Missing
Julie Ann Weflen
Weflen, approximately 1987
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/16/1987
Missing location (approx) :
Spokane County, Washington
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 05/03/1959 (62)
Age at the time of disappearance: 28 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2, 100 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A black Casio watch and a gold and diamond wedding set.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Weflen has a scar on her back. Her ears are pierced. She has a metal rod implanted in her spine.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Weflen was last seen in Spokane County, Washington on September 16, 1987. She worked for the Bonneville Power Administration; her duties included energizing and de-energizing power equipment, reading meters and keeping transformers powered up. She was last seen at work. There was a report that one of the transformers at the substation was low on nitrogen, and she went to see it.
Weflen signed into the substation at 2:30 p.m.; it was later found locked. She apparently disappeared at approximately 3:30 p.m. from the substation near where Four Mound and Coulee Hite roads meet, northwest of Spokane.
After her disappearance, Weflen's hard hat, toolbox, water bottle and sunglasses were found lying on the ground next to her truck. Her purse was still inside the vehicle, and the driver's side door and back hatch were open. There were indications of a struggle, including drag marks on the ground, and a fresh set of tire tracks, not from Weflen's truck, were found nearby. Authorities stated it appeared as if Weflen had been overpowered by two people.
Weflen's husband was at work at the time of her disappearance and is not considered to be a suspect in her case. He has since remarried. An extensive search of the area turned up no indications of Weflen's whereabouts. Authorities believe she was kidnapped and probably murdered, but there have been no suspects named in her case.
The true crime author Ann Rule included a chapter about Weflen's abduction in her 2004 book, Kiss Me, Kill Me.
Other information and links : ncy
Spokane County Sheriff's Office
509-477-4760
September 2021 updates and sources
The Doe Network
Washington State Missing Persons Information
The Idaho Spokesman-Review
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
