Name: Barbara Ann Bockwith
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: December 5, 1979
Location Last Seen: Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
Date of Birth: December 31, 1958
Age: 20 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 115 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Available; she has had a lot of dentistry
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available
Clothing: Plaid shirt and brown pants
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Barbara Bockwith, an accounting major, left home for class at the University of West Florida but never arrived on the morning of December 5, 1979.
A friend, driving through the intersection at Creighton Road and Ninth Avenue, reported seeing Bockwith having breakfast at the McDonald's on Navy Boulevard the morning of her disappearance.
A week later, her car was found at Pensacola Regional Airport, her books inside, the driver's seat pushed all the way back.
Bockwith mentioned having problems with her boyfriend, Robert Deaver but made no indication of threats or fear.
Five days after being questioned by investigators, Deaver was found dead. His cause of death was later determined to be the result of a suicide.
Bockwith’s body was never found, however she is presumed dead and the investigation is continuing.
Agency Name: Escambia County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Investigator James Lee
Agency Phone Number: 850-436-9651
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 595851
NamUs Case Number: 22671
NCIC Case Number: M-048787377
NamUs
Florida Deptartment of Law Enforcement
Escambia County Sheriff's Office
The Pensacola News (Pensacola, Florida) December 10, 1979
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 11-30-2022 - 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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