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Missing Woman: Georgia Darlene Nolan - KY - 11/01/1976


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Posted 12 March 2008 - 04:18 PM

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Georgia Darlene Nolan

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: November 1976 from Harlan, Kentucky
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date of Birth: June 5, 1946
Age: 30 years old
Height and Weight: 5'4 - 5'5, 120 - 130 pounds

Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Dark brown hair, brown eyes. Nolan has a mole on the back of her neck, a scar on her forehead and severe scarring on her back from deep stab wounds. She smoked cigarettes at the time of her disappearance.

Clothing/Jewelry Description: A cross necklace and possibly an Indian-style shirt.

Medical Conditions: Nolan may have slight arthritis in her hands.



Details of Disappearance

Nolan was last seen in late November 1976 in Harlan, Kentucky. She was accompanied by her her estranged husband at the time of her disappearance. Nolan reportedly got into an argument with him in their vehicle and got out on the interstate near the Illinois/Kentucky border. She has never been heard from again.

On November 28, shortly after Nolan was last seen, her brother reported her missing. She has four children, and gave birth to the last one via Caesarean section two months prior to going missing. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance, but few details are available in her case.



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Posted 12 March 2008 - 04:21 PM

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Searching for an answer - What ever happened to Georgia Darlene Nolan?

February 23, 2008

Members of a Harlan County family have lived 31 years not knowing what happened to a loved one after she vanished like a ghost in the night and was never heard from again.

The family of Georgia Darlene Nolan is split on what happened to her. Some believe she was murdered and buried somewhere in Harlan County, while others believe a woman's remains found in 1980 in Rockingham County, Va., could be her.

Kentucky State Police Post 10 has assigned the case to Det. Tim Hensley after receiving new information and leads, along with statements from relatives over the past couple of weeks.

A woman in her prime

Georgia Darlene Mitchell was born in Harlan on June 5, 1943. She was raised in the Tway community by her parents, Walter and Cassie Mitchell. She married Lincoln Pruitt at the age of 18. Georgia and Lincoln took residence at Stanfill, where their first child, Teresa Pruitt, was born. Georgia gave birth to two more children - Henry and Sheila - while married to Lincoln.

Georgia and Lincoln were married for six years before divorcing. A few years went by before Georgia married Pat Nolan, of Baxter. According to Teresa, Georgia gave two of her children, Teresa and Henry, to their father to keep, and she and Pat kept Sheila. Georgia and Pat had a daughter, Nancy, in October 1976.

At the age of 33, just a few weeks after Nancy was born, Georgia vanished in November 1976 without a trace. According to Teresa, the last words her family heard her say were that she and Pat were going to Jack's Drive-In to get a Coke after Georgia dropped Sheila off at her brother Sonny Mitchell's house.

Vanished in the night

According to information placed on the Doe Network, a national database for missing persons, "Georgia Nolan was last seen in late November 1976 with her estranged husband. It was later said that Georgia had exited their vehicle on the interstate near the Illinois/Kentucky border after an argument. Shortly thereafter, her brother reported her missing. She has never been seen again and foul play is suspected."

One of Georgia Nolan's daughter's, Teresa Pruitt, has agreed to share a portion of her recollection of her mother's disappearance. Lengthier comments from family members are separated by asterisks in this report. Some of the comments could not be printed due to the ongoing investigation.

Although everyone else says that they cannot remember the exact date of the month, I do remember that it was the evening of Thanksgiving 1976 when Georgia called our house (Pruitt home) and asked my uncle Charles Pruitt Jr. if she could speak to me - I was 14 years old.

I was very upset at the time because my father had been hospitalized just a few days before. As a young girl, I was afraid of losing my father. Naturally, I was mad at everyone and especially my mother because I felt that she should have been there to help me through this.

When I picked up the phone I remember saying to her that I did not want to talk with her right now and that she really should not be calling now. I remember vividly the last words that she ever said to me that night on that phone and they are as follow: 'Teresa, I am so sorry about your Daddy. Do you all know what is wrong with him?"

Then after my response that we did not know what was wrong with him, she said to me the words that have echoed through my heart all these years. "I know you are mad, but Teresa I want you to know that I still love your Daddy and I am right now trying to get away from Pat for good."

That made me even madder at her and I just hung up the phone - that was the last time I ever heard from her.

The next day Pat Nolan came to our home and spoke with my grandfather, Charles Pruitt Sr., about my mother.

My grandfather came in the house and said that Pat had said that his family had picked Shelia up from Sonny and Betty Mitchell's home earlier that day and that Georgia had gotten out of the car on him the night before on the interstate and probably would not be coming back.

His purpose for coming to our house was to say that he would like to keep Shelia until they knew for sure if Georgia was coming back or not and also because of the fact that she was attached to the new baby (Nancy).

Georgia did not return.

Within a few days of Pat coming to our house to tell us about Georgia getting out of the car on the interstate, my dad was released from the hospital, and after that I can remember Pat visiting him at our home several times in an attempt to get him to sign Shelia over to him.

I don't know if my father actually signed her over to him, but I do know that he agreed to let her remain at the Nolan home because Pat convinced him that she was so attached to Nancy that it would be difficult on her emotionally to have to leave her.

I was only 14 years old, but I knew that something was not right.

When I was 18, I received a phone call telling me to "stop asking questions about Georgia if I did not want to end up just like her" or something to that effect.

I was a new mother and became very frightened about that call, however, I never told anyone about it because I was afraid that everyone would make a big deal out of it and maybe cause me problems.

I just dropped it and there after would occasionally write letters to Congress members and anyone else that I could think of concerning how I could get it checked into.

I never went to the police to check on the open case of my mother because I was afraid that they would attempt to find out who threatened me and perhaps cause that person to come after me and my family.

So, I spent my life not being able to get anything done. It seems that every road I have taken has been a dead end lead.

Family cries foul play

Sheila Pruitt, who was 10 years old when her mother disappeared, now lives in Illinois. She has said she remembers well the night when she last saw her mother.

We went down to the Nolans that evening so that Pat's family could see the baby (Nancy). While we were there I can remember that I was playing with my dolls and little Nancy was lying on a blanket on the floor and people were playing with her.

Pat and Mommy were in another room arguing and then I heard my mommy say "just take us home to Sonny's right now."

We got in the car - Mommy, Pat and Nancy were in the front seat and I was in the back. Pat and Mommy were still arguing, and I became afraid.

When we got to Sonny's house, Pat gave me $5 to get out of the car and go in Sonny's.

My Mommy stood up outside the car and would not move from that spot and Nancy was lying on the floor of the car on a blanket.

Mommy told me to go on in to Sonny's house and that she would be back for me. She gave me $5 and said that she would take me to get me a Barbie doll in the morning.

Betty (Sonny Mitchell's wife) was standing outside her front door and yelling something to my Mommy - I can't remember what it was.

My Mommy said that she was going to get a Coke at Jack's Drive-In and would be back. I went into the house, and I remember crying all night and the next morning for my Mommy.

I remember crying for days and waiting for my Mommy to come home, but she never did.

Sonny Mitchell said some of the Nolan family came to his residence the next morning and picked up Sheila. Sonny said Georgia, Sheila and Nancy were living with him and his wife at that time.

"My wife, Betty, called down at the Nolans that next morning, and we were told that Georgia was in the bed asleep," Sonny said. "Pat's family said they were going to come and pick up Sheila and get Georgia's things because Pat, Georgia and the kids were moving to Illinois. Then, five months later, I found out that they didn't move from Harlan. A woman called and said we needed to look in on Georgia because she was missing. We thought the family had went to Illinois, we didn't know she had been missing since Thanksgiving night. I then went to Post 10 and reported her missing."

Georgia has one other living brother - Walter Mitchell Jr.

While one family member has questioned whether a cold case file in Rockingham, Va., in which the body of a woman was found in 1980, could be linked to the disappearance of Georgia, several others say it has prompted them to compare information that is now leading them to believe that Georgia never actually left town 31 years ago.

Several family members say that during the past 31 years they have never actually sat down and discussed the circumstances surrounding her disappearance, and they are now in the process of asking police to further investigate their findings during the past few days.

"We want some answers," Henry said. "My mother has been missing so many years - it's time the truth comes out about what happened to her. We've never heard from her since 1976, and she now has grandkids that she didn't get to see. It's time everything is brought out in the open - I mean, what we want answered is, where is she?"

Virginia discovery

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Nancy Nolan-Austin and her father, Pat Nolan, moved to Texas several years ago. She has made several attempts to find her mother through the Doe Network over the years. In September, Nancy found a report of a woman's skeletal remains found in Rockingham County, Va., by hunters.

The hunters reportedly found the remains in a shallow grave in the George Washington National Forest in Rockingham County on Nov. 14, 1980. The area is west of Harrisonburg.

According to a report by the Daily-News Record, Rockingham County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Felicia Glick said there were no signs of foul play, such as broken bones, stab or gunshot wounds. Glick said there were few clues, but a few things were found at the scene. They included a dime from 1964, a heart-shaped necklace and a piece of a slip-type garment. The finding was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner.

The investigation determined the bones were that of a woman in her 20s, and that she had given birth. A reconstruction of the victim's skull had been done and placed on the Doe Network, which led Nancy to believe it could be her mother. Factors included a resemblance, similarities in height, weight and age range, and the fact that she had children.

Kentucky State Police Det. Tim Hensley was contacted by Nancy and asked to look into the possibility of the remains found in Virginia being her mother. He contacted Glick and obtained information regarding their findings.

A bone fragment of the woman's leg has been sent to the FBI lab in Quantico to attempt to extract a DNA sample.

Nancy reportedly went to the police station in Keene, Texas, where she gave a DNA sample to be analyzed for a comparison with the unidentified body.

The Pruitt and Mitchell families in Harlan County say they won't be satisfied with a low percentage match with the DNA.

It was Nancy's efforts to find her mother on the Doe Network that brought the family together over the course of the past several days and has them more interested in police looking into their accounts of that night rather than having them anxiously awaiting DNA results from the Virginia cold case file.

"After getting together during the past few days, we have determined that all our accounts of that night seem to make more sense that she was perhaps killed and buried here in Harlan," said Teresa. "I suppose that is why I never felt the need to search the Doe Network or to search any cold cases, because I think I have always felt that she was right here close by and now, after speaking with other family members, I have learned they seem to have felt the same way all these years."

The family agrees that even though they would have never looked on the Doe Network for Georgia, they also agree that if it was not for Nancy beginning this search, they would have never had the opportunity to exchange accounts of that night - accounts that some family members are certain will lead to the key that will unlock this mystery and help put it to rest.

Investigation launched

Hensley says the earliest information he can find at Post 10 regarding the case is in 1984. He said that is apparently when the case was first opened, and he noted that it was investigated by Det. Denny Pace.

"It appears from reading through the case, it didn't appear that they had any leads to work with," Hensley said.

Hensley said the case has never been closed, there just hasn't been any new information coming in on it until recently, which led to him being given the assignment.

Hensley said Nancy contacted him a few months ago to check into the Virginia case of the Jane Doe that was found in the woods.

"Me and Nancy would work together. She would notify me if she had any new developments on Jane Does from different states," Hensley said. "We've done some DNA swabs from some of the family members so we could compare those to the Jane Does found in other states. We're still waiting on the results from the case in Virginia.

"Just about two weeks ago, I started getting new information. A lot of family members here started getting together talking about it and decided, from the way I understand it, started opening up just to see what everybody knew, and that's when everything kind of got started rolling again. We've got a lot of new developments going on with it now, and we're hoping something will pan out."

Hensley said family members are cooperating. He said a lot of factors through his investigation suggest that Georgia is dead. Her Social Security number has not been used since 1976. He said he checked through KSP intelligence and there was no record of her filing an income tax return or using a credit card in 31 years.

"From what I've read and the circumstances, and from what I've gathered here especially in the past two weeks, I'm looking more at this as foul play," Hensley said.

If anyone has any information pertaining to the case, they should contact Hensley at 573-3131.

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Remains of woman found in forest west of Harrisonburg may be ID’d after 27 years


Published: February 13, 2008

Nancy Austin  believes her mother, Georgia Darlene Nolan , may be the unnamed murder victim. Austin says she resembles a reconstructed image  of the dead woman.

After 27 years, there’s a chance the remains of a young, slain mother found by hunters in the national forest west of Harrisonburg may be identified.

A Texas woman has provided her DNA sample to authorities to compare with a sample that will be taken from the bones of the woman found in the woods.

Nancy Austin, whose mother, Georgia Darlene Nolan, disappeared when she was 2 months old, thinks the dead woman’s reconstructed face resembles her own.

“This is about inner peace and understanding my family history and about justice,” said Austin of the long search for her mother. “I’m hoping it’s her.’’

Austin said her mother, who lived then in Harlan, Ky., jumped out of a car in anger after an argument with her husband in November 1976.

The Virginia mystery began when a deer hunter found a skeleton on Nov. 14, 1980, in the Kephart Run area of Rockingham County about 14 miles west of Harrisonburg in the George Washington National Forest.

The human to whom the remains belonged had unequivocally been killed even though there were no indications as to the cause of death, said Sgt. Felicia Glick of the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department.

“The remains were partially in a grave,” Glick said. “There was a log over the shallow grave area. It couldn’t have gotten there by itself.”

Authorities found a silk slip, a heart shaped necklace and a 1964 dime in the hastily dug grave. But the leads led nowhere.

Over the years, with the help of forensic anthropologists from Virginia Tech, the sheriff’s department learned a lot about the remains.

The skeleton was that of a woman who may have been in the grave for several years before she was found. She was in her 20s, had given birth to at least one child, and had possibly been a hairdresser or a seamstress because tooth wear indicated she may have often mouthed a bobby pin.

The decades have passed with no answers though the remains have been securely kept in the department’s evidence room.

“As humans, we also need closure in our work,” Glick said. “This just stayed in the back of our minds.”

Artists drew two sketches and molded two clay sculptures based on the features of the skull found at the grave. The images were posted on Doenetwork.org. The Doe Network is a volunteer organization that started a Web site in 1999 to help in cold cases involving unexplained disappearances as well as unidentified remains.

Austin, who now lives in Texas, has been searching through the Doe Network for clues to her mother’s disappearance for years. That’s when she saw the reconstructed face of the skull found in the George Washington National Forest.

“It looks a lot like her,” Austin said. Relatives also told her that her mother would “pin up her hair with a bobby pin and hold them between her teeth.

Nancy Austin is now about the age and height Georgia Dolan was.

Georgia Nolan was also a smoker who had scarring from deep stab wounds on her lower back from an unknown incident. She had given birth to four children, the last being Austin.

“There’s an answer out there,’’ said Austin, who is 31 with a daughter of her own. “I know there is.”





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Jane Doe Might Be Missing Mother 
Daughters Search Leads To Decades-Old Case


2008-02-13

HARRISONBURG - Nancy Austin flipped through countless photos of unidentified bodies over the years in search of her mother who went missing in 1976.

After years of research, Austin might have found out what happened to her mother, who vanished when she was 2 months old. A body that was found in Rockingham County nearly three decades ago in a wooded area fits the description.

An artist's rendering of what she probably looked like was publicized following the discovery of the body.

"I was searching online and came across the picture," said Austin, 31, of Keene, Texas. "There's just something about the picture that sticks out to me."

Mother Vanished Following Fight

Her mother, Georgia Darlene Nolan, disappeared from Harlan County, Ky., on Nov. 28, 1976, at the age of 30. She was last seen with her estranged husband, according to the Doe Network, a volunteer organization that assists police in cases involving disappearances and unidentified victims.

Kentucky police say she exited a vehicle on an interstate near the Kentucky/Illinois border following an argument with her husband.

She was never seen again.

Since then, Austin said there's no been trace of her mother and her Social Security number hasn't been used since she went missing.

"It's horrifying going to bed every night thinking your mom's a homicide victim," said Austin.

Years Of Searching

Austin started looking for her mother about a decade ago despite pleas from some relatives to move on with her life.

"A lot of people were very hurt but they wanted to go on and forget it. But I couldn't," said Austin. "The last eight years I've been searching for her have been tormenting."

Last September, Austin came across the case of a woman found in Rockingham County.

Hunters found the skeletal remains in a shallow grave in the George Washington National Forest in Rockingham County on Nov. 14, 1980.

There were no obvious signs of foul play such as broken bones, stab or gunshot wounds, said Sgt. Felicia Glick of the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office. Glick said there were few clues but a few things were found at the scene: a dime from 1964, a heart-shaped necklace and a piece of slip-type garment.

Despite the few clues, Glick said the case was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner.

"Somebody couldn't have jumped into a grave and covered themselves up," she said.

By analyzing the bones, investigators determined the body was a woman, probably in her 20s. They also were able to tell that she had given birth during her life.

The case remained cold for years until Austin made contact with law enforcement.

A Possible Match?

Glick received an e-mail from a Kentucky State Police detective in September inquiring about the case and stating someone believes they might be related to the person found in the forest.

After some discussion with Austin and the detective, Glick said there was a possibility it was the missing mother.

"The age range matches, the height range matches, the fact that she had children ...  that kind of all sticks out," said Glick.

Glick said a bone fragment from the woman's leg was sent to the FBI lab in Quantico for testing. As of Tuesday, the FBI is still working to extract a DNA sample from the bone.

Austin then went to a police station in Keene. There, a police officer took a cotton swab and swabbed the inside of her mouth to get a DNA sample. That sample was sent off to a lab to be analyzed so it could be compared with the DNA from the unidentified body.

Even though a match would mean her mother was a murder victim, Austin said she's eager to know what happen to her mother. Even if she's dead.

"I'm not afraid of the truth," she said. "I'm scared of not knowing."

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Body might be woman’s missing mother

February 18, 2008

DNA test under way to verify identity

A Keene woman whose mother has been missing since 1976 is waiting for results of a DNA test to determine if a body found in Virginia is her mother.

Nancy Austin, 31, of Keene was 2 months old when her mother disappeared that November.

For eight years, Austin has been searching photo archives of unidentified bodies in a quest to find closure.

“When I started looking, the case wasn’t closed, but it was cold,” Austin said. “The fact is, nobody knows what happened to my mother. Whether she’s dead or alive, I just want to know the truth.”

Recently Austin stumbled across a possible lead. While searching through an archive of photos, she found an artist’s rendering of a body discovered Nov. 14, 1980, in Rockingham County, Va.

The picture and description of the body fit the description of Austin’s mother, Georgia Darlene Nolan.

Discovery of a possible match



The Virginia body was found in 1980 in a shallow grave in the George Washington National Forest. The body is still unidentified, but some of its characteristics could match Nolan’s, Austin said.

The FBI is running a DNA test, and Austin said she went to the Keene Police Department earlier this year to provide a DNA sample that can be matched against the body.

The lab test has not come back.

Austin said she expects it will be at least a few weeks before she hears a definitive answer.

A similar DNA test in Delaware took almost two years for a negative answer, Austin said.

“I got this whole thing started, and then I said, ‘OK, if it’s her it’s her, if it’s not it’s not,’” Austin said. “I never realized until I started how many cold cases there are in this country. It’s just heartbreaking. Nobody wants to live their lives thinking they could die and nobody would care what happened to them.”

The FBI lab could not be reached for comment.



A troubled marriage

Nolan had been living in Chicago with Austin’s father the year before she disappeared.

“They had a troubled marriage,” Austin said.

They split up a few months before Austin was born, and Nolan moved back to Kentucky, where she grew up.

“When I was 2 months old, my father came back. He came to Kentucky. Sparks started to fly again, and they got back together.

The night before she disappeared, she went down to my Dad’s family’s house and left me there. She went with my father to drive back to Chicago,” Austin said.

Austin’s father was the last person to see Nolan alive.

“Somewhere on the drive between Kentucky and Chicago, they had a fight. She became angry. They said she had a bad temper. She got out of the car in the middle of a major intersection between Indiana and Illinois, my father said, and she walked away. She hasn’t been heard from since,” Austin said.

Austin said her father waited seven years after Nolan disappeared to file divorce papers.

She declined to release his name and said she doesn’t know if he has been investigated as a suspect in the case.



Georgia sightings

“There have been allegations,” Austin said.

“I call them Georgia sightings. My mother has become something of a legend in Harlin County [where she was from]. My sister got a phone call about a month after the disappearance to ask if the baby was OK. And my father’s brother swore he saw her. He called her name, and she ran away,” Austin said.

Nolan’s Social Security number has not been used since the disappearance.

“As to date, that is the only evidence we have that she is deceased,” Austin said.

Austin didn’t know her mother was listed as a missing or endangered person until she turned 18.

“I have gotten into some trouble over this with my family,” she said. “My Dad’s not happy about it, but most of my Mom’s family supports me.”

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Daughter aims to confirm remains are mother's

February 24, 2008

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Nancy Austin may have finally determined her mother's fate after 27 years of frustration and mystery.

Her mother, Georgia Darlene Nolan, has been missing since 1976, when Mrs. Austin was 2 months old. Now, after years of searching, Mrs. Austin has come to Rockingham County, where the remains of a young, slain mother found in 1980 by a hunter in the George Washington National Forest match Mrs. Nolan's physical description.

Mrs. Austin, 31, from Keene, Texas, stumbled upon an artist's sketch depicting what the body's face could have looked like and said she thinks it resembles her own. She saw it on the Web site of the Doe Network, a volunteer organization that helps in cold cases involving unexplained disappearances and unidentified remains.

"This is about inner peace and understanding my family history and about justice," Mrs. Austin said. "I'm hoping it's her."

Mrs. Nolan was last seen with her estranged husband in Harlan County, Ky., on Nov. 28, 1976, when she was 30, according to the Doe Network.

Mrs. Austin said her mother, who then lived in Harlan, jumped out of a car on an interstate highway near the Kentucky-Illinois border after an argument with her husband and was never seen again.

Formal charges have never been filed.

"It's horrifying going to bed every night thinking your mom's a homicide victim," said Mrs. Austin, who now has a daughter of her own. She vowed to find the truth behind her mother's disappearance.

"A lot of people were very hurt [by the disappearance], but they wanted to go on and forget it. But I couldn't," Mrs. Austin said. "The last eight years I've been searching for her have been tormenting."

The woman's remains in Rockingham County were found by a deer hunter in a shallow grave and clearly indicated she had been killed, despite no clear signs of foul play, said Sgt. Felicia Glick of the Rockingham County Sheriff's Department.

"There was a log over the shallow grave area," Sgt. Glick said. "It couldn't have gotten there by itself."

Authorities found a silk slip, a heart-shaped necklace and a 1964 dime in the grave.

Years of research with the assistance of forensic anthropologists from Virginia Tech helped the sheriff's department learn more about the remains. Investigators concluded the body was that of a woman in her 20s who had given birth at least once. They also determined she possibly had been a hairdresser or a seamstress because tooth wear showed she may have often mouthed a bobby pin.

But those few clues yielded no leads, and the case remained cold until Mrs. Austin came across it last September.

"As humans, we need closure in our work," Sgt. Glick said. "This is just stayed in the back of our minds."

A bone sample from the woman's leg was sent to the Quantico, Va., FBI lab, where investigators hope to extract DNA and to compare it to a DNA sample from Mrs. Austin's mouth.

A match would mean her mother is a murder victim, but Mrs. Austin said she was eager to know her fate anyway.

"I'm not afraid of the truth," she said. "I'm scared of not knowing."

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Keene woman still searching for mother

Kentucky dig unsuccessful

April 21, 2008

One week after crews in Kentucky ripped up concrete driveways in search of her mother’s body, a Keene woman said her family is being torn apart.

Nancy Austin, 31, was 2 months old when her mother, Georgia Darlene Nolan, disappeared after having a fight with her estranged husband, Austin’s father.

Since that day in November 1976, Austin has been caught in the middle of a family fault line, she said.

Crews of the Kentucky State Police Department and Harlan County Coroner’s Office were following a lead from Austin’s sister on April 10 when they dug up a portion of the family property in Loyall, Ky., to look for the mother’s body. The sister claimed she had seen the family bury her mother’s body under a trailer in the yard, Austin said.

Austin went to Kentucky to see the dig, but no bodies were found.

“I am glad and relieved that I saw with my own eyes that my mother’s body was not on that property,” she said. “There is no proof that my father killed my mother, but my mother’s family has claimed my father is a serial killer and said they would find other bodies under that concrete when they dug it up,” Austin said.

“I’m upset because I feel we’re being compared to the Manson family, and I don’t like it,” Austin said. “My mom’s family gets angry because I won’t say he’s guilty or pick sides. I don’t know that he’s innocent, but I love both sides of my family and I think it’s wrong to assume he’s a murderer when they don’t have any proof.”

The case was cold eight years ago when Austin resumed the search for her mother’s body. Since then, she has scanned through hundreds of pictures of unidentified bodies, looking for a match.

The FBI is testing the DNA of a body found in Harlan County, Ky., against Austin’s to see if it’s a possible match for her mother’s body.

As of Friday, results have not come back, FBI Laboratory Spokesperson Anne Todd said from Quantico, Va.

The process could take up to two years.

“I just want to find my mother,” Austin said.

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Family Of Missing Woman Release Baloon In Her Honor
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It was 32 years ago Friday that an eastern Kentucky woman disappeared.

The family of Georgia Nolan says she was last seen on November 28th, 1976 in Harlan County.

They believe she was murdered and have searched for clues into her disappearance.

A dig earlier this year, where some thought Nolan could be buried, turned up nothing.

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#11 Lori Davis

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#12 Lori Davis

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Posted 09 January 2011 - 01:30 PM

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Families search for missing despite obstacles

BRETT BARROUQUERE
Originally published January 9, 2011 at 12:02 p.m., updated January 9, 2011 at 1:08 p.m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Nancy Austin has learned a lot about her mother in the last decade and came up with many questions to ask, if she could only find her mom to pose them.

Austin's mother, Georgia Darlene Nolan, hasn't been seen or heard from by family members in Harlan County in the 35 years since she disappeared on a cold November night in 1976 after a fight with her husband near the Kentucky-Illinois state line.

The decade-long quest to find out what happened to her mother has left Austin at times elated, at others frustrated - much like many other families of missing persons.

"I've called hundreds of women asking, 'Are you my mother?'" said Austin, who was an infant when Nolan disappeared.

Nationally, more than 98,000 people were listed in the FBI's National Crime Information Center computers as missing across as of 2009, the last figures available, including nearly 600 in Kentucky. Kentucky State Police list 162 cold cases of either missing or murdered people on the web site. Some of the unsolved cases date back 40 or more years.

Missing persons experts say finding a missing person is difficult for a variety of reasons. Sometimes people choose to go missing. In other cases, bodies cannot be identified or just aren't discovered. And, often, families don't know where to look or what resources are available to help them locate a missing family member or don't report them as missing to law enforcement.

"A lot of folks who are unidentified are never reported missing," said George Adams, program coordinator at the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification in Fort Worth, Texas. "That happens again and again."

The center takes DNA samples volunteered by family members and tries to match them against unidentified remains forwarded there by law enforcement.

Making those matches can be difficult because family members don't have DNA samples of the missing person or know the name of a treating physician or dentist to match medical records to unknown remains, Adams said.

"Sometimes, mistakes are made," Adams said.

Kentucky State Police Det. Steven Silfies, who handles cold cases, said sometimes finding a long-missing person or solving a previously unsolved homicide happens by chance.

"It's going to take the right person reading the right thing," said Silfies, who has a picture on his desk of Sonya Bradley, who has been missing from Eddyville since 2002. "Missing persons cases are so hard."

Todd Matthews, of Livingston, Tenn., a national researcher with the Doe Network, a volunteer group that assists law enforcement in solving unexplained disappearances and unidentified victims, said some families get frustrated and give up on finding a missing person, thinking too much time has passed and too many leads are lost.

"It's only too late of you don't try," Matthews said.

Beverly Miller, a long-haul truck driver from Eddyville, has been trying since her daughter, Bradley, vanished when she was 35.

"I just wish in all of this craziness ... somebody would just let us bring Sonya home," Miller said.

In the eight-plus years since Bradley disappeared, Miller has had a few false alarms that gave her hope. A body found in Texas bore a resemblance. A mutilated body in Missouri seemed like a close match, but DNA eliminated it as a possibility.

Miller's voice sometimes cracks as she describes her daughter as a woman devoted to her children and her family. At other times, Miller's voice carries a steely resolve of a woman searching for her child. While she's convinced Bradley's remains are somewhere in western Kentucky, the wait and the years of not knowing have brought doubts.

"I'm so afraid every time I go down a road that I'm passing her and I don't have the instincts to feel it," Miller said.

Now, Miller waits, knowing she can't fulfill her daughter's fondest wish, only that she can try to bring her home.

"She always wanted to be a beautiful bride," Miller said. "Now, I just want to give her a proper funeral."

Austin, who lives in Seven Points, Texas, has also had some failed leads. A body in southwestern Virginia didn't prove to be a match. But, Austin is operating on "an instinct" that her mother is still alive and can be found.

"People say, 'Your mother may not want to be found,' " Austin said. "She's coming back. She's going to be found."
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Online: http://www.doenetwork.org/

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#13 Deborah

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Posted 28 June 2015 - 08:31 AM

Darlene has not been located.

 

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Case Number: 10841172

NCIC Number: M-125607520


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