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Marcelina Contreras, a 76-year-old woman, was last seen on June 25, 1986, in Yakima, Washington. Details about her disappearance remain sparse, and despite the passage of time, the circumstances surrounding her case have not been resolved. At the time of her disappearance, no significant evidence emerged to explain her whereabouts, and no leads have since come to light.

Contreras was one of several people from Yakima who went missing during that period, contributing to a list of unresol ...Read More
Last Seen: Jun 25, 1986

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Victim Details

Apr 15, 2024

Jun 03, 2024

Marcelina

Contreras

114

76

60 inches

130 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the summer of 1986, a profound and lasting mystery began to unfold in the city of Yakima, Washington. On June 25th, Marcelina Flores Contreras, a 76-year-old woman, vanished. At the time of her disappearance, she was described as being five feet tall and weighing around 130 pounds, with graying hair and brown eyes. The day she went missing was like any other, with no immediate signs of anything amiss that would suggest the decades of silence that would follow. Her disappearance left her community and family with unanswered questions and a void that has yet to be filled. The circumstances surrounding Marcelina's disappearance are shrouded in uncertainty, with very few leads for investigators to follow. The official investigation, handled by the Yakima Police Department, struggled to uncover any concrete evidence explaining her sudden absence. One potential lead surfaced, suggesting that she might have been contacted during a traffic stop by the California Highway Patrol at some point after she was last seen. However, this piece of information could never be definitively verified, leaving it as a tantalizing but ultimately unconfirmed possibility in the timeline of her case. Without witnesses to her disappearance or any clear indication of her intentions or destination, the trail quickly went cold. Decades have passed since Marcelina Contreras was last seen, and her case has grown into a deeply entrenched cold case. Despite the passage of time, her file remains open with the Yakima Police Department, a quiet testament to a life interrupted and a mystery unsolved. The lack of resolution has left a lasting impact on those who knew her and the wider community, a story without an ending. The overview of this case is one of perplexing ambiguity; an elderly woman disappeared without a trace, with a single, unverified tip about a possible sighting hundreds of miles away being the only lead of note. The absence of further information has made it impossible for investigators to piece together the events of that late June day, leaving the whereabouts of Marcelina Flores Contreras unknown.

Jun 25, 1986

Yakima

Washington

Yakima County

98901

No

140913

Yakima Police Department

Yakima

Washington

Yakima County

98901

200 South Third Street, Washington

5095756200

Local

Law Enforcement

https://yakimapolice.org/

89-24838

1989-12-04

Yakima Police Department

Gray or Partially Gray

Brown

Brown

06/03/2026


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