Name: Lauren Gail Andersen
Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: November 15, 1981
Location Last Seen: St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Date of Birth: August 13, 1961
Age: 20 yrs old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 115 lbs
Hair Color: Blonde, curly
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: None
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Wears glasses
Dentals: Available, dental x-rays
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing: Blue jeans, white t-shirt, blue short silk jacket with blue and white trim on collar and cuffs.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Eye Glasses.
Lauren was last seen on November 15, 1981 leaving her parents' home. She had gone to the Superamerica on Excelsior Boulevard to buy milk and put gas in her car around 5 p.m. When she returned home, Lauren got a phone call that investigators believe may have been an arrangement for a friend or acquaintance to pick her up. Lauren walked out the door at 6:15 p.m. without saying where she was going and hasn't been seen since. She left behind her car, clothing, and medicine for her tonsilitis. There has been no activity on her checking account after her disappearance.
Lauren had moved back in with her parents two weeks before her disappearance. She made plans to move in April to live with an older sister in Austin, Texas.
In 2002, the vacant home of her former boyfriend was searched in connection to Lauren's disappearance. Nothing was found during that search. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance.
Agency Name: St. Louis Park Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Mike Merwin
Agency Phone Number: 952-924-2600
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 81017309
Agency Name: Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Agency Contact Person: Jason Mielke
Agency Phone Number: 651-793-7000
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
NCIC Case Number: M078266566
NamUs Case Number: 12043
NamUs
MN DPS
CA DOJ
The Minneapolis Star (Minneapolis, MN) - Jan. 7, 1982
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) - Jul. 12, 2002
Added: 7/27/09; Last Updated: 10/21/21 - By: hb
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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