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Krista Kay Blake

Case from Vancouver, WA dated Jul 11, 1974

Victim Details

Krista Kay Blake

Female

White / Caucasian

Vancouver

WA

1974-07-11

20

Krista

Kay Blake

07/03/2026

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In the summer of 1974, a 20-year-old White female named Krista Kay Blake vanished from Vancouver, Washington. On July 11, she was last seen by her boyfriend at approximately 5:30 p.m. getting into a light blue 1973 Ford van at a convenience store located at 29th and K streets. Blake, who had been hitchhiking from Orchards, had arranged a ride to Portland with the driver of the van. Two witnesses later reported seeing Blake and a man in the van near Lewisville Park before she disappeared.

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