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Katherine Elisabeth Berry, a 19-year-old woman from Muskogee, Oklahoma, was last seen on January 1, 1989. At the time of her disappearance, Katherine was described as standing between 5'3" and 5'5" and weighing between 115 and 125 pounds, with brown hair. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance remain largely unknown, and there are no confirmed details regarding the clothing she was wearing or specific events leading up to her disappearance.

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Last Seen: Jan 01, 1989

Victim Details

May 31, 2023

Dec 08, 2023

Katherine

Berry

55

19

63 inches

65 inches

115 lbs

125 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In early 1989, a young woman named Katherine Elisabeth Berry, aged 20, disappeared from Muskogee, Oklahoma. A Caucasian female with brown hair, she stood between 5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed approximately 115 to 125 pounds. The last point of contact with Katherine was sometime at the beginning of that year, but the specific date and what she was wearing remain unknown, shrouding the beginning of her story in uncertainty. The circumstances surrounding how she vanished are largely a mystery, leaving her family and investigators with few clues to follow. For many years, Katherine's disappearance was not officially documented in a police report. The case remained in the shadows until decades later when her younger sister, Natalie, took action. Natalie was just an infant when Katherine went missing and only learned of her sister's disappearance as a teenager, a revelation that brought significant heartbreak. After discovering in late 2022 that no official report had ever been filed, Natalie went to the Muskogee Police Department on March 25, 2023, and formally reported her sister as a missing person. This step officially opened an investigation into a case that had been cold for over thirty years. The investigation into what happened to Katherine Berry is hampered by the passage of time and a scarcity of information. Natalie's efforts to piece together her sister's last known movements have involved navigating family memories, rumors, and scattered facts. There is even some discrepancy regarding the timeline, with the official file noting the last contact in 1989, while family memory suggests Katherine may have vanished earlier, around February of 1987, when she was an 18-year-old high school senior. In a determined effort to find answers, Katherine's mother and half-sister have submitted their DNA to be compared against national databases of unidentified remains, though no match has been found to date. The overview of Katherine Berry's case is one of profound and lingering questions; she is a young woman who vanished with barely a trace, whose absence was not officially noted for decades, leaving her loved ones to lead a search for answers fueled by hope and unresolved grief.

Jan 01, 1989

Muskogee

Oklahoma

Muskogee County

74401

Yes

125571

Muskogee Police Department

Muskogee

Oklahoma

Muskogee County

74401

Drew Branan

Sergeant

112 South Third Street, Oklahoma

9186838000

Local

Law Enforcement

2023-10570

2023-03-25

Muskogee Police Department

3602

Brown

Unknown

Unknown

06/19/2026


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