Loy C. Gillespie Evitts
Missing since February 28, 1977 from Kansas City, Missouri
Classification: Involuntary

Vital Statistics

• Date Of Birth: December 12, 1947
• Age at Time of Disappearance: 29 years old
• Approximate Height and Weight: 5'5"; 126 lbs.
• Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Long blonde or strawberry hair; hazel eyes.
• Marks, Scars: Scar on abdomen.
• Clothing: A three-quarter length blue knit sweater with a maroon turtle neck and maroon slacks, she was carrying a leather shoulder bag and a black and white pocketbook and wooden wedge shoes with a brown leather strap
• Jewlery: Plaid gold braclet with a knot in the center; wide gold wedding band; wide gold engagement ring with a single solitare diamond from Helzberg; white gold, square-faced woman's watch.
• Dentals: Available

Circumstances of Disappearance
Loy Evitts vanished during her lunch hour February 28, 1977. She drove her car from its customary spot in the garage, had a watch adjusted, then drove to a drugstore, where she had coffee and bought an umbrella. The car was back in its space later that afternoon, but Evitts was never seen again.

She was a legal secretary at a law firm. Her purse was found 10 days later, under a bridge in southeast KC near Unity Village.

Evitts, a former KSU queen nominee, was happily married in Overland Park and had no romantic or financial entanglement. The couple had no children. Evitts' husband moved to have her declared legally dead seven years later.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Kansas City Police Department
Detective David Ross
816-234-5136
Email

Agency Case Number: 00-J81177