Right 2: Age-progressed by NCMEC to 37 years; 44 years
Right 2: Age-progressed by NCMEC to 37 years; 44 years
Name: Charlotte June Kinsey
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Case Classification: Non Family Abduction
Missing Since: September 26, 1981
Location Last Seen: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Date of Birth: September 10, 1968
Age: 13 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'0
Weight: 100 lbs
Hair Color: Blonde, shoulder length
Eye Color: Blue/grey
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Small dot-shaped scar below left eye; pierced ears
Dentals: Not Available; silver caps on lower front teeth
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available
Clothing: Dark maroon short sleeve pullover with white strips on the sleeves and white trim around the neck & sleeves; blue jeans; Nike tennis shoes
Jewelry: Wedding band type ring on right ring finger
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Charlotte Kinsey was last seen at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds on September 26, 1981. She was accompanied by her friend, Cinda Leann Pallett . Kinsey called home to tell her family that she had secured a job helping a carnival worker unload stuffed animals. Neither Kinsey nor Pallett has ever been seen or heard from again. Foul play is suspected in both disappearances.
Three years and 11 months after they disappeared from the State Fair, a suspect was tried on murder and kidnapping charges. He was reportedly seen with the two girls when they disappeared. He had been in Oklahoma City when the girls vanished, and two boys were positive he was the one who offered the girls jobs unloading stuffed animals. What's more, the former cross-country truck driver had a history of sexual violence toward young girls.
Police traced the Pontiac Grand Prix, the suspect Long had rented in Oklahoma City, to a car lot in El Paso, Texas. The former rental car's make and model were significant as Pallett and Kinsey were last seen driving away with a bearded man in a Pontiac Grand Prix.
In the car trunk police found circumstantial, scientific evidence that became the foundation to the prosecution's case. 13 scalp hairs were found. A police forensic chemist matched them with the hair of Pallett. Animal hairs found in the trunk matched those belonging to three dogs and a cat she played with.
A lock of hair found in suspect's Wyoming trailer house, could have come from Kensey .
Three separate tests showed the car trunk mat once was bloody. The judge dismissed the kidnapping and murder charges because he found no evidence the girls were confined.
Agency Name: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Oklahoma City
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: (405) 290-7770
Agency E-Mail: tips@osbi.state.ok.us
Agency Case Number: N/A
Agency Name: Oklahoma City Police
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 405-297-1129
Agency E-Mail: ocpd.coldcase@okc.gov
Agency Case Number: 812730035
NamUs Case Number: 6264
NCIC Case Number: M-075513330
NCMEC Case Number: 601788
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 04/23/2024 - By: kc
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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