Name: Lorraine Rea Herbster
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: March 9, 1979
Location Last Seen: Westampton Township, New Jersey.
Date of Birth: January 16, 1962
Age: 17 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 125 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Nickname/Alias: Lori
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Pierced ears.
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available
Clothing: Blue jeans, blouse, white coat sweater (brown/beige design) with a belt tied in the back and a hood folded over the back, knee socks, brown hiking boots, part suede, part leather, with ripple soles - size 8 1/2.
Jewelry: Known to be wearing a diamond or brown quartz cats eye ring and a thin gold chain necklace
Additional Personal Items: Carrying a reddish-brown suede shoulder bag with a zipper on the top
Herbster was last seen on March 9, 1979 in Westampton Township, NJ, while walking home from her new job at a Mount Holly electronics firm. Her car and purse were found in her Westampton front yard following her disappearance.
Police have never been able to substantiate persistent rumors she was slain and her body dumped at a local construction site.
Agency Name: Westampton Township Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 609-267-8300
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: H0258854/NamUs MP#4585
NamUs Case Number: 4585
NCMEC Case Number: 1158939
NCIC Case Number: M306637948
NamUs
NCMEC
California Department of Justice
Burlington Times
New Jersey State Police
Times, The (Trenton, NJ) - Tuesday, August 20, 1996
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 10/30/2023 - 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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