Missing
Patricia T. Ford
Ford, approximately 1982
Date and time person was reported missing : 01/26/1982
Missing location (approx) :
Tampa, Florida
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 11/19/1916 (104)
Age at the time of disappearance: 65 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2, 105 pounds
Medical conditions : Ford suffers from severe asthma. She was otherwise in good health, physically and mentally, at the time of her disappearance.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Gray hair, hazel eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Ford was last seen in Tampa, Florida on January 26, 1982. She withdrew $5,000 from her bank account that day, in order to buy some antiques for her collection, but the seller said she never showed up to make her purchases. She has never been heard from again. She lived in the 100 block of Shore Drive Place in Oldsmar, Florida, at the time of her disappearance.
Police subsequently discovered Ford's 1976 Ford abandoned two blocks from her residence, at Lafayette Boulevard and National Orange Drive. There was no sign of her at the scene and no indications of foul play, but the driver's seat was pushed too far back for someone of Ford's height, and her seat cushion was on the floor of the passenger compartment. Investigators believe someone else parked the vehicle where it was found.
Ford was engAge at the time of disappearance: d to be married at the time of her disappearance, and it's uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. Her case remains unsolved and she is considered missing under suspicious circumstances.
Other information and links : ncy
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
727-582-6200
September 2021 updates and sources
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Tampa Bay Times
October 12, 2004. March 17, 2018; Medical conditions : added, Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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