Missing
Debra Vanessa Townsel
Townsel, approximately 1980
Date reported missing : 07/01/1980
Missing location (approx) :
Deerfield, Florida
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 02/04/1959 (62)
Age at the time of disappearance: 21 years old
Height / Weight : 5'5, 130 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Townsel may use the alias name Denese Thompson.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Townsel was last seen in Deerfield, Florida on July 1, 1980. She has never been heard from again. She left behind a young son. Few details are available in her case.
Other information and links : ncy
Broward County Sheriff's Office
954-321-4735
954-493-8477
September 2021 updates and sources
Broward County Sheriff's Office
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Townsel Connection
October 12, 2004. September 21, 2016; picture added, Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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