Name: Della Marie Hillard
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: May 4, 1988
Location Last Seen: Houston, Harris County, Texas.
Date of Birth: August 3, 1955
Age: 32 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5" (165 cm.)
Weight: 120 lbs. (55 kg.)
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Green
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Della has a hysterectomy scar on her abdomen and a rose tattoo on the outside of her right thigh.
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available in CODIS
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: She was known to wear a Houston Baptist University class ring (solid gold, no stones), 5-6 gold hoop earrings and several diamond studs in each ear.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Hillard was last seen in Houston, Texas on May 3, 1988.
She said goodbye to some friends on May 3, 1988, around 20.00, and circa half an hour later, she told another friend on the phone that she was going to sleep.
Hillard's boyfriend went to her house the morning of May 4, 1988, but Hillard wasn't home. He called police after learning she wasn't at work. Hillard's car, a 1979 AMC Spirit sedan, was found the next day at an apartment complex at 12800 Dunlap, about a mile from her home. The car appeared to have been ransacked and her purse was missing. There was blood on the back and the side of the car.
Hillard's apartment was in good shape, and it appeared nothing had been taken from it. Some of her windows were open, but she often left them open. She had moved out of an apartment complex into the house just two months before she disappeared.
Police suspect foul play.
Agency Name: Houston Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 713-731-5877
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
Agency Name: Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 512-424-5074
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 034553488E & 034317588
NCIC Case Number: M299651503
Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse
Houston Chronicle 5/10/88
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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