Carman Burhans

Missing From: Los Angeles, California
Missing Since: March 15, 1982
Age: 40
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 210

Summary:

Carmen was last seen with her family in Los Angeles, California on March 15, 1982. They lived in a house on Division Street in the Glassell Park area, and Carmen's mother lived upstairs. That morning, Carmen's mother went downstairs and visited the family at breakfast. Carmen was crying, but her mother didn't ask her why. At about noon, Carmen, Diego and Barbara drove away in their brown 1977 Toyota Corolla. On April 25, the family's car was found abandoned in a snowbank 500 feet down a gorge in the San Gabriel Mountains, off Route 2 near Big Pines, California. It was buried in five feet of snow and the top was crushed in. There was no blood inside the car and no evidence of foul play.

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    Matthew30
    Matthew30 February 18, 2025, 1:31 PM
    The family lived on Division Street in the Glassell Park neighborhood, and they went missing in the San Gabriel mountains off of Route 2 near Big Pines. A quick check on google, shows multiple routes that the family could have taken to get to that location. 2 of the routes go around the mountain range, but there is another 2 routes through the range itself. It was reported by the Charley Report, that it looked like someone either tried to conceal the car by trying to push it off the Mountain Range or perhaps the car was parked and then hit by a snowplow. While their is several theories about why the family disappeared, nothing has ever been substantiated to confirm their whereabouts. It is further worth noting that the family did not take any belongings with them when they left and in fact, Carmens mother actually lived with the family and saw them leave around noon.
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    MPIA Case Number: 6314
    Created: February 17, 2025 3:31 pm
    Updated: February 18, 2025 1:38 pm

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