Bottom: Age-progessed to 40 years, circa 2006; Bottom Right: Age-progessed to 46 years
Bottom: Age-progessed to 40 years, circa 2006; Bottom Right: Age-progessed to 46 years
Name: Joan Leigh Hall
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: September 30, 1983
Location Last Seen: Warrenton, Clatsop County, Oregon
Date of Birth: February 24, 1966
Age: 17 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 110-120 lbs.
Hair Color: Short, brown, curly hair that had been sun lightened to have blonde streaks
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Joanie
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Pierced ears.
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available at UNT
Clothing: A green hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, a blue jacket, and white and maroon sneakers, and was carrying a blue and white backpack and a brown purse.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Hall was last seen shortly after 14.00 on September 30, 1983, at the Warrenton Mini-Mart in downtown by a boy who gave her a ride from the high school. She told the boy she was going to buy a soft drink and walk the half-mile to Warrenton Grade School, where she helped her aunt, a third-grade teacher. She never showed up.
Police from several agencies found no sign of the teen, despite exhaustive searches and interviews, including following hunches from psychics. Authorities suspected foul play. Hall was reliable and had a good relationship with her parents, she always let them know where she was.
There is no reason to think she ran away. The night before her disappearance Hall had been elected the first female president of the Clatsop County Sheriff's Department Explorer Post.
Agency Name: Clatsop Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Detective Kristen Hanthon
Agency Phone Number: 503-325-8635
Agency E-Mail: sheriff@co.clatsop.or.us
Agency Case Number: 83-0932
NCIC Case Number: M108665134
NCMEC Case Number: NCMC1044727
California Department of Justice
Clatsop County Sheriff's Office
Daily Astorian
NCMEC
KGW 8 9//29/06
Justice For Joanie
The Oregonian 10/22/2006
State Police Missing Children Clearinghouse
NamUs MP #2395
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - 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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