Catherine E. Nelson
Phoenix, AZ
Catherine and and her fiance, Charles Russell (NamUs MP# 1098), have been missing from their residence under unusual circumstances. They were planning to drive to Tucson, AZ on Feb 2, 2002 to look at an advertised Ducati motorcycle. They have never been heard from again. Nelson and Russell were traveling in their newer model red Ford SVT Lightning F-150 pickup truck with Arizona license plates 274-HBF at the time of their disappearances. The truck was discovered abandoned in the parking lot of Santa Cruz Catholic Church in Tucson on February 7, 2002. Russell's checkbook was located inside the glove compartment. Foul play is suspected.
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