Account
Jan 14, 2022
Mar 20, 2024
Kay
Baker
67
40
59 inches
100 lbs
135 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
In the quiet town of Alva, Oklahoma, a story of concern and unanswered questions began to unfold around the disappearance of Kay Rene Baker. At the age of 40, with brown hair and green eyes, Kay was last seen on January 1, 1997. She was a woman of small stature, standing at 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighing between 100 and 135 pounds. The circumstances of her last known moments are vague, leaving her family with a profound sense of unease that has stretched over many years. Little is known about the specific details of what she was wearing or her exact plans on the day she vanished, adding layers of complexity to the investigation into her whereabouts. The years following Kay's disappearance have been marked by a painful lack of concrete leads for investigators. Her family, however, holds a strong belief that she may have met with foul play. They have expressed their fears that she might have been murdered by her boyfriend at the time, a man of Hispanic descent, somewhere in the expansive and sparsely populated regions of northwestern Oklahoma or the Oklahoma Panhandle. This belief, while deeply held, has been difficult to substantiate with the evidence available to law enforcement. The passage of time has not diminished the family's hope for answers, but it has certainly compounded their grief and the mystery surrounding Kay's fate. The case is further complicated by the fact that Kay was known to use several aliases, including Kay Bales, Wanda Backus, Kathy Herrera, Kay LeMaster, Kay Vollman, Wanda Murray, and Kay Murray, which could have made tracing her movements more challenging for authorities. The official investigation into the disappearance of Kay Rene Baker is being handled by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Despite their efforts, her case remains an active and unsolved missing person investigation. Her information has been entered into national databases for missing persons, including NamUs, under the case number MP88064, in the hope that a new lead or a piece of previously unknown information might surface. The overview of this case is one of a family left in limbo, grappling with the strong suspicion of a violent end for their loved one, while law enforcement continues their work with limited information. The lack of closure has left a permanent void for those who knew and loved Kay, as they continue to await any news that might finally shed light on what happened to her in the late 1990s.
Jan 01, 1997
Alva
Oklahoma
Woods County
Unknown
111089
Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma County
73111
Matthew Terry
Fugitive Apprehension Agent III
1
3400 Martin Luther King Avenue, Oklahoma
State
Law Enforcement
1994-1
1994-04-21
Oklahoma Department of Corrections
na
Brown
Green
Green
06/17/2026
