Missing
Leona Sharon Kinsey
Kinsey, approximately 1999
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/25/1999
Missing location (approx) :
La Grande, Oregon
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Biracial, Native American, White
DOB : 12/15/1953 (67)
Age at the time of disappearance: 45 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2 - 5'4, 110 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Biracial (Caucasian/Native American) female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Kinsey is of Puyallup Indian heritAge at the time of disappearance: . She has a tattoo of a tomahawk and a peace pipe intersecting on her bicep. She wears eyeglasses. She has small scars on the outside of both feet and next to both her smallest toes and fingers.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Kinsey was last seen at her home on Hall Street in La Grande, Oregon on October 25, 1999. She has never been heard from again. All of her possessions, including her purse, her cigarettes and lighter, her pageheaderr, and cherished pet cat and two dogs, were left behind at her trailer home. There was coffee in the coffeepot, and groceries had been left out and were rotting.
Her light golden-brown 1980s model GMC Jimmy was found in the parking lot of an Albertson's store on the morning of October 29, four days after her disappearance. The store manAge at the time of disappearance: r said he didn't believe the car had been there overnight. The steering column had been damAge at the time of disappearance: d and there was a box of rubber gloves behind the seat. There was no evidence of a struggle or any clues to Kinsey's disappearance.
Kinsey ran her own landscaping and yard care business in 1999, and was booked for a full week after she vanished. Her daughter stated she was happy with her life and wouldn't have walked away from it or abandoned her pets. Kinsey enjoys hunting, fishing, camping and other outdoor activities. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
La Grande Police Department
541-963-1017
September 2021 updates and sources
Project Jason
The La Grande Observer
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe.
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Lost and Missing in Indian Country
National Public Radio
6 October 12, 2004. April 3, 2019; picture added, Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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