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1990 Durham, Andrea 2-2-1990; Ft. Walton Beach
Topic Started: Aug 6 2006, 03:30 PM (875 Views)
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ANDREA D'ANNE DURHAM

ENDANGERED


DATE MISSING: 2/2/1990
MISSING FROM: Ft Walton Bch,FL COUNTY: Okaloosa


BIRTH: 4/24/1976 AGE DISAPPEARED: 13 yrs 9 months
RACE: White HEIGHT: 5' 03" WEIGHT: 110
SEX: Female HAIR: Blonde EYES: Green


NARRATIVE:
Andrea was last seen at her Ft. Walton Beach home. None of her belongings were taken
http://www3.fdle.state.fl.us/mcicsearch/Fl...=3635&case_nbr=
Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office at 850-651-7410
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http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/d/durham_andrea.html


Andrea D'Anne Durham


Left and Center: Durham, circa 1990;
Right: Age-progression to age 30 (circa 2006)


Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: February 1, 1990 from Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: April 24, 1976
Age: 13 years old
Height and Weight: 5'3, 110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Blonde hair, green eyes. Durham's ears are pierced. Her middle name is given as "Dianne" by some agencies.


Details of Disappearance

Durham was last seen leaving her family's apartment in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, which she shared with her mother and older sister. She left at approximately 7:30 p.m. on February 1, 1990. She has never been seen again. When Durham's family returned to their residence they found it unlocked. Durham's purse, clothes, makeup and all other personal belongings were undisturbed inside.
Agencies classify Durham's case as that of an Endangered Runaway or a possible Non-Family Abduction. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance remain unclear; there is very little evidence as to her fate. Authorities originally thought she was a runaway, but she has not called or written any of her family and friends since her disappearance.

Police have investigated the possibility that Durham's disappearance was connected to Mark Riebe and William Alex Wells III, who are suspected of having kidnapped and murdered a woman in Santa Rosa, Florida, in 1989. So far they have not found any link between Durham and the suspects but the possibility has not been ruled out. Investigators believe Durham remained in the area for a short time after she disappeared, but if she was on the streets they say she probably did not survive. Many rumors have circulated about Durham's disappearance but none have been substantiated.

Durham's mother believes she is deceased. She and her husband moved to Santa Cruz, California in August 1999. Durham's mother cited the need to move on from her daughter's disappearance as the reason for the relocation. Durham remains missing and her case is unsolved.



Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
850-651-7400



Source Information
The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
Child Protection Education Of America
Nation's Missing Children Organization and Center For Missing Adults
Florida Department Of Law Enforcement
Northwest Florida Daily News



Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004.

Last updated September 12, 2006; age-progression updated.

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http://www.childquest.org/viewcase.php?cas...=1057&person=m1

Name: Andrea D'Anne Durham
From: Ft. Walton Beach, FL
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
Weight: 110 lbs (50 kg)
Sex: Female
Race: White
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Blonde
Date of Birth: Apr 24, 1976
Date of Disappearance: Feb 01, 1990

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Additional Information: She was last seen at approximately 7:30 P.M.

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DURHAM, ANDREA
Missing Person Circumstances:RUNAWAY
Reporting Agency:Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
Agency Case #:S90002378
Date of Last Contact:02/02/1990
Date of Birth:04/24/1976
Race:WHITE
Sex:FEMALE
Height:5' 03"
Weight:110
Hair Color:BLOND OR STRAWBERRY
Eyes Color:GREEN
Last Known Address City and State:FT WALTON BCH
http://pas.fdle.state.fl.us/pas/person/vie...Person-168934.a

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Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
Lt. Larry Donaldson
850-651-7400

Agency Case Number:
S90002378

NCMEC #: NCMC735437

NCIC Number: M-405147317
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/01/grace.coldcase.durham/

Woman still seeks sister's face in the crowdBy Philip Rosenbaum, Nancy Grace producer
February 1, 2010 8:13 a.m. EST

Andrea Durham is shown as a 13-year-old and what she might look like today.STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Andrea Durham was 13 when she vanished from family's Florida apartment
She disappeared 20 years ago
Police initially thought she ran away, but she didn't take anything
Know something? Call 850-609-2000 or 1-800-THE-LOST

New York (CNN) -- For two decades, Ashyea Alford has literally been searching for a face in the crowd. Wherever she went, she would check out other women, hoping one of them might be her missing little sister.

"It used to be so hard to go to the mall,'' Alford said. "You'd see somebody and you'd think 'Oh, maybe that's her.' ''

When Alford was 15, Andrea Durham, her 13-year-old sister, vanished from the apartment they shared with their mother, Roseanne Sterling, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Alford and her mom headed out for a meeting on the evening of February 1, 1990, leaving Andrea home to vacuum the apartment.

When they returned about two hours later, the vacuum was standing upright in the living room but there was no sign of Andrea.

"None of her things were gone or disturbed. Her purse and personal items were still at the house. We couldn't find anything of hers that was missing,'' Alford said in an interview just days before the 20th anniversary of her only sibling's disappearance.

Andrea "literally disappeared without a trace," said Roberta Holloway, the investigator with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office who is assigned to the case.

It used to be so hard to go to the mall. --Ashyea Alford, sister

With no physical signs of foul play or forced entry, authorities initially classified Andrea as a runaway, even though she had never left home before or even threatened it.

But suspicions rose because Andrea was unhappy after she changed schools when her family moved to a new apartment.

Andrea also had recently gotten into trouble with the law when she was caught acting as the lookout for other teenagers who were stealing change out of unlocked cars in a Red Lobster parking lot.

However, her sister said Andrea was not especially worried and felt relieved by a judge's decision to give her a light punishment, community service.

"She's always been a very mellow person. She was not upset,'' Alford said, revealing that Alford herself had run away a few times but always came home. "She's the type of person that doesn't like to be outside by herself. The only way that I think she would have left was if she was with somebody else,'' Alford said of her sister, who would now be 33.

Andrea "was a loving person'' and "the type of kid that would donate her allowance to Christian missionaries,'' Alford said.

"She was a sweet one. I was the mean one. I picked on her a lot, so for a long time I felt a lot of guilt that, you know, if I had been there for her and she did run away. ...'' Her voice trailed off.

These days Andrea Durham's case is an open missing person investigation, Holloway said. There have been no solid leads or confirmed sightings.

The sheriff's office pursues all new tips and leads, Holloway said. Someone sent in a photo of a catalog model along with the age-progressed photo of Andrea. Another time, someone persuaded investigators to check out an out-of-state firefighter who may have resembled her. The leads went nowhere.

Alford and her mother gave DNA swabs that went to the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, in case there's ever a match with discovered remains.

The FDLE also put Andrea's photo and information on cold case playing cards handed out to inmates across the state. Her photo also was shown in the video for the 1992 Soul Asylum song "Runaway Train.''

Her mother followed up on leads for years, flying to other cities and hiring private investigators until she could no longer afford the fees.

I grew up as an only child, even though I wasn't.

--Ashyea Alford, sister

Her mother and sister appeared on national TV programs that included at least one psychic and a program that Alford said left her feeling exploited.

With camera rolling, producers persuaded Alford to approach a fast-food restaurant employee, a girl they somehow thought might have been her missing sister.

"I could tell from 100-thousand feet away that it wasn't her, but they wanted me to do it anyway,'' she said.

Though Andrea's parents had broken up before she disappeared, her father has helped in the search, Alford said. His mother "is still passing out fliers to truck drivers'' in Abilene, Texas, where she lives.

The mystery inevitably enters Alford's daily life. ''I don't let my children go anywhere,'' she said. She has two boys, ages 8 and 14.

"It affects me, too, that I grew up as an only child, even though I wasn't,'' said Alford, who has a MySpace page for Andrea in the hope that it drums up new leads.

"I honestly believe that somebody somewhere knows something," she said.

One thing gives Alford a sense that her sister may still turn up: Soon after Durham vanished, her mother married a man who had a story of his own. As a teen-ager, he ran away from home and came back to his family 20 years later.

"They thought he was dead and gone,'' Alford said.

"Most runaways return or check in within one week," said David Finkelhor of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. He said in 1999, the midpoint between Andrea's disappearance and the present, an estimated 4,100 children could be classified as having not returned or been located.

"But I believe the permanently missing are even a much smaller fraction than this number," he said.

Asked what she would tell Andrea if she could send her a message, Alford said: "To let her know that no matter the reason she was gone that we'd welcome her with open arms and everything would be forgiven. There's absolutely no reason for her to stay away. Nobody's angry. Just to know that she's alive would be enough.''

When she vanished, Durham was 5 feet 3 inches tall, 110 pounds with blond hair and green eyes. If you have information, call the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office at 850-609-2000 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST.
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