Nellie Florence Flickinger -- Missing Since March 1979 from Pennsylvania
Details from NamUs**: 
Missing Person: Nellie Florence Flickinger
Mon, Feb 25, 2008 – Page 17 · Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Mon, Feb 25, 2008 – Page 17 · Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 – Page 9 · Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
*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.
She was only back in Erie (From Arizona) for a short while. When she left, she said she was going to California.
Missing Person: Nellie Florence Flickinger
Alias: Nellie Florence Cornman (maiden name)
Nickname or alias: Lindy Sue Henry
Last-contact date: March 1st, 1979 (the date could be March 1st, however, NamUs conventions mean it could also be any time in March that she disappeared)
The area where the MP was last seen: Erie, Pennsylvania
Link to government source: NamUs MP#6849
VITAL DETAILS
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 29 years old
Birthdate: Nellie Florence Flickinger was born between March 2nd, 1949, and March 1st, 1950.
Nickname or alias: Lindy Sue Henry
Last-contact date: March 1st, 1979 (the date could be March 1st, however, NamUs conventions mean it could also be any time in March that she disappeared)
The area where the MP was last seen: Erie, Pennsylvania
Link to government source: NamUs MP#6849
VITAL DETAILS
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 29 years old
Birthdate: Nellie Florence Flickinger was born between March 2nd, 1949, and March 1st, 1950.
Hair: Brown, medium to long length
Eyes: Brown
Scar: numerous scars on her leg
Eyes: Brown
Scar: numerous scars on her leg
Distinctive: this individual had been in a motorcycle accident; she had a plate and screws holding her right leg together (source in the main body)
Height/weight: 5-foot-0 to 5-foot-4 and 120 to 140 pounds
BMI*: Nellie Florence Flickinger was in the normal range for BMI.
Nellie Florence Flickinger, a missing person, was last heard from on March 1st, 1979 when she was 29 years old. This individual has now been missing for 42 years as of the original publication date of this blog post.
When people are missing for several years as this person has been, some of their distinctive characteristics may no longer be relevant as identifiers. For instance, she was known to have scars on her legs but that kind of identifier would only be likely to be useful if she was found alive or recently deceased. However, in Nellie's case, the scars seem to have been from surgery involving inserting metal into her leg.
Height/weight: 5-foot-0 to 5-foot-4 and 120 to 140 pounds
BMI*: Nellie Florence Flickinger 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.
Nellie Florence Flickinger, a missing person, was last heard from on March 1st, 1979 when she was 29 years old. This individual has now been missing for 42 years as of the original publication date of this blog post.
When people are missing for several years as this person has been, some of their distinctive characteristics may no longer be relevant as identifiers. For instance, she was known to have scars on her legs but that kind of identifier would only be likely to be useful if she was found alive or recently deceased. However, in Nellie's case, the scars seem to have been from surgery involving inserting metal into her leg.
This metal would likely remain if her long-dead remains are found. It is the likely reason that her legs were of different sizes, according to her NamUs profile. She was compared to a Jane Doe several years ago.
What stands out with this case is that she left for California in the company of a man whose name is not known. It stands to reason that this was not a long-term acquaintance of Nellie's given that others in her life did not know his name. I found a section of a newspaper article that I think those interested in this case will want to read. The blurb below describes her departure from Erie, Pennsylvania.
As mentioned, there was an attempt to match Nellie Flickinger to a Jane Doe found in a drainage ditch near Sacramento. This Jane Doe had a metal plate screwed into the bones of the right leg. However, it seems that this attempt to match was not successful.
Those working on this case should make attempts to find a Jane Doe in databases where there is a metal plate and screws in the right leg. Jane Does are added to databases all the time so it could pay to check and recheck periodically. You can go to NamUs, search in the "Unidentified Persons" database and simply put the word "metal" the "Distinctive Physical Features" search field.
The missing person did not have any articles or items associated with her missing person's reports, at least of the sources that I consulted. Please share this article to social media using hashtags that are related to where the missing person went missing from, which is Erie, Pennsylvania.
Author: Shane Lambert (Vancouver, Canada)
All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.
Shane Lambert (Vancouver, Canada) 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.
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