Real Name: Joan Gay Croft Nicknam: No known nicknam Lotn: Woodward, Oklahoma Date: April 9, 1947 Occupatn: None Date of Birth: October 28, 1942 Height: 3'5" Weight: 42 lbs. Maral Stat: Sgle Characteristics: Whe female wh shoulr-length, strawberry-blond hair and blue ey...
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MISSG: THE KIDNAPPG OF JOAN GAY CROFT
One of those sent to the hospal was 4 year-old Joan Gay Croft. Last known photo of Joan Gay Croft, taken Easter of 1947.
Perhaps the strangt twist me 1999, when Robert Lee, a reporter who at the time worked for The Oklahoman, received an email om a woman claimg to be Joan Gay Croft.
JOAN GAY CROFT
In the 70 years sce Joan Gay Croft disappeared many theori have spng up as to her ultimate fate. Regardls of her fate, people ntue to hold onto hope that one day Joan Gay Croft will fally e back home. One of the victims was Cleta Croft, who lived Woodward wh her hband, Ol Croft, their four-year old dghter, Joan Gay, and Joan Gay’s olr sister, Geri, who was Cleta’s dghter om a prev marriage.
Geri received some bis while Joan Gay’s left lf was pierced by a pencil-sized splter of wood, which went right through her leg.
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The followg morng, the girls’ nt, Ruth Croft, went to see them at the hospal, but was surprised to disver that Joan Gay was no longer there. Geri claimed that sometime durg the night, two men drsed what was scribed as ary-type khaki clothg me down to the basement and specifilly asked for Joan Gay. When they picked her up, Joan Gay objected bee she did not want to leave her sister, but one of the men assured her that they would return for Geri later on.
When a nurse nonted the men, they told her they were takg Joan Gay to another hospal to see her fay and were allowed to leave. A number of lls were ma to other hospals the surroundg area, but there was no succs at lotg Joan Gay. It turned out there were three victims om the tornado who uld not be intified and they all happened to be young girls: one of them was approximately 12 years old, the send was a small fant, but the third victim was a blon girl who appeared to be around 3-4 years old and had a remblance to Joan Gay.
The town’s mortician asked Ruth Croft to e down to the funeral home to look at the ceased child and brg some of Joan Gay’s clothg. When Ruth saw the victim, she was certa was not Joan Gay and the mortician nfirmed that Joan Gay’s cloth were too big for her.