Missing
Sandra Kay Travis
Sandra, approximately 2005
Date and time person was reported missing : 07/31/2005
Missing location (approx) :
Mayfield, Kentucky
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 11/20/1946 (74)
Age at the time of disappearance: 58 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2, 110 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A thin gold band on her left pinky finger and possibly a watch with a gold band on her left wrist.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Red hair, blue eyes. Sandra has freckles on her face, chest, arms and legs. She has a dimple on her chin, hysterectomy and splenectomy scars on her abdomen, and a birthmark on her buttocks. Sandra has previously fractured her ribs, jaw, nose and eye socket. Her ears are pierced and she wears wire-framed eyeglasses. Her nickname is Sandy.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Sandra was last seen at her residence in the vicinity of Old Dukedom Road and Slaughter Road in Mayfield, Kentucky on July 31, 2005. Her husband of 25 years, Bobby Travis, told his family she had died while visiting her children in Mount Vernon, Illinois.
When Bobby's relatives contacted Sandra's children, they found out the story was false. They made Bobby reported his wife's disappearance to police; he filed the report on August 21, over a month after she was last seen.
When authorities interviewed him, Bobby changed his story and stated his wife had left voluntarily with a semi-truck driver out of southern Illinois. He described the truck as white, with small red lettering. He said he had lied before because he was too embarrassed to tell his relatives what really happened. His story has not been confirmed and he refused to take a polygraph exam.
Bobby was reportedly physically and emotionally abusive towards Sandra, and he's been named a person of interest in her disappearance, but not a suspect. He died in 2014.
Sandra's case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Graves County Sheriff's Department
270-247-4501
September 2021 updates and sources
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
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Sandra Kay Travis, Date and time person was reported missing : July 31 2005
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