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Sherry Yates Missing Person Case

Last seen in Las Vegas, Nevada on Mar 12, 1981

Victim Details

Apr 06, 2015

May 08, 2024

Sherry

Yates

74

29

64 inches

118 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Mar 12, 1981

Las Vegas

Nevada

Clark County

89101

16495

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Las Vegas

Nevada

Clark County

89106

400 South Martin Luther King Boulevard, Nevada

7028283111

Local

Law Enforcement

www.lvmpd.com

810000035376

1981-03-12

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Red/Auburn

Brown

Brown

08/26/2026


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On March 12, 1981, 29-year-old Sherry Lynn Yates, a White female from Las Vegas, Nevada, was last seen after dropping off a female friend and driving away alone. According to the information preserved in law enforcement and missing-person records, that brief departure marked the last confirmed sighting of her. No further verified contact from Sherry was ever reported, and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance quickly became a mystery. At the time she vanished, she was described as havi ...
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Last Seen: Mar 12, 1981

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