MUS-2026-0080
Archive card
MUS-2026-0080
Missing person
- Incident
- 2004
- Indexed
- Oct 4, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Indianapolis Police Department
- Location
- Indianapolis IN
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Molly Dattilo, 23, an IUPUI student, vanished from Indianapolis on July 6, 2004, after a final disconnected pay-phone call from a west-side gas station. She left her phone, ID, and car behind. Investigators began treating it as a homicide in 2008. No criminal charges were ever filed, and she was legally declared dead in 2017. She is still listed on FBI ViCAP.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2004
Molly Dattilo, 23, vanishes from Indianapolis after a final disconnected pay-phone call.
- 2008
Investigators begin treating her disappearance as a homicide.
- 2017
She is legally declared dead. No criminal charges were ever filed.
Key people
The people in the file.
23, an IUPUI student of Indianapolis. Vanished July 6, 2004 after a final disconnected pay-phone call from a west-side gas station.
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