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Missing Norma Jean Halford 
Halford, approximately 1979; Vincent Groves, approximately 1996 Date reported missing : 08/24/1979 Missing location (approx) : Georgetown, Colorado Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 02/21/1958 (63) Age at the time of disappearance: 21 years old Height / Weight : 5'5, 105 pounds Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Blonde hair, hazel eyes. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Halford was last seen in Georgetown, Colorado on August 24, 1979, two days after her vehicle was found abandoned six and a half miles up Guanella Pass Road and tagged by the state patrol. She has never been heard from again. Halford lived with Vincent Darrell Groves at the time of her disappearance. A photo of him is posted with this case summary. Groves associated with pimps and prostitutes and provided them with cocaine. He was convicted of second-degree murder in the 1981 death of a 17-year-old girl and sentenced to twelve years in prison, but he was released in 1987. In 1990, he was convicted in two other women's murders and sentenced to life in prison. Groves died in 1996, at the Age at the time of disappearance: of 42. DNA testing conducted after his death tied him to several further deaths. Authorities believe he could have been responsible for as many as twenty-four murders between 1978 and 1989, most of them in the Denver area. Halford's was the only case tied to him where the body was never found. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance due to the circumstances involved. Other information and links : ncy Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office 303-569-3232 September 2021 updates and sources Colorado Bureau of Investigation The Doe Network 5280: The Denver Magazine The Rocky Mountain News Westword October 12, 2004. April 19, 2016; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated. |