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Kim Charleson Missing Person Case

Last seen in Cannon Beach, Oregon on Jan 07, 1976

Victim Details

Jan 03, 2017

Mar 11, 2024

Kim

Charleson

72

22

63 inches

65 inches

100 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Jan 07, 1976

Cannon Beach

Oregon

Clatsop County

No

25507

Cannon Beach Police Department

Cannon Beach

Oregon

Clatsop County

97110

Jason Schermerhorn

Chief

163 East Gower Avenue, Oregon

5034362811

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us/police

76-0016

Cannon Beach Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/15/2026


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In the winter of 1976, a 22-year-old Canadian woman named Kim Charleson vanished from the small coastal city of Cannon Beach, Oregon. She was a student at the Cannon Beach Conference Center Bible School at the time she went missing. On January 7, 1976, Kim was last seen; what happened to her after that remains a mystery. When she disappeared, it is believed she was wearing a blue coat with a hood and dark blue pants. She was a white female, with brown hair and brown eyes, and may have worn glass ...
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Last Seen: Jan 07, 1976

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  • Kim Charleson - The Charley Project
  • Missing Person / NamUs #MP36637 | NamUs
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