Cellastine Wade -- Missing Since April 26th, 1968 from New Jersey

Details from NamUs**: Cellastine was last seen by her family in Jersey City NJ, approximately 1967-1968, where she disappeared after work. Her family never heard from her again.

Missing Person: Cellastine Wade
Last-contact date: April 26th, 1968
The area where the MP was last seen: Jersey City, New Jersey
Link to government source: #MP77996

VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: Black
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 18 years old
Birthdate: between April 27th, 1949 and April 26th, 1950

• The range is calculated using the missing person's age on the date of her disappearance.

Hair: Black
Eyes: Black
Scar: None indicated
Height/weight: 5-foot-3 to 5-foot-6 and 95 to 110 pounds
BMI*: Cellastine Wade was in the normal range for BMI.

• Please, Google-search BMI if you aren't familiar with the phrase. I think it's an important tool to be aware of when working on missing person cases.

Cellastine Wade, a missing person, was last heard from on April 26th, 1968 when she was 18 years old.
She has now been missing for 53 years as of the original publication date of this blog post.

One detail, in this case, is that she went missing in 1968 and yet her profile was not uploaded to NamUs until February 2021. That's an enormous gap and it can't be ignored. It's possible that she is among the known Jane Does of America already. However, there is not a lot to go on for cross-referencing her case to Jane Does. She could match up to many with the details that have been provided.

This promises to be a difficult case for Websleuths or amateur investigators. The missing person did not have any articles or items associated with her in the missing person's reports that I consulted.

I was not able to find her in Ancestry easily. Nor did her exact name produce any hits in Newspapers.com. I did find a couple people that I thought might have been relatives, however, I'm not certain as to that status either. I think this case takes on new life for Websleuths or amateur investigators if a family member that knows details of Cellastine opens up about them.

If these kinds of mysteries intrigue you, then you can find more like them at Websleuths.com.

Author: Shane Lambert (UncoolNegated on Websleuths)

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

Shane Lambert (UncoolNegated on Websleuths) is not a Private Investigator, however, he is currently studying to be one as of March 2021.

Website hashtag: #MPCSL

*For BMI values, I use the UPPER or HIGHER ranges that are given for height and weight.
**Text might be paraphrased. If taken verbatim, then grammar or spelling errors are not necessarily corrected from original sources.
Disclaimer: Whenever possible, government sources are preferred for getting the details of a missing person's case. However, any source that the article writer deems reputable may be used.