SHIRLEY PULLEN -- MISSING 12/31/86 FROM SOUTH BEND, INDIANA

SHIRLEY PULLEN -- MISSING 12/31/86 FROM SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
Shirley Pullen Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance Missing Since: December 31, 1986 from South Bend, Indiana Classification: Endangered Missing Date Of Birth: November 30, 1917 Age: 69 years old Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Pullen's ears are pierced. She smoked cigarettes at the time of her 1986 disappearance. Details of Disappearance Pullen was last seen in her hometown of South Bend, Indiana on December 31, 1986. Her hairdresser saw her at a Save Mart store during the day. Pullen told her hairdresser that she planned to attend a New Year's Eve party later that evening. It has been established that Pullen returned to her residence in the Windward Village Mobile Home Park on South 13th Street near Niles, Michigan sometime later in the day. She has never been seen again. Authorities checked Pullen's trailer on January 12, 1987 after she failed to pay her rental fees for her mobile home lots in the park, and her relatives called the police to say they had not seen or heard from her in nearly two weeks. Investigators discovered a half-eaten sandwich and a cigarette which had burned down to its filter in an ashtray inside Pullen's home. The sandwich was spoiled. It appeared that Pullen had left the residence in a hurry. There were no other leads in Pullen's case until the early 1990's, when one of her neighbors told authorities that she had witnessed Pullen arguing with two men outside of her mobile home on December 31, 1986, the date she was last seen. One of the men was identified as a former tenant of Pullen's who rented one of her trailer lots. The man was questioned by investigators and claimed he did not see Pullen the day she vanished. He also stated that Pullen paid him for work he did for her prior to her disappearance. Pullen's final check to the tenant was dated December 30, 1986 and was for $500. The man claimed that the check was a holiday gift for himself and his family. It was discovered that the same tenant had used Pullen's Discover credit card twice after her 1986 disappearance; once on January 11, 1987 and again on January 16. The man stated he had Pullen's permission to use the card to charge household expenses, which totaled more than $1,000 on her account. He also claimed he did not know Pullen was missing at the time he used her credit card. Pullen's diary entries, however, indicated that the man was extorting money from her. No one has been charged in connection with Pullen's disappearance, but it is considered very suspicious and foul play is suspected. Police are investigating it as a homicide. Some agencies state that Pullen was 71 years old at the time of her disappearance. Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: South Bend Police Department 219-235-9201 PHOTO AVAILABLE AT LINK http://charleyproject.org/cases/p/pullen_shirley.html

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