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Kimberly Doss
Kimberly Sue Doss
Missing Person
Kimberly Sue Doss
Age at Report: 16
Date of Birth: February 12, 1966
Missing From: Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
Weight: 125 lbs.
Height: 5′ 02″
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Incident Type: Involuntary disappearance
Case Number: 82-46115
NCIC Case Number: M184196973
NCMEC: 601057
NamUs Case Number: 2919
Date of Last Contact: Sept. 1, 1982
Age at Report: 16
Date of Birth: February 12, 1966
Missing From: Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
Weight: 125 lbs.
Height: 5′ 02″
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Incident Type: Involuntary disappearance
Case Number: 82-46115
NCIC Case Number: M184196973
NCMEC: 601057
NamUs Case Number: 2919
Date of Last Contact: Sept. 1, 1982
Kimberly Sue Doss, 16, was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department in Davenport, Iowa, on September 1, 1982.
She has not been seen nor heard from since.
She is described as a white female with brown hair and brown eyes.
Her incident type is classified as involuntary.
Kimberly has a gap between her two front teeth and may use the alias name of Kimberly Kathleen Gardner.
Dental information / charting is available and entered, and available thru NamUs.
A DNA sample has been submitted and tests are complete.
Kimberly Doss, age progressed to 47 years
Information Needed
If you have any information about Kimberly’s suspicious disappearance, please contact Det. Jordan Sander at the Davenport Police Department at (563) 328-6749 or call Davenport police at (563) 326-7979.
Sources:
- Iowa Dept. Public Safety Missing Person Information Clearinghouse
- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
- NamUs
- “Video for 1994 Song ‘Runaway Train’ Helped Recover 21 Missing Kids — But 11 Have Not Been Found,” by Elaine Aradillas, People Magazine, May 31, 2019
- The Charley Project: Kimberly Sue Doss
- “Kimberly S. Doss: Whereabouts Still Unknown,” by whereaboutsstillunknown.wordpress.com, April 19, 2013
- Davenport Police Department
Waterloo Iowa, near a convince store, kum & Go, near a park, on a motel poperty, this could be a possibility, look into.
The few details claims she took a Greyhound bus from Texss to visit her father in Davenport. Yet, we have no information or proof, she even reached Davenport, or Iowa period. Then we hear that she might have been missing since 1980 and not 1982.
Where is Sgt. Joe Friday, who asks for the facts and speculation. Can we get some more facts of when she left wherever in Texas.
I wonder, if this was a spur of the moment visit or a planned trip. If it was a planned trip, did she have a suitcase. How long was she going to be in Iowa. We don’t where she started, if she made it out of Texas, crossed any state borders or decide to runaway.
Why are there two different missing dates, two years apart? What is the real story here? And from what I understand, Kimberly was in Texas and took a Greyhound bus to Davenport Iowa to visit her father, but never arrived at her father’s house. So who verified that she actually made it to Davenport?
She was in Texas visiting her father and was coming back home and she wouldn’t runaway there would be no reason to we have a awesome family that u love to be around not runaway from
Her Mother and I verified it.
Kimberly is my cousin and her mother and the rest of the family think about her every day we have thought of and tried so me different theories of wat could have happened to her so if u people have any suggestions we r open to hear them
Hello I saw ur post do u have anymore info about the disappearance and do u have any way to contact u
I’ve read she was 13 and also 16, what age was she and is the family even sure she made it to Davenport, IA? Has the family contacted the greyhound company and got a list of cities it would have stopped at to compare Jane Does in those towns/cities? I’ve taken a bus ride from Davenport, IA to New Mexico and back and had 6 scheduled stops one way and 4 stops on my return, some up to a few hours long where we ventured the cities while we waited to board the next bus. Also a few unplanned breakdowns and bus exchanges along the way in the middle of nowhere. Some are saying they are not even sure she made it Davenport or even reached the state of Iowa. Was she dropped off at the station in Texas and physically seen boarding? In the 80’s these cases were handled so differently than in today’s world but I feel like her story is missing so much information for the public as a whole that would be beneficial. Absolutely no hard details and a few discrepancies I’ve came across! My deepest sympathies to her family and I hope for answers and healing! Any details rather than the short few would be great to help bring her home and possibly to rest!
Jess, thanks for your comments and questions. The lack of details bothers me. We have a couple cases that law enforcement don’t provide a lot of details.
Yet, they ask the public for their help. How, can we help, if they don’t give us details. In some cases we know that a specific caliber firearm was used to murder someone. In other cases, it is not mentioned to protect the investigation.
This is still the story even in unsolved Cases going back over 40 or more years. Also, we have Cases where the investigative files are missing, were destroyed. Here in the Chucago area, a high school student was murdered during a gas station robbery back in the early 1970’s. The original case file no longer exists, so whatever was done by the police or whatever evidence may have been recovered is gone.
Has Kimberly ever been compared to to female body found in Blairstown, Warren County, NJ in August of 1982 known as “Princes Doe”. I have been saying this for years. Too many similarities to not investigate. Princes Doe’s composite drawing to Kimberly’s photos are very close. Dates of Kimberly being missing are not clear and how long she was with her father. What is the true date she was reported missing?
She was 14
Is she the Walker County Jane Doe?
https://www.facebook.com/kimberly.d.wright.37
Is this her?
https://www.facebook.com/linda.doss.56/photos
That’s kinda odd that lady does resemble her mom more then a little and also her moms name is Linda also
Please take notice of the following Facebook post. They look so similar.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2221320608089754&id=1692354790986341&sfnsn=mo
There is a resemblance however Kimberly Doss was alive and last seen approximately two years (per info above) after the poor girl was found in Texas that you linked.
Nice thought though (being sincere).
The Jane Doe, was found in 1980. Kimberly disappeared in September 1982. Thanks for your research. The problem I have is the lack of details on many of these cases. What do we know about her family situation.
Our family is very close and look out for one another and the lack of info and how some is wrong is because careless investigation..her mother has been looking for yrs and unless they don’t check her mom and dad gave DNA so if she has been found u would think they would figure it out
There are discrepancies with the date she actually disappeared. She is reported to have been missing as early as March 24, 1980, by family members. The 1980’s were a different time and missing children cases were handled far differently than they are today. Her mother lived in Texas at the time and her father in Davenport. I don’t think the Walker County Doe can be ruled out so easily. There is a possibility and without a DNA comparison to the family members to say one way or the other, it’s important she be considered
Schellt, I know someone who looks very similar to the girl in the picture. She has a lot of the same facial features, and she is now living very close to Davenport. I’m not 100% sure it’s her, but it looks very similar.
Hi I saw ur comment do u know this person’s name and social media?
Who is this person do u know them
Has Kimberley Sue Doss’s DNA ever been compared to Princes Doe, Found dead in Blairstown, N.J. August, 1982. I have been inquiring for years now with no answers. Is it possible there are some mix ups with DNA samples from wrong parentage?
Kimberly sue Doss came up missing when she was 14 not 16. She came up missing in March 20th 1980 not1982. I kknow some knows information on her . If you do you do come forward not have to give you man just a phone # will do please help it has been 38 years please please help
Do you know of walker country Jane die? Cold she be your sister?
Schelly, though Kim’s case has been removed from the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s (IDPS) Missing Person Information Clearinghouse (MPIC), Kim is still listed on NamUs.gov as having gone missing at age 16, with the date of last contact on Sept. 1, 1982.
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/2919/details
NamUs gets this information directly from the investigating agency. When a case is removed from Iowa’s MPIC, they do not notify us as to why the individual has been removed. Yet Kim’s case remains on both NamUs and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
I cannot explain why she was removed from the State database yet kept on two national databases. Also, the lead detectives are rotated over time, and Det. Jordan Sander of the Davenport PD is currently handling her case file. His contact information is listed as (563) 328-6749.
Just wondering …
Jane Doe
Unidentified Body
Jane Doe
Estimated Age: 19-25
Race: White / Caucasian
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Des Moines River Area SE
Des Moines, IA
Investigating Agencies: Polk County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Des Moines Police Department
NCMEC Case Number: 10-77-1490
Des Moines PD Case Number: 1980-20704
NamUs Case Number: 10846
Body Found: May 26, 1980
Estimated Year of Death: 1980
details on disappearance? ( Waterloo, Iowa. )
Dies she have a uncle lived in Kansas city?
I had a vision of a girl that fits this case.
What kinda of visions? This is her sister
My name is Schelly
A small abandoned brick building close to railroad & the river. I don’t know what it means but when I saw her picture last October that’s what came to me.
Do you think it was in iowa
Yes…like Davenport
Do you have of anything that comes true?
Yes
I think I know the building, it is a block away from the bus station.
How can I get in touch with you? Can you email me? Renaepf@gmail.com
I don’t know her. I pray to god she is found. And safe.