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Mildred Louise Butterworth Roche Missing Person Case

Last seen in Eagle Lake, Minnesota on May 31, 1976

Victim Details

Jan 27, 2026

Jan 27, 2026

Mildred

Louise Butterworth Roche

88

38

5'6 inches

115 lbs

White

Female

May 31, 1976

Eagle Lake

Minnesota

Eagle Lake

Fargo Police Departmen

701-241-8281

07/07/2026

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On May 31, 1976, 38-year-old Mildred Louise Butterworth Roche was last seen by her parents at their farm in Eagle Lake, Minnesota. She and her husband, Ronald Roche, were leaving to drive back to their home in Fargo, North Dakota, a journey of about five and a half hours. This departure would be the last time her family ever saw or heard from her. The days that followed her departure were filled with a concerning silence, a silence that would stretch into decades, leaving her loved ones with una ...
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