Brown, circa 1973
Brown, circa 1973
Name: Carlene Brown
Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: July 4, 1974
Location Last Seen: Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming
Date of Birth: January 14, 1955
Age: 19 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5' to 5'3
Weight: 100-120 lbs
Hair Color: Red/Auburn
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scars on left and right feet, both on big toes; Freckles
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Brown was last seen with her friend Christy Gross, age 19, while visiting the Little Britches Rodeo in Rawlins, Wyoming on July 4, 1974.
The skeletal remains of Christy Gross were found on October 27, 1983, three miles south of Sinclair, Wyoming. She had been killed by two heavy blows to the skull.
There were four murders or disappearances of young women within a seven-week period in July and August 1974 in and around the town of Rawlins. Deborah Rae Meyer left a relatives home on August 4, 1974 to see a movie and was never seen again. Ten-year-old Jayleen Banker vanished while visiting the Carbon County Rodeo after being separated from a friend on August 23rd. Her body was later recovered in a field.
Carlene and Deborah have never been located.
The suspect in the 1981 Oklahoma abductions of Cinda Pallett and Charlotte Kinsey , and the 1984 abduction of Sharon Baldeagle was considered a possible suspect in the 1974 cases because he lived in the area and worked in fairs and carnivals like the ones being held at the time. But, no evidence has ever connected him to them.
Agency Name: Carbon County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Sheriff Archie Roybal
Agency Phone Number: 307-324-2776
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 12921
NCIC Case Number: M028734844
NamUs Case Number: 14488
Rawlins Daily Times - May 1973
Serial Killer Crime Index
"The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes" by Michael Newton, 2004.
NamUs
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 12/15/2023 - By: kc
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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