Left: Cotton in 1981; Right: Age-progressed by NCMEC to age 42
Barbara Louise Cotton
Vital Statistics
Circumstances of Disappearance
She had no personal belongings, clothing, her glasses, money from savings, last paycheck or her carton of cigarettes with her at the time of her disappearance.
Investigators
Agency Case Number: 08202215
NCMEC #: NCMC796102
NCIC Number:
Source Information:
Missing Since April 11, 1981 from Williston, Williams County, North Dakota
Classification: Endangered Missing
Cotton was last seen leaving a local restaurant and walking down Main Street in Williston, North Dakota on April 11, 1981. She was never heard from again. She was treated as a runaway at first but later was classified as a missing person.
Extensive searches for her body have yielded no results or evidence about her whereabouts.
Williston North Dakota lays about 15 miles east of the Montana state line, and 50 miles south of the Canada/US border.
If you have any information on Cotton's disappearance, please contact:
Williston Police Department
Detective Ladwig
Missing Persons Unit
701-577-1212
OR
North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation
1-800-472-2185
701-328-5500
Email
All information may be submitted anonymously.
M-069910154
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
The E-clipse Network
Newslibrary
CA DOJ