Patricia Ann Barrett
- Date of birth
- 1/15/1933
- Date of death
- 9/25/1978
#CO1978-76134-patricia-ann-barrettTier-1 extracted
Patricia Ann Barrett
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Aug 31, 1978
Recovery location
UT
Coordinates
40.6679, -111.9242
Days open
17,446
Victim
Extracted
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedThe cause of death was unable to be determined but may have been strangulation. The circumstances led to the case being classified as a homicide. The body remained unidentified until June of 2012 when DNA testing confirmed her identity as that of Patricia Barrett. Patricia was 45 years-old at the time of her disappearance. It is believed she had only been in the Salt Lake area a couple of months prior to vanishing. She was originally from the Texas area and had family there. Patricia had been travelling in the year-and-a-half prior to her death and it’s possible she was in the south-east portion of the U.S., including Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. Contact with Patricia indicated she may have been homeless prior to her disappearance. She suffered mental illness and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. The last known contact with Patricia was with her children on August 31, 1978. They continued to look for her for the years leading up to her identification.Case #1978-76134Case Status:Open
Modus operandi
Tier-1Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 40.6679
- Longitude
- -111.9242
- Precision
- County-centroid
Possibly related cases (0)
Only the weapon dimension is available for this case — correlations score on one MO dimension plus demographics.
No plausible matches in geographic + temporal proximity. Methodology →