Name: Wendy L Aughe
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: April 25, 1987
Location Last Seen: Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington.
Date of Birth: February 15, 1958
Age: 29 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 105 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Ears pierced. Tattoo on right forearm.
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Aughe left beauty school and left her daughter with grandmother. She did not tell friends she was leaving.
Darren D. O'Neall is a suspect in her disappearance. He worked as a bartender at La Paloma Restaurant in Bellingham, Washington. O'Neall and Aughe were last seen together leaving La Paloma on April 25 during the early morning hours. Aughe was never heard from again.
A search of Aughe's apartment revealed signs of a struggle, pools of blood, and blood soaked bed sheets and linen. The evidence found inside Wendy Aughe's apartment suggested that a sexual assault had occurred there.
After an APB was issued for O'Neall, a U.S. Customs agent soon reported having taken a photograph of O'Neall driving Aughe's car as he came back across the border into the U.S. from Canada, in the time frame when Wendy disappeared. O'Neall was the only person visible in the car in the spot check photo.
O'Neall was sentenced to 27 years and nine months in prison for the murder of a South King County woman. He was also sentenced for stealing Aughe's car.
Agency Name: Bellingham Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: (360) 778-8800
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 87B10189
NCIC Case Number: M-245396050
NamUs Case Number: 67484
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
WA State MP
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 12/12/2023 - By: kc
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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