Mount Pleasant in Henry County
Henry County in Iowa
Missing Person/Declared Dead
Harold Orville Doerring
Age at Report: 66
DOB: March 14, 1930
Weight: 200 lbs.
Height: 5’11″
Race: White
Hair: Brown/gray balding
Eyes: Blue
Incident Type: Disability – physical / mental
RootsWeb ID: I037422
Reported Missing in Decorah, IA, Winneshiek County
Death Listed in Henry County, south of Mount Pleasant
Missing Since: February 16, 1997
Sixty-six-year-old Harold Doerring was reported missing to the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office in Decorah, Iowa, on February 16, 1997. Authorities found Harold Doerring’s truck abandoned on Highway 218 south of Mount Pleasant in Henry County on February 23, 1997. When they tried to contact him about the vehicle but could not find him, they discovered no one had seen Doerring since February 16 in Cedar Falls.
Elizabeth Syperda
Missing Person
Elizabeth Nicole Forshee-Syperda
Age at Report: 22
Missing From: Mount Pleasant, IA (Henry County)
Missing Since: July 17, 2000
Elizabeth Syperda was last seen by her roommate at their East Madison Street apartment in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, at 10:30 p.m. on July 17, 2000, when the roommate left to go to work. When the roommate returned at 4:00 a.m., Elizabeth was gone, though she did not have access to a car and all her personal belongings were left behind.
Jackie Douthart
Missing Person
Jackie Douthart
Age at Report: 24
Missing From: Mount Pleasant, IA (Henry County)
Missing Since: May 22, 2011
Jackie Douthart, 24, went missing on May 22, 2011 from Mount Pleasant. She was last seen by Benjamin Biggs, who was termed “a person of interest” in her disappearance. Biggs killed himself about a month later following a high-speed chase and standoff with police in Quincy, Illinois.
Why is no one searching for these girls?? Why are they not on the news??
Amber, A body was recently found near Mount Pleasant which may be that of Elizabeth or Jackie. We are anxiously waiting to hear what authorities find out. Here is a link we posted on Facebook and on Iowa Cold Cases when the body was discovered: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Human-Remains-Found-West-of-Mount-Pleasant-143326756.html