and vehicle behind.

He would report her missing around 5 p.m. A search was done, but there was a snowstorm happening at the time, and would have covered any tracks that she would have left. In 1990 she was declared dead.

Barbra is a white female and was 29-years-old at the time. She is 4'6" to 4'10" and 110 to 120 lbs. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. She was wearing blue jeans, a dark blue snowmobile suit, and a pair of blue/grey snow boots. She has had a history of mental health issues. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Charley Project