Missing
Ann Bernice Duncan
Duncan, approximately 1969
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/03/1969
Missing location (approx) :
San Francisco, California
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 04/11/1938 (83)
Age at the time of disappearance: 31 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2, 105 - 115 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Unknown, but she usually dressed in casual but stylish clothing and often wore a scarf.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Duncan may use the last name Burns. Her hair was in a Marilyn Monroe style in 1969, and she occasionally dyed it blonde or wore a red wig. She is double-jointed.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Duncan was last seen in San Francisco, California on October 3, 1969, when she had an appointment with social services regarding foster care placement for her six-week-old son. She never made the next appointment and has never been heard from again.
Duncan had other children who were also in foster homes, and she visited them regularly, but the visits ceased abruptly in October 1969. Her occasional phone calls to her mother also stopped around this time. Her baby son was later declared abandoned and placed for adoption.
Duncan's family stated although she was unable to care for her children, she loved them and wouldn't have willingly deserted them. They think she was in fear of her life around the time of her disappearance, and that she may have been murdered. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
San Francisco Police Department
415-558-5508
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
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