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Joyce Cogburn Missing Person Case

Last seen in Norman, Oklahoma on Oct 02, 1983

Victim Details

Apr 15, 2010

Mar 08, 2023

Joyce

Cogburn

57

15

63 inches

116 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Oct 02, 1983

Norman

Oklahoma

Cleveland County

26487

Norman Police Department

Norman

Oklahoma

Cleveland County

73069

201-B West Gray Street, Oklahoma

4053211444

Local

Law Enforcement

http://normanpd.normanok.gov/

264038329

Norman Police Department

Blond/Strawberry

Brown

Brown

07/19/2026


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In the autumn of 1983, a season of change, fifteen-year-old Joyce Irene Cogburn and her sixteen-year-old sister, Josephine, found themselves in a new and unfamiliar environment. On October 2, 1983, the sisters vanished from Norman, Oklahoma, a place they had only recently begun to navigate. The girls were staying in the apartment of a male family friend, who had been granted temporary custody. This man was the one to report them missing, claiming they had intended to go to the library and never ...
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Last Seen: Oct 02, 1983

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  • Joyce Irene Cogburn - The Charley Project
  • Joyce Irene Cogburn - Oklahoma Cold Cases
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