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Melinda “Pip” Beardsley was 30 years old when she vanished from northern Nevada in the mid-1970s. Born in October 1946, she was described as a white woman about 5 feet 7 inches tall and around 170 pounds, with thick, coarse dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. She had a distinctive crooked left incisor, and investigators note that she might later have undergone dental work, possibly having some teeth removed and replaced. These details, along with her yearbook-style photograph that is often ...Read More
Last Seen: Dec 16, 1976
Last Seen: Dec 16, 1976
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Melinda
Beardsley
79
30
67 inches
170 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
Dec 16, 1976
Reno
Nevada
Washoe County
Reno
No
24
180443
Reno Police Department
Reno
Nevada
Washoe County
89502
Tamara Lamoureaux
Missing Persons Investigator
455 East 2nd Street, Nevada
7753342175
Local
Law Enforcement
25-23182
2025-11-18
Reno Police Department
Brown
Brown
Brown
11/21/2025
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