Saturday, December 21, 2019

Please Help Find Out What Happened To Lillian Richey and Defrost Idaho's Oldest Cold Case.

Lillian Elizabeth Wohlander Richey
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She was a well-liked woman who had no known enemies or any notable personal problems. 

She was born on March 30th, 1912. She was a resident of Nampa, Idaho. She had lived alone since the death of her husband, James LaVelle Richey, in 1962. As far as i could find out, Lillian had two sons and a daughter.

On February 8th, 1964, all of her children were grown and had moved out. 51-year-old Lillian lived on the 300 block of Sherman Avenue in Nampa, Idaho and had a good job at Bullock's Jewelry. 
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She had dinner and drinks at the Ranch nightclub in Garden City with two male friends from California. They were visiting Idaho for a cattleman’s convention. 

About 1:30 a.m., the next morning, the man drove Lillian home in her own car, borrowing the auto to drive back to his hotel in Boise. One of Lillian's neighbors saw the car drive away, immediately followed by lights being turned on in Lillian's kitchen. 

Around 11 a.m., the man drove Lillian's car back to her home. He was followed by a friend in another car who would drive him back to Boise. They parked the car in the garage, which they found open. They then knocked on her door, but no one answered. One of the men tried the doorknob and found it unlocked. He called out to her, and when he heard no answer from her, he closed the door and left a note.
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The next day, she failed to show up for work for her noon shift. Her workers reported her missing at 4:00 p.m.

When police the house, they found the evening wrap Lillian had worn to the nightclub hanging in her closet, but the black cocktail dress she'd worn was missing. A black evening purse, a green and brown plaid dress, a short white cloth coat, a large black purse with brass fittings and a book titled A Man Named Peter was also missing. Plane tickets Lillian had purchased to visit a son in Moscow, Idaho later that month were untouched. The house was dusted for fingerprints, but the only ones found were Lillian's.

The two men who had brought the car to her home were questioned extensively, and passed polygraphs. Police do not believe they were responsible for her disappearance

Lillian was declared legally dead in 1967. 

In 2018, police excavated the office floor of a Nampa School District office. They brought in cadaver dogs and ground-penetrating radar, but found nothing. 

The school district office was being built just blocks away from Lillian's home when she disappeared, leading to rumors she may be beneath the office floors. 


At the time of her disappearance Lillian was 5'2" tall, 118 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. She had a scar on her abdomen and a scar on her neck. Her ears were pierced and she may have been wearing a black cocktail dress.

If you have any information that can help defrost this cold case, please contact the at Nampa Police Department 208-465-2257.

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