Michigan State Police Reopen Decades-Old Cold Case of The Disappearance of Cassandra Durham
The Michigan State Police announced this week that they are reopening the decades-long missing person cold case of Cassandra Durham.
Cassandra has been missing since August 1987.
According to officials and the FBI's official missing persons website, she and her boyfriend, identified only as having the initials "E.B." were traveling from Maryland to Michigan to visit her boyfriend's grandparents near Roscommon.
Michigan State Police say that the couple set out on their journey in a 1980 Honda Civic station wagon, and it's believed that they made a stop at Cedar Point along their journey. According to police, that Honda Civic broke down in or around Detroit, and the boyfriend purchased a different vehicle - an Oldsmobile Cutlass (year unknown.)
Cassandra spoke to her family while she was in Michigan, and did not indicate any further travel plans.
The Disappearance of Cassandra Durham
So far, nothing seems out of the ordinary. But, following the trip, when Cassandra's boyfriend returned to Maryland, she was not with him. While the boyfriend claims that they both returned to Maryland, Cassandra's father says that she never made it home.
She hasn't been seen since.
About Cassandra Durham
At the time of her disappearance in 1987, Cassandra Durham was just 19 years old. She is described as a white female with blue eyes and brown, neck-length hair. She was 5'5" tall and weighed approximately 110 pounds. Cassandra was said to have two tattoos on her hip/thigh - one of her boyfriend's initials "E.B.", and the other of the initials of her college sorority. She was last seen carrying a small black purse. Police believe she may have traveled to Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Michigan.
Anyone with information about the disappearance of Cassandra Durham is asked to contact D/Sgt. Brett Nichols of the Michigan State Police Violent Crimes Unit at (989) 422-5103 or NicholsB2@michigan.gov. OR FBI ViCAP at (800) 634-4097 or vicap@fbi.gov.
