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Katherine Heckel Missing Person Case

Last seen in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania on Jul 15, 1991

Victim Details

Mar 14, 2012

Apr 23, 2020

Katherine

Heckel

75

40

63 inches

66 inches

130 lbs

150 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Jul 15, 1991

Mill Hall

Pennsylvania

Clinton County

17751

No

11510

Pennsylvania State Police

Mill Hall

Pennsylvania

Clinton County

17751

Kimberly Patterson

Criminal Investigator

113 Boyd Road, Pennsylvania

5707266000

State

Law Enforcement

https://www.psp.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx

F04-0440825

1991-07-16

Pennsylvania State Police

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/21/2026


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On a summer day in July 1991, 40-year-old Katherine 'Kathy' Heckel, a devoted mother and reliable employee from Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, vanished without a trace. She was last seen on July 15, 1991, leaving her job as a management secretary at the International Paper Company in Lock Haven for her lunch break. Before leaving, she called her two children, telling them she had some errands to run and would be eating alone. Katherine drove her silver 1990 Ford Festiva out of the company pa ...
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Last Seen: Jul 15, 1991

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  • KATHERINE DOLAN HECKEL - LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA - FBI
  • Arrest made in 1991 cold case of Clinton County woman - Penn Live
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