On November 17, 1976, 16-year-old Donna Marie Larrabee was last seen in Rapid City, South Dakota. A member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, she was living with her mother and other relatives at the time of her disappearance. Larrabee had plans to travel by bus to California to visit her father. It remains unconfirmed if she ever arrived at her destination, and she has not been seen or heard from since.
Larrabee is described as a Native American female with black hair and brown eyes.
At the time she went missing, she was 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighed approximately 120 pounds. Her case is classified as an endangered missing person.
Decades after she was last seen, Donna Larrabee's case remains an unsolved cold case, noted as the oldest missing person case on record in South Dakota. The Rapid City Police Department is the investigating agency for her disappearance. Her case is listed in national databases for missing persons, including the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and the Charley Project, in an ongoing effort to gather new information. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance highlight the ongoing issue of missing and murdered Indigenous people.Last Seen: Nov 17, 1976
