Joan Gay Croft Unsolved Mysteri
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- THE TWISTED DISAPPEARANCE OF JOAN GAY CROFTAN OKLAHOMA CHILD ABDUCTED PLA SIGHT FOLLOWG ONE OF THE ADLIT TORNADOS US HISTORYHEATHER MONROE·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·9 M READ·OCT 22, 2020--1SHAREJOAN GAY CROFT, EASTER OF 1947, COURTY OF NAMUSA PERFECT STORMON APRIL 9, 1947, AN F5 TORNADO SWEPT ACROSS THE NORTH AMERIN PLAS. THE TWISTER KILLED HUNDREDS, JURED HUNDREDS MORE, AND LEVELED THE SMALL TOWN OF WOODWARD, OKLAHOMA. 185 LIV WERE LOST THE STORM. IN THE ENSUG PANMONIUM, SURVIVG MEMBERS OF THE CROFT FAY WOULD BE LEFT TO WONR WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR YOUNGT MEMBER, 4-YEAR-OLD JOAN GAYE CROFT.THE TWISTER STRETCHED NEARLY TWO ACROSS AND TOUCHED DOWN AT 8:43 PM. WDSPEEDS SI THE TORNADO FLUCTUATED AN CREDIBLE 220 TO 440 PER HOUR. IT TOOK ONLY FIVE MUT TO STROY EVERYTHG S WAY, CLUDG THE CROFT FAY HOME.JOAN GAY CROFT WAS AT HOME WH HER PARENTS AND HER SISTER, GERI, WHEN THE TWISTER OBLERATED THEIR HOE. HER MOTHER, 26-YEAR-OLD CLETA MAE CROFT, TYPILLY WORKED AS A TELEPHONE OPERATOR THE EVENG. HOWEVER, THE NATNAL FERATN OF TELEPHONE WORKERS WAS ON THE THIRD DAY OF A STRIKE THAT EFFECTIVELY DISNNECTED TELEPHONE ACCS TO THE ENTIRE TOWN. FOR THIS REASON, CY OFFICIALS DIDN’T RECEIVE ADVANCE WARNG OF THE DISASTER ABOUT TO HAPPEN; THEY ULDN’T WARN RINTS TO TAKE SHELTER.THE RUBBLE
- JOAN GAY CROFT
- MISSG: THE KIDNAPPG OF JOAN GAY CROFT
- THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOAN GAY CROFT
- THE TRAIL WENT COLD – EPISO 148 – JOAN GAY CROFT
- 2557DFOK - JOAN GAY CROFT
THE TWISTED DISAPPEARANCE OF JOAN GAY CROFTAN OKLAHOMA CHILD ABDUCTED PLA SIGHT FOLLOWG ONE OF THE ADLIT TORNADOS US HISTORYHEATHER MONROE·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·9 M READ·OCT 22, 2020--1SHAREJOAN GAY CROFT, EASTER OF 1947, COURTY OF NAMUSA PERFECT STORMON APRIL 9, 1947, AN F5 TORNADO SWEPT ACROSS THE NORTH AMERIN PLAS. THE TWISTER KILLED HUNDREDS, JURED HUNDREDS MORE, AND LEVELED THE SMALL TOWN OF WOODWARD, OKLAHOMA. 185 LIV WERE LOST THE STORM. IN THE ENSUG PANMONIUM, SURVIVG MEMBERS OF THE CROFT FAY WOULD BE LEFT TO WONR WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR YOUNGT MEMBER, 4-YEAR-OLD JOAN GAYE CROFT.THE TWISTER STRETCHED NEARLY TWO ACROSS AND TOUCHED DOWN AT 8:43 PM. WDSPEEDS SI THE TORNADO FLUCTUATED AN CREDIBLE 220 TO 440 PER HOUR. IT TOOK ONLY FIVE MUT TO STROY EVERYTHG S WAY, CLUDG THE CROFT FAY HOME.JOAN GAY CROFT WAS AT HOME WH HER PARENTS AND HER SISTER, GERI, WHEN THE TWISTER OBLERATED THEIR HOE. HER MOTHER, 26-YEAR-OLD CLETA MAE CROFT, TYPILLY WORKED AS A TELEPHONE OPERATOR THE EVENG. HOWEVER, THE NATNAL FERATN OF TELEPHONE WORKERS WAS ON THE THIRD DAY OF A STRIKE THAT EFFECTIVELY DISNNECTED TELEPHONE ACCS TO THE ENTIRE TOWN. FOR THIS REASON, CY OFFICIALS DIDN’T RECEIVE ADVANCE WARNG OF THE DISASTER ABOUT TO HAPPEN; THEY ULDN’T WARN RINTS TO TAKE SHELTER.THE RUBBLE
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... * joan gay croft *
An Oklahoma child abducted pla sight followg one of the adlit tornados US historyJoan Gay Croft, Easter of 1947, Courty of NAMUSA Perfect StormOn April 9, 1947, an F5 tornado swept across the North Amerin plas.
In the ensug panmonium, survivg members of the Croft fay would be left to wonr what happened to their youngt member, 4-year-old Joan Gaye twister stretched nearly two across and touched down at 8:43 PM.
JOAN GAY CROFT
The disappearance of 4 year old, Joan Gay Craft, after the adly F5 tornado that stck Woodward, still leav vtigators baffled today. * joan gay croft *
It took only five mut to stroy everythg s way, cludg the Croft fay Gay Croft was at home wh her parents and her sister, Geri, when the twister oblerated their hoe.
MISSG: THE KIDNAPPG OF JOAN GAY CROFT
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Schaad, Natnal Weather Service, Fair UseWhen the tornado waned, a neighbor bed through the bble that ed to be the Croft home and found Joan Gay and her sister. LEEDid a 69-year-old Oklahoma Cy woman born Joan Gay Croft watch the TV reports on Saturday night's Woodward tornado and rell that cy's prev vastatg tornado of April 9, 1947? It's possible sce a 4-year-old Joan Gay Croft survived that 1947 twister that killed 185 Woodward rints and molished a vast majory of the twister had h the Croft home, killg Joan Gay's mother, Cleta, a telephone operator.
Joan Gay and her 8-year-old sister, Geri, were taken to the small Woodward Hospal where a pencil-size woon splter was removed om Joan Gay's leg. The two were assigned to ts the hospal's basement, which was beg ed as a sleepg night after the storm, as Geri reported later, two men drsed khaki work cloth me to the basement and rried Joan Gay away, never to be seen agaAs news edor of the Woodward County Journal, 1957-67, I wrote April 9 anniversary stori about Joan Gay's disappearance. Often, women would ntact Joan Gay's relativ, claimg to be Joan Gay.
But none turned out to be the real Joan Gay. A May 22, 1993, episo of TV's “Unsolved Mysteri” about Joan Gay generated lots of rponse … but still no Joan movg to Enid and then to Oklahoma Cy to jo The Oklahoman staff, I ocsnally would redo the April 12, 1999, I received this email:“Mr. Lee“I know that you have wrten many articl about the 1947 Woodward tornado and about the missg Joan Gaye Croft.
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOAN GAY CROFT
“How would you like to wre an article about what really happened to Joan Gay and where she has been this past 54 years? “If you want more rmatn, please ntact Joan Gay at (email addrs)“Ms Joan Gaye Croft”The puter gus at The Oklahoman told me that 1999 technology uld not trace the email addrs.
“Yours, Joan Gaye Croft”I quickly rpond, sayg, “Sure, I'd like to know more about Joan Gay.
THE TRAIL WENT COLD – EPISO 148 – JOAN GAY CROFT
I retired, and durg tornado season often thk of Joan Gay a 69-year-old woman born Joan Gay Croft often rell the Woodward tornado of April 9, 1947? Joan Gay Croft was a 4 year old girl who was abducted durg the aftermath of a tornado 1947.
Retouched photo of Joan Gay. Real Name: Joan Gay Croft. She spoke wh a d lisp and pronounced her name “Jogay.
2557DFOK - JOAN GAY CROFT
Details: Four-year-old Joan Gay Croft disappeared om Woodward, Oklahoma, on Wednday, April 9, 1947. Years have passed sce the disaster, but credibly, one survivor – Joan Gay – remas unacunted for today. Joan Gay grew up one of Woodward’s most proment fai.
He was able to provi a fortable life for the fay: his twenty-six-year-old wife, Cleta, a telephone operator; her eight-year-old dghter om a prev marriage, Geralde “Jerry”; and, of urse, Joan Gay. Joan Gay’s great-nt, Ruth Bohn, scrib her as “perfect” and says she was the prettit ltle girl she had ever seen.