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Karen Mitchell Missing Person Case

Last seen in Eureka, California on Nov 25, 1997

Victim Details

Apr 15, 2010

Jul 19, 2022

Karen

Mitchell

44

16

65 inches

130 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Nov 25, 1997

Eureka

California

Humboldt County

95501

26794

Humboldt County District Attorney's Office

Eureka

California

,

97-7684

Humboldt County District Attorney's Office

Sandy

Blue

Blue

07/18/2026


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Karen Marie Mitchell, a 16-year-old from Eureka, California, was last seen on November 25, 1997. She had left the Bayshore Mall where her aunt owned a shoe store and was walking towards her job at the Humboldt Child Care Council, located about 0.75 miles away. Karen never made it to her destination and has not been heard from since.

A witness reported seeing Karen enter a light blue sedan, possibly a 1976-1978 model Ford Granada or Mercury Monarch, driven by an older Caucasian male, aro ...
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Last Seen: Nov 25, 1997

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