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Sieu Vei Trang was a 13‑year‑old girl who disappeared from Seattle, Washington on April 3, 1982, and remains missing four decades later. She was of Asian descent, described at the time as petite—standing approximately 4 ft 9 inches tall and weighing around 95 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Her exact birthdate is May 22, 1968, making her 13 at the time she vanished.

The circumstances of her disappearance are scant. Sieu was last seen on April 3, 1982 in ...Read More
Last Seen: Apr 03, 1982

Victim Details

May 14, 2010

Jun 20, 2023

Sieu

Trang

56

13

57 inches

95 lbs

Asian

Female

On a spring day in Seattle, Washington, April 3, 1982, a 13-year-old girl named Sieu Vei Trang was last seen. At the time of her disappearance, she was a young girl of Asian descent with black hair and brown eyes. Her small stature, standing at approximately four feet nine inches and weighing around 95 pounds, made her seem even younger than her years. The day she vanished is a day that holds few answers and marks the beginning of a long and heart-wrenching mystery for those who knew her and for the community she was a part of. What should have been a normal day in the life of a young teenager instead became the starting point of an unresolved case that has spanned decades. The circumstances surrounding Sieu's disappearance are shrouded in a troubling lack of detail. Publicly available information regarding where she was last seen, who she might have been with, or what she was doing at the time is scarce. This absence of a clear timeline or a specific last known location has created significant challenges for investigators and for public awareness efforts over the years. Compounding the difficulty in keeping her memory and case in the public eye is the apparent lack of a publicly available photograph of Sieu. This unusual circumstance for a missing child case has made it incredibly difficult to create age-progressed images or for the public to have a face to connect with her story, further complicating any possibility of a chance recognition. Decades have passed since Sieu Vei Trang was last seen, and her case has grown cold, leaving a void of information and a family without answers. The investigation into her disappearance remains open, a silent testament to a life interrupted and a story without a conclusion. With no significant leads or breakthroughs publicly disclosed, her case is a somber reminder of the many faces of the missing. The overview of this case is one of a quiet disappearance that has, over time, become a long-standing and sorrowful mystery, a young girl who vanished leaving behind very few traces for the world to follow.

Apr 03, 1982

Seattle

Washington

King County

Seattle

No

27092

Seattle Police Department

Seattle

Washington

King County

98104

Tanya Woldstad

Police Officer

610 5th Avenue, Washington

2066255011

Local

Law Enforcement

82-140345

1982-04-03

Seattle Police Department

Black

Brown

Brown

06/19/2026


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