Penney Faye Cruser -- Missing Since March 1997 From Spokane, Washington

Details from NamUs**
Family last saw Penney December, 1996. She has had no contact with family or friends over the years.

Missing Person: Penney Faye Cruser
Last-contact date: December 1996 (disputed -- NamUs lists March 1997 but this might be the time when she was reported missing)
The area where the MP was last seen: Spokane, Washington
Link to government source: NamUs MP 



VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: Caucasian
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 30 years old
Birthdate: May 23rd, 1966
Hair: Brown, dark brown, shoulder-length, straight
Eyes: Brown, did not wear glasses
Scar: None listed
Height/weight: 5'5" and 100 pounds
BMI*: In this case, the missing person was underweight by BMI at the time of the disappearance.
Tattoos
: This missing person might be identifiable through her tattoos. Please note that she had the following: 'Cat on pelvis', 'butterfly inside of her right ear', and 'names of Rodney and Arthur on ankles'.
 
Penney Faye Cruser, a missing person, was, according to her NamUs profile, last heard from on March 21st, 1997 when she was 30 years old. However, I did find some inconsistencies between her NamUs profile and journalism on the matter. It seems that March 1997 may have been when she was reported missing.

Sun, Dec 3, 2000 – 18 · The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington) · Newspapers.com

The missing person was mentioned in conjunction with a serial killer in the Spokane area in a news article from the year 2000. His name was Robert L. Yates (Jr.). From the article below, you can see that the last-contact date may actually have been December 1996.

Sun, Dec 3, 2000 – 13 · The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington) · Newspapers.com

This individual has now been missing for about 24 years as of the original publication date of this blog post. People that have been missing for several years, as this person has been, might not be identifiable through some of their distinctive characteristics. For instance, if Cruser died near the time of her disappearance then her tattoos might not be useful in identifying due to decomposition.

Her profile at CharleyProject indicates that she was a drug user, that she was disabled, and she did not like taking her medication.

There were not a lot of articles or possessions associated with this missing person. However, please note the following: she may have carried a weapon. Presumptively, I would think this meant a handgun, however, the term "weapon" is much broader than that. You could look for Jane Does in databases that were found in proximity to a gun or even a blade of some sort.

Penney Faye Cruser had the following distinctive characteristic: she broke her right hand in 1985 and she previously had broken her nose. Sometimes these kinds of bone injuries can be useful when it comes to identifying someone because the injuries, even when healed, are detectable in skeletal remains. When Jane Does are entered into databases, they often have skeletal injuries listed.

Author: @UncoolNegated on Twitter
All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.
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*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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