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In the late summer of 1977, the small mining community of Picher, Oklahoma, was gripped by a growing sense of fear. The disappearance of twenty-three-year-old Ellen Deann Rowden in August marked the third case of a missing female from the area in a short period, leaving residents on edge. Rowden was last seen in a local bar in Picher, in the company of three other individuals, before she vanished. The unsettling mystery of her whereabouts lingered over the community for months.

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Victim Details

Ellen Deann Rowden

Female

White / Caucasian

Picher

OK

1977-08-01

23

Ellen

Deann Rowden

11/24/2025