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Essie Hiett Missing Person Case

Last seen in Oroville, California on Feb 13, 1978

Victim Details

Feb 16, 2013

Oct 25, 2021

Essie

Hiett

95

47

65 inches

130 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Feb 13, 1978

Oroville

California

Butte County

13098

Butte County Sheriff-Coroner

Oroville

California

Butte County

95965

5 Gillick Way, California

5305387404

County

Law Enforcement

http://www.buttecounty.net/sheriffcoroner/Home.aspx

78-11872

Butte County Sheriff-Coroner

Brown

Green

Green

07/05/2026


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Essie Margarette Hiett, a 47-year-old woman, disappeared on February 13, 1978, in Oroville, California. She was last seen leaving her shift as a bartender and hostess at a local cardroom, driving her brown 1975 Oldsmobile Toronado between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. Essie was heading home, but she never arrived. Later that day, her vehicle was discovered abandoned and wrecked in a ditch along Palermo-Honeycut Road, about a mile from her residence. Her clothes and personal belongings were scattered near t ...
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Last Seen: Feb 13, 1978

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  • Essie Margarette Hiett - The Charley Project
  • Essie Margarette Hiett | State of California - Department of Justice
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