OWENS, CARLA
Agency: Jefferson Co. S.O. (Jefferson County)
Sex: F Height: 5' 4" Weight: 110 Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel
Last seen: 7/1/1981 Age then: 20 Age now: 45
Clearwater resident who was babysitting for a 1-year-old. Believed to have been abducted and killed. Suspect in case died of a heart attack.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/missing/miss...ounty&x=18&y=11 No evidence found in cold-case dig near Port Angeles
June 26th, 2007 - 5:51am
(Port Angeles)-- Jefferson County detectives spent yesterday digging in a wooded area west of Port Angeles. They were looking for the clues or a body in a disappearance 26 years ago of Carla Owens. But the search in an area off Edgewood Drive near Critchfield Road turned up nothing. The search came after local resident Linea Anderson told authorities she thought she remembered seeing a man suspected in the disappearance digging a hole in the area back in 1981. Owens was 14 years old when she disappeared in the west end of Jefferson County. A local logger, Ken Berry, was suspected in the crime. Evidence found where Owens was last seen was also found in the back of a truck owned by Berry. Berry died in 1987 before arrest or charges were laid in the case.
http://www.konp.com/local/2927 Carla Kaylene Owens
Missing since July 1, 1981 from Jefferson County, Washington
Classification: Endangered Missing
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Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: February 19, 1967
Age at Time of Disappearance: 14 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4"; 110 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; hazel eyes.
Dentals: X-rays Available
DNA: Available
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Circumstances of Disappearance
On June 30, 1981, Carla, who was living with her family across from the Kalaloch Lodge in west Jefferson County, took a baby-sitting job in a trailer in Clearwater 10 miles away. She was never seen again. No trace of Carla was found.
The baby's mother returned after a night out to find the infant alone and a broken, blood-spattered Galliano liqueur bottle on the floor.
The suspect in the case died of a heart attack in 1986. Detectives found broken glass and blood spatters in his pickup truck. The blood found at the trailer after Carla's disappearance matched her blood type, but DNA testing was not available in 1981 and it was never confirmed that the blood was hers.
Carla is described as a quiet child who kept to herself.
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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Detective Joe Nole
360-385-3831 Ext. 547
Agency Case Number:
(OCA): 81-W090
NCIC Number:
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
Source Information:
Peninsula Daily News
Washington State Missing Persons