Right 2: Age-progressed by NCMEC to age 46 years; 60 years
Right 2: Age-progressed by NCMEC to age 46 years; 60 years
Name: Wendy Eaton
Case Classification: Non Family Abduction
Missing Since: May 17, 1975
Location Last Seen: Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: May 26, 1959
Age: 15 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 4'10
Weight: 90 pounds
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Whizzie
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Deaf in one ear; wears corrective lenses; pierced ears
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available
Clothing: Yellow shirt; blue denim shorts; sneakers
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Wendy Eaton was last seen on May 17, 1975. A sophomore at Penncrest High School, she stayed at home on Mocassin Lane to sunbathe on the roof outside her bedroom window while while her parents and brother went to play golf at the country club.
When the family returned home about 19.00, they found Wendy's bathing suit on her bed.
Several neighbors last saw her walking to the intersection of Indian Lane and Media Station Road, three blocks from her home in the Indian Trails development, about 15.00. The family suspects she was on her way to Media to buy her brother a birthday gift.
Bloodhounds tracked her movement to the intersection of Indian Lane and Media Station Road, where she was last seen. But no further trace of her was ever found.
Wendy's disappearance coincided with the slayings of several other girls whose remains were found in the Tinicum Marsh area, but no evidence has ever been found that would link Wendy to those victims.
Authorities said that Wendy was a girl very unlikely to have run away on her own.
She planned to attend a singing group rehearsal at their church on the night she vanished. Her relatives stated that Wendy would not have missed the rehearsal.
Agency Name: Pennsylvania State Police
Agency Contact Person: Troop K
Agency Phone Number: 1-484-840-1000
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
Agency Name: Pennsylvania State Police
Agency Contact Person: Missing Persons Unit
Agency Phone Number: 717-783-5524
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: K2-14911
NCIC Case Number: M-361834859
NCMEC Case Number: NCMC601124
NamUs Case Number: 2492
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 03/08/2024 - By: mc
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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