Post by Scumhunter on Mar 14, 2016 11:08:43 GMT -5
(Above: Davis, circa 1982. Photo Credit: Charley Project)
Missing Person Profile as of March 14th, 2016: (Based on Charley Project website)
Missing Since: June 9, 1982 from Los Angeles, California
Date Of Birth: March 17, 1950
Age (at time of disappearance): 32 years old
Height and Weight: 5'3, 115 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Davis may use the last name Grey (may be spelled "Gray"). She may spell her first name "Catherine."
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A short-sleeved white shirt, pink knit pants with white trim and blue/black footies.
TIPS: Anyone having information should contact the Los Angeles (California) Police Department at 213-485-5381
From The Charley Project:
Davis was last seen in the 400 block of west 49th Street in Los Angeles, California on June 9, 1982. She has never been heard from again. Her family believes she may have been a victim of the so-called Grim Sleeper killer. Several of the Grim Sleeper murders took place during the mid-1980s, then the crimes apparently ceased until 2002, when they began anew. All the victims were African-American women. Lonnie David Franklin Jr. was charged with ten of the Grim Sleeper murders in 2010, as well as one attempted murder. Authorities don't believe these were his only victims, however.
A photo of Franklin is posted below this case summary. The families of missing women Rosalind Giles, Lisa Knox, and Anita Parker believe they could have been among his victims. The three females, like Davis, were all involved in drugs and prostitution and all frequented the location near Franklin's home where his presumed victims' bodies were found. Identification cards belonging to missing women Ayellah Marshall and Rolenia Morris were found at his home, along with over 1,000 photos and several hundred hours of video in Franklin's home; the images depicted African-American females, both conscious and unconscious, many of them nude, aged between their teens and middle age. Investigators released 180 photos to the public in an attempt to identify them. Several of the women in the pictures turned out to be alive and well, and identified themselves to the police.
It should be emphasized that Davis hasn't been named as a Grim Sleeper victim, but her case is still under investigation. It remains unsolved.
charleyproject.org/cases/d/davis_cathern.html
Thoughts? The Charley Project lists AMW as a reference source. I'm not sure if Cathern's photo was ever shown on air, however, since it relates to the Grim Sleeper case, which was profiled by AMW, I'm placing Cathern's case in the missing on tv section anyway.
(Pictured: Above: Lonnie David Franklin Jr. Photo Credit: Charley Project)
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