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Ida Basco Missing Person Case

Last seen in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana on Mar 15, 1979

Victim Details

May 23, 2013

May 19, 2021

Ida

Basco

70

23

66 inches

70 inches

120 lbs

150 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Mar 15, 1979

East Baton Rouge Parish

Louisiana

East Baton Rouge Parish

Unknown

5315

LSU FACES Laboratory

Baton Rouge

Louisiana

East Baton Rouge Parish

70803

Teresa Wilson

Assistant Director

South Campus Drive & Tower Dr. Baton Rouge, LA 70803, Louisiana

2255784761

Other

University

http://www.lsu.edu/faceslab/

480

Baton Rouge Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/12/2026


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In the late winter of 1979 in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, a young woman named Ida Faye Basco, who was 23 years old, vanished under puzzling circumstances. Known to her loved ones as Faye, she disappeared along with her 22-year-old boyfriend, Robert Edward Kelley Jr. The couple was last seen at their residence on Hoo Shoo Too Road in Baton Rouge. Friends who had been invited over for dinner that evening arrived at their trailer to find no trace of Ida or Robert. The home showed no signs o ...
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Last Seen: Mar 15, 1979

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  • Ida Faye Basco and Robert Kelley... - LSU FACES Laboratory
  • Jared Leisek | MISSING IDA FAY & ROBERT KELLEY ... - Instagram
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    Has anyone looked into the possibility that Ida and Robert might have planned to leave on their own?... ...Read More
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