Beverly Ward

Missing
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Beverly Ann Ward, a 13-year-old African American girl, disappeared from her home in Junction City, Kansas, on July 4, 1978. She was last seen in her bedroom, where she had been sleeping in a green nightgown. A friend of Beverly's was also staying over, sleeping in a separate bed in the same room. In the early morning hours, a commotion occurred outside the house when a brick was thrown through a neighbor's window, waking up much of the neighborhood. Beverly’s family and her friend gathered by ...Read More
Last Seen: Jul 04, 1978
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    Victim Details

    Oct 10, 2014

    Aug 19, 2021

    Beverly

    Ward

    59

    13

    56 inches

    60 inches

    54 lbs

    60 lbs

    Black / African American

    Female

    Jul 04, 1978

    Junction City

    Kansas

    Geary County

    29627

    Junction City Police Department

    Junction City

    Kansas

    Geary County

    66441

    Cory Odell

    Lieutenant

    210 East 9th Street, Kansas

    7857625912

    Local

    Law Enforcement

    7810233

    Junction City Police Department

    Black

    Brown

    Brown

    09/17/2024


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