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Barbara Monaco Missing Person Case

Last seen in Virginia Beach, Virginia on Aug 23, 1978

Victim Details

Dec 12, 2008

Jun 02, 2020

Barbara

Monaco

65

18

64 inches

110 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Aug 23, 1978

Virginia Beach

Virginia

Virginia Beach City

25608

Virginia Beach Police Department

Virginia Beach

Virginia

Virginia Beach City

23456

Kristy Curtis

Detective

2509 Princess Anne Road, Virginia

7573854101

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/police/Pages/default.aspx

1978-085134

Virginia Beach Police Department

4028

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/17/2026


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58: Barbara Jean Monaco: Virginia Beach, VA

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In the summer of 1978, just after her eighteenth birthday, Barbara Jean Monaco traveled from her home in Derby, Connecticut, for a week-long vacation with her older sister in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The two sisters checked into the Aloha Motel on 15th Street on August 20, 1978. In the early morning hours of August 23, Barbara left the motel alone to walk six blocks to a bar called Peabody's, where she had a date to meet a bartender. She was last seen wearing a long-sleeved yellow shirt, b ...
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Last Seen: Aug 23, 1978

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