Name: Cora Mae Andersen
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 16, 1979
Location Last Seen: Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
Date of Birth: December 20, 1927
Age: 51 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'0
Weight: 120 lbs
Hair Color: Red/auburn
Eye Color: Hazel
Nickname/Alias: Cora M. Anderson
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Wears eyeglasses
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Black turtleneck sweater, black nylon pants, dark blue coat, a purple parka and black leather shoes
Jewelry: Gold watch with jade, gold plated copper nugget necklace with diamond.
Additional Personal Items: Known to carry an automatic pistol in a black leather purse with shoulder straps. Possibly wearing a white wig.
Cora Andersen was last seen leaving The Eureka Lodge at Mile 128 of Glenn Highway in Palmer, Alaska on July 16, 1979.
Her vehicle was discovered abandoned at Mile 58 of Glenn Highway at Moose Creek Campground on July 25, 1979.
Agency Name: Palmer Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 907-428-7200
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 79-2213
Agency Name: Alaska State Troopers
Agency Contact Person: Malia Miller, Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager
Agency Phone Number: (907) 269-5511
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: C79002213
NamUs Case Number: 16987
NCIC Case Number: M-177900664
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 02/11/2024 - By: kc
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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