Kinsey was last seen at her home on Hall Street in La Grande, Oregon on October 25, 1999. She has never been heard from again. All of her possessions, including her purse, and her beloved cat and dogs, were left behind at her home. There was coffee in the coffeepot, and groceries had been left out and were rotting. Her light golden-brown 1980s model GMC Jimmy was found in the parking lot of an Albertson's store on the morning of October 29, four days after her disappearance. The store manager said he didn't believe the car had been there overnight. The steering column had been damaged and there was a box of rubber gloves behind the seat. Kinsey's loved ones believe a man they knew as Juan "John" Pena-Llamas may have been involved in her disappearance, as Kinsey was planning to meet him on the night she went missing. Police also consider him to be a person of interest, but very little is known about him. He was arrested for theft in 2006 and deported to Mexico, as he was undocumented. He is described as Hispanic, with black hair and brown eyes, 5'5 tall and 135 pounds. He was in his mid-thirties at the time of Kinsey's disappearance. He lived in the La Grande area in 1999, in Salem, Oregon in 1998, in Los Angeles County, California in 1996, and in San Bernardino County, California in 1990. Prior to his deportation, Pena-Llamas had been convicted of multiple crimes, and he may have been connected to a Mexican drug cartel. Her case remains unsolved. Kinsey is a Caucasian/Native American female with brown hair and brown eyes. She is of Puyallup Indian heritage. She has a tattoo of a tomahawk and a peace pipe intersecting on her bicep. She wears eyeglasses.
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Created: October 9, 2024 5:09 pm
Updated: April 2, 2025 12:40 am
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