Name: Michelle Veronica Pope
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: August 25, 1978
Location Last Seen: Pymble, New South Wales, Australia.
Date of Birth: August 18, 1960
Age: 18 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 175 - 180 cm
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Medium build.
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: She was wearing a bone-coloured dress and red sandals.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Pope and Stephen Lapthorne were last seen at 22.30 on 25 August 1978 leaving his home at West Pymble to drive her home to Berowra. They never arrived and have not been seen or heard from since.
Stephen's green Bedford van, NSW registration SL-710 , has never been located. All leads received since their disappearance have been followed up, but to no avail.
Detectives initially suspected they were murdered and their bodies buried in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, but they have also not ruled out death by misadventure.
Agency Name: Hornsby Police Station
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 9476 9799
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 08-23-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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