Jennifer Joyce Barton
Missing since May 16, 1976 from Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

• Date Of Birth: May 31, 1955
• Age at Time of Disappearance: 21 years old
• Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 66 to 68 inches; 120-140 lbs.
• Distinguishing Characteristics: Black female. Brown eyes, light brown hair. She has a light and freckled complexion.
• Marks, Scars: She has a scar on the calf of her right leg. Small mole left of top lip.
• Clothing: She was last seen wearing a burgundy body suit, blue jeans and sandals.
• Nickname/Alias: J.J.
• Dentals: Available
• DNA: Available

Circumstances of Disappearance
On the day Barton disappeared, she and a friend were headed up 11th Street to see a movie. She was short of cash and stopped at a bar to get money from friends. She met two men in the bar and later left in their van with California license plates.

A dropout from Reagan High School, Barton had a record of prostitution arrests. Friends said she had appeared distraught after a friend was killed in February, and her apartment was broken into shortly afterward.
Foul play is possible.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Austin Police Department
512-974-5250

Agency Case Number: 76-1424808