WA DIANE SUE GILCHRIST: Missing from Vancouver, WA - 29 May 1974 - Age 14

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3714DFWA - Diane Sue Gilchrist

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Name: Diane Sue Gilchrist
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: May 29, 1974
Location Last Seen: Vancouver, Clark County, Washington

Physical Description
Date of Birth: August 8, 1959
Age: 14 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 4'10"
Weight: 100 lbs.
Hair Color: Blond/Strawberry/shoulder length
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance
Per law enforcement, Diane was last seen on May 29, 1974. She left her home to runaway and never returned.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Clark County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Detective Dennis Hunter
Agency Phone Number: 360-397-2211
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: S06-17112
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 20347

Information Source(s)
NamUs
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
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DIANE SUE GILCHRIST has been missing from Vancouver, #WASHINGTON since 29 May 1974 - Age 14

Per law enforcement, Diane was last seen on May 29, 1974. She left her home to runaway and never returned.

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Dog team picks up search for Southwest Washington girls missing since 1970s

A group of certified handlers with the Texas Star Dog Search and Recovery Team are hoping to solve two cold cases in Southwest Washington.

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Dog team picks up search for Southwest Washington girls missing since 1970s​

A group of certified handlers with the Texas Star Dog Search and Recovery Team are hoping to solve two cold cases in Southwest Washington.

Three women from different parts of the country, and three dogs, will be scouring parts of Clark County, hoping to bring closure to the families of Jamie Grissom, who disappeared in 1971, and Diane Gilchrist, who went missing in 1974.

The two missing teenage girls are believed to have been victims of convicted murderer Warren Forrest who is currently serving a life sentence for killing a teenage girl and a young woman in the 70s.


The search team picking up the case said that the dogs they are using are trained to search for artifacts up to 100 years old.

“We train on training products that are over 100 years,” the searchers said. “So it is feasible, and what the dogs can do is just amazing, you really have to see it to believe what they can do. So we have done up to 30, 40-year-old cases with success.”

 

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Jerri Mitchell thinks about Diane Gilchrist a lot, especially on Aug. 8, which would be their 59th birthdays — if Diane is still alive.


“I miss her, I’ve missed her all these years,” Jerri said. “She was my first real friend.”

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For all these years, Jerri has hoped her best friend ran away to live another life.


They were 9th graders at Shumway Junior High School in downtown Vancouver. Both had rough childhoods.


“When Diane came along, she just came out of nowhere,” Jerri said. “I don’t remember her being in school before, we just ended up being friends and we hit it off and then she disappeared.”


Diane and her family lived in a house on Franklin Street. In the spring of 1974, detectives say Diane snuck out the top window and vanished.


But after four decades, Clark County detectives say they now think she was kidnapped and killed by Warren Forrest. If true, she would be his 9th victim — and the 7th who didn’t survive.

Could Diane Gilchrist be Warren Forrest’s 9th victim?

Diane Gilchrist disappeared without a trace 44 years ago when she was just 14 years old. Now, detectives believe she may be a victim of suspected serial killer Warren Forrest.

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