Valerie Short

Valerie traveled from St. Augustine, FL to Tucson, AZ during the summer months of 1998 to visit her ex-husband and two daughters. Valerie's biological sister contacted the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office (FL) in June of 2024 indicating she never heard from or saw her sister again after her 1998 trip to Arizona. She originally reported Valerie as a missing person in St. Augustine (FL) in March of 1999, at which time Valerie was entered into NCIC; however, Valerie was removed from NCIC by law enforcement in 2002 for unknown reasons. Family told St. Johns County (FL) Detectives that she never received word that Valerie had been located by police and she assumed Valerie was still listed as missing all these years. Family claims that they spoke to Valeries's ex-husband in the mid-2000's at which time he claimed Valerie had returned to Florida. The ex-husband has since passed, and her family have not spoken to her since the late 1990's. Law Enforcement indices reveal Valerie ceased producing records in 1999. Tucson, AZ Police reported their last contact with Valerie occurred in September of 1999. Valerie may have also travelled to Albuquerque, NM.

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