Missing
Lisa A. Farmer
Farmer, approximately 1983
Date and time person was reported missing : 08/02/1983
Missing location (approx) :
Lawton, Oklahoma
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Biracial, Native American, White
Age at the time of disappearance: 18 years old
Height / Weight : 5'6, 115 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A gold chain, a floating heart necklace, and a gold wedding band with a diamond solitaire. Possibly a flower-print nightgown.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Biracial (Caucasian/Native American) female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Farmer's maiden name is Watkins. She may wears eyeglasses. She has scars on her hip, tongue, right ankle/instep, and under the toes of her left foot.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Farmer was last seen by a neighbor in her kitchen at 8:30 p.m. on August 2, 1983. She, her husband of three months, and their fourteen-month-old baby had moved into the house only three days earlier and her husband was away on a military training exercise; this was the first night Farmer spent in the house without him.
The next morning, the neighbors came over to investigate the baby's continuous crying and found him alone, hungry, with his diaper soiled. The back door was unlocked and there was no sign of Farmer.
All her belongings, including her jewelry, money, clothing, identification and keys, were left behind; only a flower-print nightgown, which she may have been wearing, was missing. There were on indications of a struggle. She has never been heard from again.
Farmer grew up in Union, South Carolina and had moved to Lawton with her husband in 1983. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Lawton Police Department
580-581-3270
September 2021 updates and sources
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