Kay Ilene Collins -- Missing From Arkansas Since 1978

Kay Ilene Collins — NamUs MP12822 (Missing from Mountain Home, Arkansas)

Source: NamUs.gov — Missing Person / NamUs #MP12822

Case Overview

• Status: Missing person
• Legal name: Kay Ilene Collins
• Biological sex: Female
• Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
• Date of last contact: December 19, 1978 (Tuesday)
• Missing from: Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas (USA)
• Missing age: 33 years
• If she was 33 on December 19th, 1978, then she would have been born somewhere between December 20th, 1944, through December 19th, 1945
• NamUs case created: November 1, 2011

Physical Description

• Height: 5'0" (60 inches)
• Weight: 100 lbs
• Hair color: Black
• Eye color: Blue
• Distinctive features: No known information listed

Circumstances

Circumstances of disappearance: Unknown circumstances at this time (per NamUs).

Clothing & Accessories

• Clothing: Western dress
• Footwear: Boots

Transportation

No information entered (per NamUs).

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Attribution: Case details summarized from NamUs.gov.

Commentary

By: Shane Lambert

Kay Ilene Collins is a missing person from Arkansas. I took a look into this case but did not find much in terms of original journalism that was contemporaneous to the time of her disappearance. She also had a limited presence in Ancestry but I may have found her high school yearbooks. Anyone looking into this case should try to find the earliest missing person's report there is for this person. But at present, this case is a work-in-progress for me.