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Dolores Wulff
MISSING PERSON
Source :
The Charley Project
The Spokesman Review
The Charley Project
The Spokesman Review
Description at Time of Disappearance:
Date Missing: July 31, 1979 from Woodland, Yolo County, California
Date of Birth: November 4, 1933
Age at Disappearance: 45
Height : 5'6
Weight: 135 lbs.
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Race/Sex: White/Portuguese, Female
Details:
Dolores was last seen during on July 31, 1979 at her residence in Woodland, California. Her son says he saw her at 9:30 p.m. sitting in the family room, wearing a nightgown. Her husband, Carl L. Wulff Sr., stated she left in the middle of the night while he was asleep. She has never been heard from again.
Authorities do not believe Dolores left of her own accord. Her marriage was troubled in 1979 and the couple was in counseling. Dolores told her family members Carl was drinking heavily and had threatened to kill her. Carl is the prime suspect in her disappearance. Carl refused to take a polygraph about her disappearance and, within days of her going missing, he began removing her belongings from the house.
The Wulffs' two younger children were cared for by Dolores's brother, Mathew Rocha, after she disappeared. They were at Rocha's house on the night Dolores went missing. The Wulffs' two older children were adults living in their own homes by 1979. Rocha sued Carl for Dolores's wrongful death on the behalf of her youngest child. The suit was dropped in 1985, after Carl was charged with his wife's murder. Carl never went to trial. A judge dismissed the murder charge later in 1985, saying authorities had violated Carl's right to a speedy trial and there was insufficient evidence to prove murder. He died in 2005, having always maintained his innocence in Dolores's case. He said he did not believe his wife was even dead, and suggested she had run away to start life anew under a different identity.
At the time of her disappearance, Dolores was employed as a secretary for Woodland High School. Her case remains unsolved, but foul play is suspected due to the circumstances involved.
Agency Contact:
Yolo County Sheriff's Department
(530)668-5212, (530) 666-8282
Case # 79-4780
Date Missing: July 31, 1979 from Woodland, Yolo County, California
Date of Birth: November 4, 1933
Age at Disappearance: 45
Height : 5'6
Weight: 135 lbs.
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Race/Sex: White/Portuguese, Female
Details:
Dolores was last seen during on July 31, 1979 at her residence in Woodland, California. Her son says he saw her at 9:30 p.m. sitting in the family room, wearing a nightgown. Her husband, Carl L. Wulff Sr., stated she left in the middle of the night while he was asleep. She has never been heard from again.
Authorities do not believe Dolores left of her own accord. Her marriage was troubled in 1979 and the couple was in counseling. Dolores told her family members Carl was drinking heavily and had threatened to kill her. Carl is the prime suspect in her disappearance. Carl refused to take a polygraph about her disappearance and, within days of her going missing, he began removing her belongings from the house.
The Wulffs' two younger children were cared for by Dolores's brother, Mathew Rocha, after she disappeared. They were at Rocha's house on the night Dolores went missing. The Wulffs' two older children were adults living in their own homes by 1979. Rocha sued Carl for Dolores's wrongful death on the behalf of her youngest child. The suit was dropped in 1985, after Carl was charged with his wife's murder. Carl never went to trial. A judge dismissed the murder charge later in 1985, saying authorities had violated Carl's right to a speedy trial and there was insufficient evidence to prove murder. He died in 2005, having always maintained his innocence in Dolores's case. He said he did not believe his wife was even dead, and suggested she had run away to start life anew under a different identity.
At the time of her disappearance, Dolores was employed as a secretary for Woodland High School. Her case remains unsolved, but foul play is suspected due to the circumstances involved.
Agency Contact:
Yolo County Sheriff's Department
(530)668-5212, (530) 666-8282
Case # 79-4780