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Audrey Moate Missing Person Case

Last seen in Laplace, Louisiana on Nov 24, 1956

Victim Details

Feb 18, 2019

Oct 21, 2020

Audrey

Moate

100

31

63 inches

69 inches

110 lbs

150 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Nov 24, 1956

Laplace

Louisiana

St. John the Baptist Parish

70068

Unknown

47267

Saint John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office

Laplace

Louisiana

St. John the Baptist Parish

70068

Mike Tregre

Sheriff

1801 West Airline Highway, Louisiana

9856529513

County

Law Enforcement

http://www.stjohnsheriff.org/

Saint John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office

9864

Blond/Strawberry

Gray

Gray

07/10/2026


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On November 24, 1956, a day that also marked her 31st birthday, Audrey Alta Moate, a divorced mother of three, vanished from a secluded area known as Frenier Beach near Laplace, Louisiana. She was last seen in the company of 46-year-old Thomas Hotard, a married engineer with whom she had been having a two-year affair. The couple often met on Saturdays for secret rendezvous, telling their families they had to work. That morning, a hunter and his son spotted Hotard's blue 1953 Nash Rambler pa ...
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Last Seen: Nov 24, 1956

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  • Bayou Justice: Evidence suggests Audrey Moate lived | Lifestyle
  • Many graves dug in search for Audrey Moate - L'Observateur
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