Lorree Lee Dennis -- Missing Since July 1984

Details from a government source (might be paraphrased): Lorree was last seen in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 22nd, 1984. She was a passenger in a maroon 1970 Ford station wagon. There was a storm and the driver tried to cross high water near the corner of East Washington Avenue and Lamb Boulevard when their vehicle flipped over and was swept away. In journalism, this water was called "6-foot wall of water."

The driver was Stephen Jack House (which might be spelled Steven in media). He was located dead but Lorree Dennis has never been located. Journalism covering the event suggests that there was another person in the vehicle as well, however, this was later debunked. Steven Jack House and Lorree Lee Dennis were the only occupants of the vehicle.

Missing Person: Lorree Lee Dennis

Last contact: July 22nd, 1984 (Sunday)

Age when Lorree Lee Dennis disappeared: 19

Sex: Female

Height in inches: 64, which is 5'4"

Weight in pounds (lbs): 95- 100

Ethnicity: White/Caucasian

Hair color: Red/Auburn

Eye Color: Brown

Scar or distinctive characteristic: Scar on knee. Freckles. However, after all this time her remains would only be skeletal.

Link to government source: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/13546?nav

Commentary and Research

By: Shane Lambert

The case of Lorree Lee Dennis is one of those cases where there might not be a lot of mystery surrounding what happened to her. She went missing when the car that she was a passenger in got swept away in a surge of aggressive water, as suggested by the NamUs circumstances. The driver died and the car was located but Lorree Lee Dennis was not. That actually struck me as really odd at first.

But Lorree Lee Dennis was diminutive at 5'4" and just 100 pounds for an upper body weight. Her light body cause probably contributed to her being taken further away in the surge of water than the driver.

Has Lorree Lee Dennis been found?

At first, this was an accident that was hard to picture in my mind. The intersection that she went missing in is urban on contemporary maps and it was in Las Vegas. There are no rivers or streams near this intersection in the desert. But after researching that summer in Nevada, there was a series of floods in the state. She must have been out during one of these floods.

That said, if she disappeared in a vehicle accident involving a surge of stormwater in Las Vegas, then I don't know why the authorities would compare her to Jane Does in Virginia and Tennesssee, which they did according to the comparisons chart at NamUs.

I think with this missing person case, we should not be too fanciful. In my opinion, this individual was likely swept into irrigation, which could be defined as man-made waterways. On contemporary maps of the area, there is a man-made canal called the Las Vegas Wash. I think this wash might have existed in 1984 as a wash in the area is referenced in some journalism about this event. She could have ended up in Lake Mead according to one authority that commented on this case. Lake Mead is in both Nevada and Arizona.

The Idaho Statesman. July 24th, 1984.

I found a divorce record for this individual from just days prior to her disappearance. However, I think that is just a red herring. Jane Does found in the area around the Las Vegas Wash or Lake Mead are in play for this missing person in my opinion. Her small body could have been carried a very long way, I think.

Attempt to match: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/9858?nav

If you are searching for original newspaper at about the time of Lorree Dennis' disappearance, then search for the driver, spelled "Steven Jack House."

Vickie Annette Smock - Missing in Utah Since 1986

Paraphrased details from government source**: Vickie was last seen in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1985. Her father, a man named Shonnie Smock, dropped her off at the Greyhound Bus Station. She was with a male companion that has not yet been identified. She planned to go to Wendover, Nevada to work as a cocktail waitress at The Red Garter Hotel & Casino. It's not clear if she boarded the bus. She hasn't been seen since her father dropped her off. Vickie's family states that it is very unusual for her to leave and not be in contact.

Missing Person: Vickie Annette Smock
Could be referred to as: Last names: Robinson, Davis, Mismash, Thrisa
Last-contact date: April 12th, 1985
The area where the MP was last seen: Salt Lake City, Utah
Link to government source: NamUs MP#34617

VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 25 years old
Birthdate: April 11th or 12th, 1960
Hair: Natural medium brown, dyed blond
Eyes: Hazel
Scar: None
Height/weight: 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-8 and 125 to 145 pounds
BMI*: Vickie Annette Smock was in the normal range for BMI.
Tattoos: Vickie Annette Smock did not have any tattoos associated with her profiles.

Vickie Annette Smock was last heard from on January 1st, 1986 when she was 25 years of age. That date is according to her NamUs profile, however, she may have gone missing in 1985. The news telecast below uses 1985 as the year she went missing and, in the video, you can see a missing person poster at one point that says she went missing in 1985. This individual has now been missing for about 36 years as of the original publication date of this blog post.

I did not find any original news coverage associated with this disappearance using Newspapers.com. However, if you have a membership it may be worth looking at from time to time as they continually add new publications.

There was a news piece published on Youtube by mainstream media in mid-2021 in two parts. I have embedded those below for my readers.

A Facebook group dedicated to finding this missing person had the following description as of time of publication:

"My biological mother disappeared over 30 years ago (1985) from Salt Lake City, Utah. Her name is Vickie Annette Smock (maiden name) her birthday is April 12, 1960. I really don't have much identifying information about her. She was born in California and her father's Name is Shonnie Smock. Her Last known whereabouts were at the greyhound bus station in Salt Lake. She was dropped off by my grandfather with an unknown man. She was supposed to go to Wendover Nevada to work as a cocktail waitress at The Red Guarder and hasn't been seen since. It was very unusual for her to leave and never came back. My sister and I both lived with our fathers at the time of her disappearance. I am not sure if she is dead or alive. I have tried everything that I can think of to try to find her and have had no luck.

Her mother: Arlene Huff

Her Father: Shonnie Smock

Vickie married Rueben Earl Robinson in Nevada Feb. 11/84

She was not married long before she went missing.

She may have used the name Robinson."

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Author: Shane Lambert (Vancouver, Canada)

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Shane Lambert (Vancouver, Canada) is not a Private Investigator, however, he is currently studying to be one as of April 2021.

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*For BMI values, I use the UPPER or HIGHER ranges that are given for height and weight.
**Might not be the exact meaning that NamUs or Canada's Missing conveys. I improve upon their descriptions with my research.
Disclaimer: Whenever possible, government sources are preferred for getting the details of a missing persons case. However, any source that the article writer deems reputable may be used.

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Margaret Peters -- Missing Since March 1962 From Seattle, Washington

Missing Person: Margaret Peters
Last-contact date: March 1st, 1962
The area where the MP was last seen: Seattle, Washington

Link to government source: NamUs #MP25713

Ethnicity: White

Sex: Female

Age at time of disappearance: 40 years old

Birthdate: between March 2nd, 1921 to March 1st, 1922
Hair details: Brown
Eye details: Brown
Scars: None known
Height/weight: 5-foot-4 to 5-foot-5 and 110 pounds
BMI*: In this case, the missing person was underweight by BMI at the time of the disappearance.

*For BMI values, I use the UPPER or HIGHER ranges. BMI is body mass index. It relates to an individual's height and weight. Even with photographs, getting an idea of what a person's body might have looked like might help with a missing person's case.

Details from NamUs**: Last seen by her daughter in the spring or summer of 1962. May have gone to Nevada where she lived from 1958-1961.
**Grammar or spelling errors are not corrected from original sources.

Margaret Peters has not been seen since March 1st, 1962 when she was 40. At about that time, she was known to have been from the Seattle, Washington area.

What stands out, in this case, is the NamUs description. It injects some hope into the case that the missing person might have been alive after her last-seen date. Websleuths or amateur investigators can look for a record of this person in Nevada after her disappearance. If you know this individual's middle initial or middle name, then it would be useful information.

I found someone named Margaret Peters who was born on January 28th, 1922 that had an association with a residence in Nevada. The birthdate is in the range of the MP, however, I was not able to authenticate the profiles as being of the same person. This person died in March 1996.

Thank you for reading. If have any information about this case, consider contacting the authorities.

Kay Vernice Deller -- Missing Since February 1998

Missing Person: Kay Vernice Deller

Alias: Kay Bernice Deller
Last-contact date: February 5th, 1998

Area MP was last seen: Las Vegas, Nevada

No photo: You can try to find a photo of this individual at Ancestry.com or at Newspapers.com
Link to government source: #MP21774

Ethnicity: White
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 37 years old

Birthdate: between February 6th, 1960 and February 5th, 1961
Hair details: Black
Eye details: Brown; wore corrective lenses or glasses
Height/weight: 5-foot-3 and 80 to 85 pounds

Details from NamUs: "Per family, the M/P last lived in Las Vegas. She has not been heard from or seen by family since DLC."

Kay Vernice Deller remains missing as of the time of publication. When Kay disappeared, she was of the Las Vegas, Nevada area.

What stands out with this case, is that the individual had a distinctive scar on her right leg from her upper thigh to her knee. Other details include that she was last heard from via telephone. It may be that this last-contact date was via this telephone call. It would be interesting to know what the details of this conversation were. 

Kay was a diminutive individual at 5'3" and just 80 to 85 pounds. If skeletal remains were found, it's possible that they may be mistaken as a child's or an adolescent's.

Kay Vernice Deller had a strange alias at NamUs. It was "Kay Bernice Deller." Bernice is a more common name than Verdice in my opinion. Websleuths or amateurs working on this case will need to be aware of both middle names. I will note that "B" and "V" are adjacent on standard keyboards and I do wonder if the potential for a keystroking error may be factoring into this.

I did find a same-named individual with links to the Las Vegas area who was born December 15th, 1960. This individual was "Kay V Deller" at Ancestry.com. I couldn't absolutely authenticate them to be the same person, however, the birthdate fits the range for the MP based on her age at the time of her disappearance. Also, the person at Ancestry had a Las Vegas address. It's not clear what exactly this means but anyone working on this case further look into it. 

If this person has been found, then we would want to remove her profile from NamUs so as to make the process of finding missing people more efficient. That said, her NamUs page was looked at recently as I noted a last-modified date from August 24th, 2020 -- meaning someone looked at the age at that time.

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Original Time of Writing: February 20th, 2021

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

I am not a Private Investigator, however, I am currently studying to be one as of February 2021.

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Charles Hollingsworth -- Missing Since October 1970

Missing person: Charles Lorainne Hollingsworth

Last-contact date: October 26th, 1970 (Monday)
Disappeared from: 1950 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, California (DoeNetwork)

Link to Government Source: NamUs #MP4722

Ethnicity/Race: White
Sex: Male
Age at time of disappearance: 39 years old

Birthdate: September 19th, 1931
Hair: Brown
Eye color: Hazel
Height and weight at the time of disappearance: 6'1" and 210 pounds

NamUs description: "Hollingsworth is a doctor. Last seen in his office. Was described as being despondent over family problems. Left the office after argument with family member and was never seen again."

This is a case that received some newspaper coverage. This individual went missing on October 26th, 1970 but there were some leads on the case. According to the Sacramento Bee, his car was found near the Leviathan Mine.

Tue, Nov 10, 1970 – 16 · The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California) · Newspapers.com

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Calandra Victoria Beverly -- Missing Since Early 2020

Update: I believe this individual has been found. I got the following poster from someone on Facebook.

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