Pem Michelle Yates-Briggs (NamUs MP118850)
Status: Missing Person
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Date of last contact: June 1, 1979 (Friday)
- Note, this person was not reported missing until March 2024. That means that her disappearance date might be drawn from memory. "June 1" might be a placeholder date for any time in June or it might mean June 1. Her disappearance event is described as "an unknown date" in 1979.
Missing from: Oregon City, Oregon (97045), Clackamas County
Last known location: Oregon/California border, presumably she would have made it into California
Last known location: Oregon/California border, presumably she would have made it into California
Missing age: 16
DOB: March 31st, 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia
DOB: March 31st, 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia
- If I got the right person, then her birth name was not hyphenated (Pem Michelle Yates)
- I assumed that her father's surname was Yates and mother's was Briggs (assumption)
Physical description:
Height: 5'3"–5'6" (63–66 in)
Weight: 110–125 lbs
Hair: Blond/Strawberry (shoulder length)
Eyes: Brown
Weight: 110–125 lbs
Hair: Blond/Strawberry (shoulder length)
Eyes: Brown
Distinctive features:
- Crooked front tooth
- Cleft chin
Circumstances of disappearance (NamUs summary):
" On an unknown date in 1979, Pem left her home in Clackamas County, Oregon to search for her father in California. Her mother later received a phone call from a California police agency asking whether Pem had permission to cross the state line into California. Her mother said she did have permission; this was the last time Pem was heard from. Pem was not reported missing until March 2024."
" On an unknown date in 1979, Pem left her home in Clackamas County, Oregon to search for her father in California. Her mother later received a phone call from a California police agency asking whether Pem had permission to cross the state line into California. Her mother said she did have permission; this was the last time Pem was heard from. Pem was not reported missing until March 2024."
NamUs case created: March 26, 2024
Other:
- Attended Sam Barlow High School
The Disappearance of Pem Michelle Yates-Briggs (1979)
Recommended reading: Cold Cases of the Golden Coast – The Disappearance of Pem Michelle Yates-Briggs.
Pem has a landing page on Ancestry, if anyone is behind that site's paywall and wants to have a look: Pem on Ancestry. But a lot of what is stated there is the same as what's available online.
At first glance, I felt it might be tough to find an original fact to add to Pem's case. - Shane Lambert
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