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Pitcher, Dorothy May 23,1993; Arizona 47 YO
Topic Started: Aug 23 2006, 12:01 PM (421 Views)
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Dorothy Pitcher


Above: Dorothy, circa 1993


Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: May 23, 1993 from Sunizona, Arizona
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: September 24, 1945
Age: 47 years old
Height and Weight: 5'2 - 5'3, 145 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A white short outfit with a duck design.


Details of Disappearance

Dorothy attended church on the morning of May 23, 1993 and afterwards walked to The RV Park Store on the corner of Highway 666 (now called Highway 191) and Highway 181 in Sunizona, Arizona. She was accompanied by her daughter, Danielle Pitcher, at the time. Dorothy left five of her other children at home. Along their route they stopped at the residence of one of Dorothy's daughters and invited her to walk with them. She declined but invited them to dinner after they finished their errand.
Danielle and Dorothy arrived at the store to purchase cigarettes for Dorothy's husband. It has been established that the women also purchased ice cream cones and made a call from the store's pay phone before departing for their residence, which was located approximately three miles from The RV Park Store. They were last seen by friends who drove past the Pitchers on their route home. There may have been an old van with Colorado license plates nearby. Neither Danielle nor her mother have been seen again.

Search dogs picked up the Pitchers's scents at the store and approximately one and a half miles into their route home along the highway. The scent disappeared close to the road; a vehicle may have picked them up at that location. There was no other indication of Danielle and Dorothy's whereabouts. Foul play is suspected in their cases. Two possible suspects have been identified by law enforcement, but not publicly named. Dorothy's husband died in 1998 but her children continue to search for her and Danielle. The Pitchers's cases remain open and unsolved.



Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Cochise County Sheriff's Office
520-432-9500



Source Information
The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
Missing Pitchers
The National Center for Missing Adults
Missing Without a Trace



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Search Warrant Served In Cold Case

Published/Last Modified on Thursday, August 20, 2009 5:03 PM MDT



New evidence concering persons missing since 1993 was discovered on property in Elfrida today.On Monday August 17, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on a property in the area of North Moore Road in Elfrida in connection to a missing persons cold case from 1993. The original incident reported to the Sheriff’s Office on May 23, 1993 was that 47 year old Dorothy Pitcher and her 14 year old daughter Danielle Pitcher left their house on Ash Creek Road and Highway 181 at approximately 1:00 pm to walk to the A&M Market in Sunizona and never returned. The search of the immediate area was ongoing for several months with various leads being followed and the investigation remains open.



A Cold Case Investigator with the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office began a review of the case earlier this year and revisited old leads which led to new ones being generated. As a result of these leads, a search warrant was obtained and served on the property described above. As part of the warrant requirements a period of three days was allocated to conduct a search of the property, buildings, and excavation of the land. In order to most efficiently accomplish the excavation portion of the warrant, Dr. Bruce Anderson, Forensic Anthropologist and Professor Ben Sternberg, Geologic Engineering Department and Lab for Advanced Subsurface Imaging both of the University of Arizona were called to assist. With both University experts and approximately ten volunteer students, along with Cochise County Sheriff’s Deputies, Sheriff’s Detectives, Search and Rescue volunteers, and Sheriff’s Assist Team members, a search was conducted and covered a significant area.

As a result of this search warrant, items of evidence were located and the investigation continues to move forward with additional leads being followed.

The Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with any knowledge or information in this case to call 1-800-362-0812. All information will remain confidential.
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Cold case revisited: Dorothy and Danielle Pitcher
Posted: Sep 14, 2009 6:02 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 14, 2009 9:04 PM EDT

Cold case revisited: Dorothy and Danielle Pitcher

Dorothy and Danielle Pitcher went missing 16 years ago. Officials have picked up new leads in this cold case.
SUNIZONA, AZ (KOLD) - Authorites in Cochise County may be close to solving a missing-persons mystery more than a decade old.

May 23rd, 1993: Somewhere along Arizona Route 181 between Sunizona and Elfrida, many believe Dorothy and Danielle Pitcher took their last steps. The mother and daughter loved to walk: 47 year old Dorothy had 17 kids, so this was great exercise. And 14 year old Danielle usually got a treat whenever she joined her mom for the four mile hike to the market.

An abandoned building in Sunizona was the last known sighting for Dorothy and Danielle Pitcher. At the time, it was the A&M Market. They came here to buy ice cream and cigarettes around 2pm that day. The mother and daughter haven't been seen since.

"Every day is a struggle. Some days you can talk about it. Other days you cant even think about it--it just kills you that much quicker," says Dawn Pitcher, one of Dorothy's children talking to us from Western Massachusetts. She was 20 years old and living in Boston when her mother and sister vanished.

"I knew right away that foul play was the case," Dawn says. "I had to grow up very quickly. My father, he couldn't handle this--he really couldn't. And I believe my dad died 11 years ago, 11 and a half years ago--and I believe this did him in."

While Mr. John Pitcher was briefly identified as a suspect--he'd later pass a polygraph test confirming his innocence--police soon considered the possibility of abduction. As weeks turned to months and months turned to years, the possibilities only grew worse.

"It's really horrible if you think about it. If you sit down and think about it--it's horrible, it really is," says Elfrida resident Jim Healey. He lived just across the street from the Pitchers. For his own peace of mind, he doesn't like to dwell on those dark days back in 1993. But every so often, he can't help but think about what happened to his friends from across the street.

"Especially when you see an article in the paper. Everybody starts wondering, did this person do it, did this person do it, you know...you don't know."

Which brings us back to today.

Over the last few months, Cochise County investigators and scientists from the University of Arizona have been dredging up the past in search of answers. For investigative purposes, they can't tell us what they found on 19 acres of private property near Sunizona.

But using radio wave technology and subsurface imaging, they did tell us how they look for clues. Nature has a habit of leaving its own footprint, particularly in soil. When that footprint is altered in any way--their equipment (namely a Geophysical Survey System) is able to detect that.

"There is a distinctive thing that happens when any excavation is made--whether it's for a shallow grave or any other kind of excavation," says Professor Ben Sternberg, director of UA's Laboratory of Advanced Subsurface Imaging.

Again, at this point, investigators aren't saying what, specifically, was found on the property. But sources close to the case tell us some very big news is coming.

According to a search warrant obtained by KOLD News 13--the fate of Dorothy and Danielle Pitcher is outlined in graphic detail: an alleged confession, involving kidnapping, rape and murder.

Because the confession is coming from a third party, we are not saying the man's name at this point. But he is somebody authorities spoke to way back in 1993. And somebody they could be talking to again in the near future.

Says the Pitcher family's neighbor, Jim Healey, "If they find out who's responsible they need to pay for it. The family deserves that, they really do."

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