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Wilbur, Flossie Aug. 24, 1985; Angelica NY 75 YO
Topic Started: Mar 25 2010, 08:09 PM (407 Views)
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http://www.wellsvilledaily.com/news/x18381...ar-of-groceries

Flossie Wilbur vanished while emptying her car of groceries
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By By Kathryn Ross/Daily Reporter
Currently unoccupied, this is the house at 96 W. Main St. in Angelica which was occupied by Flossie Wilbur at the time of her disappearance, Aug. 24, 1985.
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ANGELICA -

According to police reports at the time of the initial investigation, items in the grocery bags left in Flossie Wilbur’s car parked in her driveway at 96 W. Main St., Angelica were spoiling when an Angelica officer investigated on Aug. 31, 1989.

Police were alerted to the disappearance after a clerk from a local grocery store reported that Wilbur, 75, had not picked up her newspaper in seven days. Police Chief James Fleming dispatched an officer who found the back door of the house unlocked and Wilbur’s car in the driveway, but no evidence of a struggle or of Wilbur.

Determining that Wilbur had not been seen since Aug. 24 at an auction, village police continued to check the house and area throughout the weekend. They handed over the case to the state police on Sunday night, Sept. 1.

With the state police involvement an intensive search of Angelica, the fairgrounds and fields beyond, involving state troopers, the state police bureau of criminal investigation, the K-9 patrol volunteers and the Angelica Fire Department ensued with no results.

At the time no evidence of foul play was found.

Described as 5 feet, 10 inches, weighing about 170 pounds with grayish-black hair, glasses and walking with a limp, Wilbur was well-known in the Angelica area but had no close friends. Fleming described her as, “a hardy woman who often hiked .....She was a woman who kept to herself and who didn’t try to get to know anyone ... She was a strong woman, quite capable of taking care of herself.”

Recalling the incident, David Haggstrom, longtime editor of the Angelica Booster News said, “People were scared for themselves. Everything from space alien abduction to spontaneous human combustion were rumored around town. Everyone was caught up in the story and the unsolved mystery.”

Haggstrom also recalled that Wilbur was a character who kept to herself and liked to go hiking.

“When you can’t find somebody, it could be a lot of things,” Fleming said at the time, adding, “The investigation will continue until it is determined one way or the other.”

Nearly 25 years later, the investigation is still open, according to Brown and Dubrinski.

“We last updated this case in December 2009,” Brown said, “We don’t get any reason for her wandering away, and there is no reason to consider foul play. There is no motive for it. There has just been no trace of her since 1985.

Today Flossie Wilbur would be almost 100 years old.

As with any open case, the state police welcome any leads or any information which might pertain to the case. If anyone has any information regarding te case of Flossie Wilbur, contact Dubrinski at (585) 268-7085.
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