Missing
Audrey Groat
Groat, approximately 1993
Date and time person was reported missing : 08/21/1993
Missing location (approx) :
Montpelier, Vermont
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 06/10/1952 (69)
Age at the time of disappearance: 41 years old
Height / Weight : 5'6, 120 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Groat dyes her hair. She has a scar on her right knee.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Groat was last seen in Montpelier, Vermont on August 21, 1993. She spent time shopping and drinking beer with her boyfriend, then he dropped her off at a park-and-ride commuter lot at 10:00 p.m. so she could get her pickup truck.
Groat has never been heard from again and her truck was found at the park-and-ride after her disappearance, with the keys locked inside. Her purse was in the bushes nearby. She left six daughters behind; four of them were under 18 and still lived at home.
Groat's boyfriend was at one time considered the prime suspect in her disappearance. He admitted having Gender : with a minor relative of hers, and was convicted of lewd and lascivious conduct in connection with this, but he denies any involvement in Groat's disappearance. He is no longer the focus of the investigation.
Several searches for Groat's remains have been conducted over the years, but no evidence has been located. She resided in Northfield, Vermont in 1993 and some Age at the time of disappearance: ncies state she disappeared from there.
Groat was declared legally dead sometime after her disappearance and has a gravestone in a cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut, where she grew up. Her daughters describe her as a dedicated mother who worked hard to provide for her family. Foul play is suspected in her case and she is presumed to be deceased.
Other information and links : ncy
Vermont State Police
802-229-9191
September 2021 updates and sources
The Doe Network
WCAX-TV
The Burlington Free Press
The Times Argus
Vermont State Police
5 October 12, 2004. March 19, 2016; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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