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Ann Riffin Missing Person Case

Last seen in Mora, New Mexico on Sep 13, 1982

Victim Details

Dec 12, 2008

Sep 23, 2023

Ann

Riffin

76

33

64 inches

125 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Sep 13, 1982

Mora

New Mexico

Mora County

19794

Montclair Police Department

Montclair

New Jersey

Essex County

07042

Lisa Gutauskas

Detective

647 Bloomfield Avenue, New Jersey

9737441234

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.montclairnjusa.org/government/departments/police

310134-82

1983-06-03

Montclair Police Department

4087

Brown

Brown

Brown

08/09/2026


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Ann Linda Riffin, aged 33, disappeared on September 13, 1982, while on a brief vacation in the mountains near Mora, New Mexico. Originally from Montclair, New Jersey, Ann had moved to New Mexico just a few months before her disappearance. She was working at a restaurant in Ruidoso and had plans to visit relatives in Colorado Springs. Ann's white Chevrolet hatchback was found abandoned on September 21, 1982, stuck in a ditch near a remote area called Holman Hill, along Highway 3, a sparsely ...
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Last Seen: Sep 13, 1982

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