Colleen Simpson
Case Type: Non Family Abduction
Age at Report: 14
DOB: December 5, 1960
Sex: Female
Race: White
Weight: 90 lbs.
Height: 5′ 7″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Hazel
Missing From: Bedford, IA
Taylor County
NCIC Number: M184789907
NCMEC #: NCMC601905
Date Reported Missing: October 5, 1975
Colleen Simpson age progressed to 46 YOA
Colleen Simpson was reported missing to the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office in Bedford, Iowa, on October 5, 1975.
She was last seen at home where she disappeared sometime during the night.
Colleen was born December 5, 1960, and has a scar on her right forearm.
She was described as 5-foot-7 white female, weighing 90 pounds, with black hair and hazel eyes.
Colleen Simpson age progressed to 52 years. Courtesy National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
If you have any information regarding the disappearance of this individual, please contact the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office at (712) 523-2153 or the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at 1-800-346-5507.
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I have been following this case for a few years. I grew up in a small town not far from Bedford and first discovered this case on the internet. Every piece of info I’ve seen so far states that she disappeared in the night. It doesn’t say if they think she ran away from home, or someone broke in and kidnapped her. Did she have a history of running away from home? Even though I don’t know her family, I just think it’s crappy that after so many years they don’t know what happened to her.
From what I understand, she had no history of running away. There are several “town” rumors such as she is in the bottom of a well or she is living out of state. I don’t know how someone could simply disappear off the face of the earth???
Colleen Simpson is my first cousin. I have always wondered what happened to her. I have been searching the web and talking with local authorities in Iowa to see if there has been any progress on her case. God bless her mother, my aunt. She wore a necklace with a school photo of Colleen at the age of 14 around her neck until the day she died, never finding out what happened to her daughter.
I knew Colleen’s sister Kathy. She was my best friend during that time. I am wondering why Colleen is listed as missing from Bedford Iowa. The family lived in Clearfield Iowa when Colleen went missing.
I grew up in So. California so I didn’t have the opportunity to spend much time with that side of my mom’s family. My mom and Colleen’s mom were sisters. I know that at the time she disappeared, her father, my uncle Jerry Simpson, was a small town sherriff. Wish I had more information.