Missing
Kassaundra Denise Williams Patterson
Patterson, approximately 1988
Date and time person was reported missing : 05/05/1988
Missing location (approx) :
Haskell, Oklahoma
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Biracial, Black, Native American
Age at the time of disappearance: 33 years old
Height / Weight : 5'3 - 5'6, 115 - 160 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Biracial (African-American/Native American) female. Black hair, brown eyes. Patterson has a depressed scar on her left inner ankle, from when she sprained or broke that ankle in a bicycle accident at Age at the time of disappearance: twelve. Her ears are pierced. She may go by her middle name, Denise, or the first name Kaye. Her hair was shoulder-length and straightened at the time of her disappearance. Patterson is an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Patterson was last seen at her residence at Silver Leaf Apartments in Haskell, Oklahoma on May 5, 1988. Her three children woke up at 6:00 a.m. and discovered she was gone, although her purse was still there. She has never been seen again. It's uncharacteristic of her to leave home without her purse.
Patterson's mother got a phone call on Mother's Day in 1989; the caller hung up immediately and has never been identified, and it's unclear whether the caller was Patterson. Few details are available in her case.
Other information and links : ncy
Haskell Police Department
918-482-5244
September 2021 updates and sources
The Muskogee Phoenix
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