Missing
Janice L. Beck
Beck, approximately 1999 (two years prior to her disappearance)
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/12/2001
Missing location (approx) :
Tacoma, Washington
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 05/18/1949 (72)
Age at the time of disappearance: 52 years old
Height / Weight : 5'8 - 5'9, 240 - 270 pounds
Medical conditions : Beck has knee and vision problems and also suffers from diabetes, arthritis and bipolar disorder.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Gray/white hair, blue eyes. Beck is supposed to wear eyeglasses but did not have them with her at the time of her disappearance. Her nickname is Jan.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Beck was a patient at Western State Mental Hospital in Lakewood, Washington, a suburb of Tacoma, when she vanished on September 12, 2001. She has never been heard from again. Authorities believe she would be unable to walk far on her own, as her health was poor at the time she disappeared.
The hospital did not notify Beck's family she was missing until five weeks after she was last seen. Someone not known to her family later told the Social Security Administration at the Beck had died, and listed her date of death of February 22, 2002, but investigators have been unable to locate a death certificate so Beck continues to be listed as missing. Her disappearance remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Pierce County Sheriff's Office
253-798-4200
253-798-7516
September 2021 updates and sources
North American Missing Persons Network
Washington State Missing Persons Search
October 12, 2004. November 2, 2010; alternate height added.
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
