Name: Robin Frances Murphy
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: April 9, 1995
Location Last Seen: Carmel, Putnam County, New York
Date of Birth: January 11, 1978
Age: 17 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Hair Color: Black (dyed)
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Pierced ears
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing: Ripped black jeans, black stockings, plaid flannel shirt, black boots
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Small black purse
Murphy left her residence en route to a local restaurant to meet her boyfriend and was last seen on foot at ShopRite Plaza on Route 52. She never reached the restaurant.
Murphy's vehicle was located near the Burger King restaurant in the mall's parking lot shortly afterward. Her keys, wallet and checkbook were discovered in a marshy area behind the center several days later. Foul play is suspected.
Two local bodies of water were searched for the body of Murphy to no avail. On November 15, 1997, divers search a pond off Nichols Road in Kent. In 1999 and in 2002, police divers search flooded Tilly Foster mine in Southeast.
The last person known to have seen Robin alive is a convicted criminal who twice had rape charges dismissed in Putnam County. The suspect, currently serving 30 years in prison in Connecticut for sexual assault and other offenses, worked at a laundry in the plaza where Robin went. He admitted seeing her that night but denied any role in her disappearance. When the suspect was arrested 5 years later in an unrelated sexual assault case, underwear belonging to Murphy was found in his suitcase. He has never been charged in relation to the Murphy case.
Agency Name: Carmel Town Police
Agency Contact Person: Detective Sergeant Michael Nagel
Agency Phone Number: 845-628-1300
Agency E-Mail: police@ci.carmel.ny.us
Agency Case Number: KCAR00250
NamUs Case Number: MP6439
NCIC Case Number: M823035336
NCMEC Case Number: 936690
NCMEC
NamUs
New York State Missing Persons Clearinghouse
The Journal News (White Plains, NY) 4/9/05
Robin Frances Murphy - Missing from Carmel, NY
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Added: prior to 2011; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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