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Missing Donna Ann Lass 
Lass, approximately 1970 Date reported missing : 09/06/1970 Missing location (approx) : South Lake Tahoe, California Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 11/03/1944 (76) Age at the time of disappearance: 25 years old Height / Weight : 5'4, 135 pounds Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Lass was last seen in South Lake Tahoe, California on September 6, 1970. She worked as a registered nurse at the first aid station at the Sahara Hotel-Casino and her last logbook entry was timed at 1:50 a.m. Her car was found parked near her apartment in Stateline, Nevada, but nobody saw her leave the casino. She has never been heard from again. All of her personal belongings were left behind at her home, except her purse and the clothes she was wearing the night she vanished. The day after Lass's disappearance, an unidentified male called her place of employment and her landlord to say she would be absent due to a family emergency. Lass was not actually having a family emergency at the time. The caller has never been identified. A postcard purportedly from the serial killer nicknamed the Zodiac implied that he had killed Lass. The Zodiac sent many written messAge at the time of disappearance: s to newspapers and police claiming responsibility for disappearances and murders, but Lass's abduction does not fit his profile and the postcard was later found to have been forged by a police investigator. The Zodiac has never been identified. He is still considered a possible suspect in the disappearances of Robin Graham and Jeannette Kamahele, however. Lass's case remains unsolved. She is missing under suspicious circumstances. Other information and links : ncy South Lake Tahoe Police Department 530-542-6110 September 2021 updates and sources California Attorney General's Office The Zodiac Killer Enter the World of the Zodiac Killer The Doe Network The San Diego Union Tribune Unsolved in the News South Lake Tahoe Now |