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According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day. Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends. Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.

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Patti Lou Volansky

Volansky, date, approximate 1985; Volansky's tattoos; Volansky's necklace; John Crutchley
Date Missing 03/15/1985
Missing From
Mims, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 03/13/1956 (66)
Age 29 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 155 - 165 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description Possibly gray cowboy boots and a beaded necklace. A photo of the necklace is posted with this summary.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Volansky's ears are pierced. She has a tattoo on the outside of her right forearm of a human skull with horns dripping blood, and a tattoo on the outside of her left forearm of a goat's skull with a dagger stuck in it. Photos of the tattoos are posted with this summary. Volansky's maiden name is name Pratt, and many agencies spell her last name "Volanski." Her nickname is Pat.
Details of Disappearance Volansky was last seen by her roommate between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. on March 15, 1985. She had been drinking that day, and asked her roommate to drive her to the grocery store. When her roommate refused, Volansky decided to hitchhike, and and left their Mims, Florida residence on foot. She has never been heard from again.
A week after Volansky's disappearance, one of her disability checks arrived at her mother's house in the mail. Volansky would always come by to pick them up, but she didn't come, and her mother became concerned and reported her missing on March 25.
Her mother described Volansky as "sort of a street person." She didn't work and her only regular source of income was the disability checks, which she had received since her husband's death. In spite of her lifestyle, however, she was very close to her mother, and her mother doesn't believe she would have simply walked out of her life without warning.
John Brennan Crutchley, the so-called Vampire Rapist, is also considered a suspect in Volansky's . He was sentenced to life in prison in 1986 for kidnapping and raping a woman in Orlando, Florida. He drained half her blood and drank it. Volansky's photo identification card was found at his work office, and he admitted he'd picked her up hitchhiking about six months before his November 1985 arrest.
According to Crutchley, he was high on marijuana that day, and after Volansky began talking about motorcycle gangs and making "obnoxious" demands for alcohol and drugs, he ordered her out of his car. He found her wallet and identification on the seat of his car the next day, took them to his office, and later threw away the wallet and wrapped the card in a plastic bag.
Crutchley died by suicide in prison in 2002. Investigators believe he was a serial killer, and he is also a suspect in the 1983 disappearance of Tammy Leppert from Rockledge, Florida, but they were never able to link him to either Leppert or Volansky's disappearance. A photo of him is posted with this summary.
Volansky's disappearance remains unsolved. Foul play is suspected in her .
Investigating Agency
Brevard County Sheriff's Office
321-633-8419
Other
NamUs
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Florida Today
The Orlando Sentinel

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Resources for Missing Persons

According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day. Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends. Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.

Missing Person Case Updates with Photos