Denise Lynne Oliverson, Missing April 1975 CO.DENISE LYNNE OLIVERSON
Vital Statistics
Missing Since: April 6, 1975 from Grand Junction, Colorado
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: August 10, 1950
Age: 24 years old
Height and Weight: 5'4, 105 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair, blue eyes. Oliverson has acne. She also has a lump on the back of her right hand.
Clothing Description: A long-sleeved green Indian print blouse, Levi's jeans, and sandals.
Details of Disappearance
Oliverson had an argument with her husband on the afternoon of Sunday, April 6, 1975. She left their Grand Junction, Colorado home to go on a bike ride to her parents' home and cool down. Her bicycle is a yellow ten-speed model. Oliverson never arrived at her parents' residence. The next day, searchers found her bicycle and sandals under a viaduct near a railroad bridge close to the Colorado River, on U.S. Route 50, along the route she would have probably taken.
The serial killer Ted Bundy confessed to Oliverson's murder shortly before his 1989 execution. A photo of Bundy is posted below this case summary.
He made his claims to Robert D. Keppel, Ph.D., one of the investigators of unsolved crimes believed to be connected to Bundy. Oliverson was never located but she is believed to be another victim of Bundy, along with Donna Manson, Georgeann Hawkins, Nancy Wilcox, Ann Marie Burr, Debra Kent and other young women. The women continue to be listed as missing persons. Their remains have never been recovered.
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/o/oliverson_denise.html
