Name: Connie Christine Smith
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 16, 1952
Location Last Seen: Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Date of Birth: July 11, 1942
Age: 10 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 85 lbs
Hair Color: Blonde/strawberry, dark blonde shoulder length hair at the time of her disappearance
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Slight scar under right nostril; flat feet; unusually long arms; wears glasses
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing: Red windbreaker, navy blue shorts with plaid cuffs, tan leather shoes
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Red ribbon in her hair, may have had black zippered purse with small pictures of friends
Connie Christine Smith was last seen picking daisies as she walked along U.S. Route 44 in Salisbury near the intersection of U.S. Route 44 and Belgo Road. She appeared to be looking for a ride.
Earlier that day, Connie had walked down the driveway that winds through Camp Sloane, the Salisbury summer camp where she was staying. She was going to the camp dispensary to return an icepack she had borrowed the previous evening after she fell out of the tent and hurt her hip. Instead, leaving the icepack in her tent, she set off for the nearby village of Lakeville. When she hadn't returned almost three hours later, camp officials called state police.
Despite massive search efforts she has never been found.
Agency Name: Connecticut State Police
Agency Contact Person: Det. Michael Downs
Agency Phone Number: 860-626-7975
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: CFS-05-00081028
Agency Name: Salisbury Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Resident Trooper
Agency Phone Number: 860-435-2938
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
NCIC Case Number: M394191677
NamUs Case Number: 4525
NCMEC Case Number: 1154349
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Register Citizen (New Haven, CT) - Jan. 14, 2019
Added: 2005; Last Updated: 12/12/2023 - By: kc
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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