Disappearance of Steven Mushok

On August 17, 1983, 72-year-old Steven Muchok was last leaving his home in West Islip, New York in a brown 1976 Lincoln Continental. The vehicle was later found. There is little info about this case. 

Steven is a white male and was 72 years old at the time. He's 5'7" and 140 lbs. He has grey or greying hair and hazel eyes. He has a scar on his back and missing his bottom teeth. He was wearing a light blue long-sleeve shirt, a pair of dark blue pants, and black shoes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Disappearance of Lisa Farmer

On July 31, 1983 18-year-old Lisa Farmer, Her Husband and their one-year-old moved into their new home in Lawton, Oklahoma. On August 2, 1983, Lisa's husband would leave for a military training exercise. This was the first night here they spent without him. At 8:30 pm that night Lisa would be last seen by her neighbor in her kitchen.

The next morning the baby could be heard screaming. They would check up on the baby to find him alone in the home. The baby was hungry and was wearing a soiled diaper. Lisa was nowhere in sight. The back door was unlocked and a window in the dining room was open. All of her belongings were still in the home and the only piece of clothing missing was a flower print nightgown she was likely wearing. There was no indications of a struggle, however.

Lisa grew up in Union, South Carolina. Her maiden name was Watkins.

Lisa is a biracial female White and Native American. She is 5'6" and 115 lbs. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. She has a scar on her hip, tongue, right ankle/instep, and under the toes on her left foot. She may wear eyeglasses and was wearing a gold chain, a floating heart necklace, and a gold wedding band with a diamond solitaire and may have been wearing a flower-patterned nightgown.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project

February 15, 1983 Wells, Maine Jane Doe

On February 15, 1983, a partial mandible was found washed up on Wells Beach, Wells, Maine. 

The mandible belonged to a teenage girl or young woman.

SOURCES:
NamUs

Disappearance of Karen Lee Valdez

On November 20, 1983, 26-year-old Karen Lee Valdez was last seen at her residence in Cheyenne, Wyoming. There is little information in this case. 

Karen is a white woman and was 26-years-old at the time. She is 5'1" and 115 lbs. She has brown hair and blue eyes. 

SOURCES: 

NamUs

Disappearance of Paul Alan Vogen

On November 8, 1983, 29-year-old Paul Vogen was last seen at his home on 46th Place and Indian Rd in Phoenix, Arizona. The next day his vehicle was found at the Sky Harbor Airport and he allegedly bought a plane ticket to California. He previously stated that he wanted to take his life by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. However, it is unknown if he did this.

Paul is a white male and was 29-year-old at the time. He's 5'7" to 5'9" and 160 to 170 lbs. He has sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. He was wearing brown corduroy pants, a brown windbreaker and blue and white sneakers, and wire-framed glasses.

SOURCES:

NamUs

State of California

Pheonix

Disappearance of Chiu Le Jean

On September 13, 1983, 45-year-old Chiu Le Jean and her husband went to the Rock and Roll nightclub and bowling alley in San Diego, California. Before they left her husband went to the car first to wait for her. After 20 minutes he went back inside to look for her, but she was not there. She was last seen talking to a white male. She was never seen again.

Chiu is an Asian Female and was 45-years-old at the time. She's 5'0" and 100 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a white blouse with flowers and a diamond ring. Chui also went by Jean, Lilly; Jean, Li-Ching; Chiu, Lilly; Chiu, Li-Ching; Le, Chiu-Li-Ching.

SOURCES: 

NamUs

Charley Project

1983 Yelm, Washington John Doe

In Yelm, Washington a homeowner reports she found a cranium 23 years prior to reporting it. The cranium was found on property previously accessed by a logging road in 1983. The cranium belonged to a man that likely died between 1973 to 1982.

 
John Doe was an Asian male between 20 to 50-years-old.

 
SOURCES:

NamUs

Psychic Phenomenon: Elaine Emmi

In 1983 Elaine Emmi and her neighbor Sharon Krakker were in Palm Springs, California. This was over a 100 miles away from their homes in Los Angeles. While eating at a restaurant Elaine was filled with dread and fear for her four-year-old son Matt. She felt like something had happened to him. She would repeatedly call home with no answer, and they would call Sharon's husband to ask, but he didn't notice anything wrong. 

Sharon tried to calm Elaine down, but she couldn't. She was too worried for her son and insisted something was wrong. This would lead them to drive back to Los Angeles and she would stop and try to call home twice more with no answer. When Elaine arrived she found out Matt was in the hospital because he fell through a glass door and broken his arm. It happened at the same time Elaine started panicking. 

Did Elaine's maternal instinct kick in over 100 miles away to protect her son?

SOURCES:

Unsolved Mysteries Wiki

Unsolved Mysteries

Murder of Carrie Anne Wayne

28-year-old Carrie Anne Wayne was last seen around noon on July 22, 1983. On the 29th er body would be found floating in the Garfield Canal on State U-202 around 8000 W and 2700 S  in Salt Lake County, Utah. She had been stabbed twice in her chest, had a skull fracture, and had been sexually mutilated. She may have died the same day she was last seen

Carrie went by other names such as Carrie Evans Davis, and Carrie LeCannon. At the time she was living at the Casa Blanca Motel at 1750 W. North Temple. She was known to frequent Birmingams Truckstop Located at 2100 S. 900 W. and was also known to hitchhike.

SOURCES:

Utah Department of Saftey

Unified Police Department

The Salt Lake Tribune July 31,1983
Deseret News December 10, 1989

Murder of Gregory Roberts

 

On October 29, 1983, Gregory Roberts was found lying next to his parked car at a  construction site at Ridgewood Ave. and Ocean Woods Blvd in Cape Canaveral, Florida. He had been beaten about the head with an axe or hatchet.

SOURCES:

Brevard County Sheriffs Office

The Orlando Sentinel 

Disappearance of Kelle Renee Fernstrom

 

In September of 1983 24-year-old Kelle Fernstrom was last seen in Houston Texas. She was not reported missing until 2008. There is little information in this case. 

Kelle is a white female and was 24-years-old at the time. She may use the last names, Scott-Fernstrom, Scott, Allen, and Gillispie. She's 5'6" and 135 lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Murder of Robert S. Gutkaiss

 

June 30, 1983, was the first day of 15-year-old Robert Gutkaiss's job picking strawberries at the Pease farm in Stephentown, New York. He was supposed to call his parents around 5 or 6 to get a ride back home as he lived around 7 miles away from the farm. He was last seen on Route 22 walking towards Stephentown. He was supposed to return to the farm later that night to receive his pay. This would be the last time anyone saw him alive. 

On July 8th Robert's body would be found by joggers near a logging road off East Rd. in Stephentown. The day before there was a report about an awful smell. Robert's cause of death is undetermined but is believed to be a homicide. Earlier news reports claimed that the death may have been sexually motivated. 

SOURCES:

New York State

The Berkshire Eagle July 9, 1983

Bennington Banner July 11, 1983

Democrat and Article July 12, 1983

Berkshire Eagle September 21, 1983

Berkshire Eagle October 15, 1983

New York State Police News August 11, 2020

Troy Record August 15, 2020

May 28, 1983 Los Angeles, California Jane Doe

 On May 28, 1983, a worker laying piping for a sprinkler system in Los Angeles, California found the body of a woman beneath some bushes on 10900 Cottonwood Avenue. The resident of the property noted that the foul smell started around 10 days earlier. She had been found nude and had been shot to death.

Jane Doe is a black female and was between30 to 50-years-old. She had black hair. She was 5'6" and 95 to 145 lbs. She had a yellow metal earring and purple nail polish. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Los Angeles Medical Examiner-Coroner

Murder of Hazel Williams

On April 22, 1983, 55-year-old Hazel Williams was found in her apartment on the  800 block of Virginia Blvd. in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Her death was a result of blunt force trauma. She was last seen alive earlier that day walking on 17th st. and 18th st.

SOURCES:

City of Virginia Beach

Murder of Laura Jean Donez

In April of 1983 16-year-old Laura Jean Donez skipped school in Houston, Texas. She went to get a hamburger at a nearby restaurant. She did arrive and had her hamburger, but was never seen again. It wasn't until a week later that any sign of her was found.

On April 18, 1983, an oilfield worker spotted a fire burning in a wooded area near a logging road around 400 yards west of FM 149 in Montgomery. What he found was the body of Laura Jean caught on fire. She had been strangled, raped, beaten about the head, and her body burned after death.

Henry Lee Lucas confessed to her murder, but he made several false confessions at the time. 

SOURCES:
Find a Grave
Montgomery Sheriffs Office
Montgomery Sheriffs Office (PDF)

Disappearance of Kirsa Mary Jensen

On September 1, 1983, 14-year-old Kirsa Jensen rode her horse along Awatoto Beach in Napier, New Zealand. It's believed that she made it to the beach by 3:30 p.m. When she didn't return home by 5:30 her parents began to worry. Her family and friends began to search for her, but they did not find her. Her horse was found wandering by itself at the Tutakuri River near a gun emplacement she was last seen near.

Witness said that they saw a girl matching Kirsa's description was by the gun emplacement on the Tutakuri River. She was being held at arm's length by a European man around 1.8 meters tall between 40 and 50 years old. The same witness noticed a white utility vehicle with brown sides nearby.

John Russell a convicted rapist stated that he was the one last seen with her. He said he killed her but later retracted his confession. He was also adamite in not being involved in her disappearance at the same time. He later committed suicide and it's never been proven whether or not he was or wasn't involved.

  SOURCES:
New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Police 
Crime New Zealand
Wikipedia 

Murder of Helen Faye Generes

On October 5, 1983, 63-year-old Helen Faye Generes was found in her Realty Company on Market St. in Redding, California. She was a victim of a homicide. Her cause of death isn't stated in more recent articles.


SOURCES:

Record Searchlight

City of Redding

Action News Now

Murder of Kennette Gehman

On September 3, 1983, 17-year-old Kennette Gehman was last seen riding her bike near her residence in Havre de Grace, Maryland. on Jan. 19, 1990 her remains were found in a wooded area off of Trappe Church rd. 3 miles east of Maryland Route 136 in Darlington, Maryland.

They found mostly bones and she was identified through dental records. A cause of death could not be found, but it's believed to be a homicide.

SOURCES:
Maryland State Police
Baltimore Sun

August 5, 1983 Sweetwater, Tennessee Jane Doe

On August 5, 1983 the body of a woman was found wrapped in a bedspread and curtains tied with twine similar to those used for bailing and farming. Two hunters found her at Ore Quarry in Sweetwater, Tennessee. It was estimated that she had died possibly in 1983 to 1982.

She's a white or Hispanic female between 20 and 30 years old. She was 5'1" to 5'7". She had long curly medium brown colored hair. She was wearing a white t-shirt with a green teddy bear design, a white and pink flowered cotton pullover shirt with a lace appliqued front with a row of pearl type buttons halfway down the front of the shirt and a white size 36B Playtex Cross Your Heart bra.

SOURCES:
NamUs

July 8, 1984 Pecos County, Texas Jane Doe

On July 8, 1984, the partial skeletal remains of a child were found 12 mi Mesa 9 mi West of Ft.Stockton, Texas and 4 mi South of Alpine Hwy. It was estimated she had been dead for around 3 years. She's a white female, and around 5-7 years old. She was around 3'4". It isn't stated if they believe foul play is involved.

SOURCES:
NamUs