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1194DFCO - Denise Lynn Oliverson

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Name: Denise Lynn Oliverson
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: April 6, 1975
Location Last Seen: Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado

Physical Description

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.

Identifiers

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Levi pants, green long sleeved Indian print blouse.
Jewelry: Silver band ring on right little finger
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance

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.

Investigating Agency(s)

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

Information Source(s)

NamUs
California Department of Justice
Crime Web
News Bank

Admin Notes

Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 12-16-2022 - By: kb


Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team

** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.

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