Name: Denise Lynn Oliverson
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: April 6, 1975
Location Last Seen: Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado
Date of Birth: August 10, 1950
Age: 25 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 105 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown,long
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Acne, lump on back of right hand.
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Levi pants, green long sleeved Indian print blouse.
Jewelry: Silver band ring on right little finger
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
On April 6, 1975 Denise Oliverson decided to go for a bike ride to visit her parents in Grand Junction after having an argument with her husband. When she didn't return that evening he assumed she had decided to stay the night at her parents. She never arrived at her parents house.
The next day her bicycle and sandals were found under a viaduct near a railroad bridge close to the Colorado River, on U.S. Route 50, along the route she would have taken.
It is suspected she is a victim of serial killer Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy . Bundy said he dumped her body into the Colorado River. Her body would have been placed in the Colorado River five miles west of Grand Junction. It was not buried.
Agency Name: Grand Junction Police Department
Agency Contact Person: William Baker
Agency Phone Number: 970-242-6707
Agency E-Mail: GJPD@gjcity.org
Agency Case Number: 751585
NCIC Case Number: M-172582755
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Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 12-16-2022 - By: kb
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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