Missing
Kathleen Laura Ranft
Ranft, approximately 1985
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/05/1985
Missing location (approx) :
Seguin, Texas
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 02/18/1956 (65)
Age at the time of disappearance: 29 years old
Height / Weight : 5'6, 130 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A blue and white flowered Western-style shirt, blue jeans, sandals, a gold wedding band with nine diamonds, two other rings, diamond earrings, a gold chain with a diamond pendant, and a Seiko wristwatch.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Ranft has a scar on her abdomen. Her right arm was previously fractured.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Ranft was last seen in Seguin, Texas on April 5, 1985. She left her job at the Lippe Tire Center at 5:50 p.m., and her husband says he last saw her when she left to go dancing at the Country Cabaret on FM 467 between 9:00 and 9:30 p.m. She has never been heard from again.
Ranft's 1980 Chevrolet Citation was not in the Country Cabaret parking lot at closing time at 1:00 a.m. on April 6, but it was found in the lot later that morning. There was no sign of her at the scene.
Ranft left behind three children. She was separated from her husband at the time of her disappearance, and he didn't report her missing; her boss did, after she didn't show up for work after the weekend. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance.
Other information and links : ncy
Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office
830-379-1224
September 2021 updates and sources
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Seguin Gazette
Guadalupe County Crime Stoppers
October 12, 2004. June 28, 2021; two pictures added, Description, clothing, jewerly and more : updated.
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