MUS-2026-0545
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MUS-2026-0545
Homicide
- Incident
- 2009
- Indexed
- Oct 29, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Midland County Sheriff's Department and Texas Rangers
- Location
- Midland TX
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.
Pamela McDonald, 39, a mother of three in Midland, Texas, told her family at 1 a.m. on April 2, 2009 that she was going out for one last drive before her car was repossessed. The locked car was found at a rest area near Monahans with no keys and no mechanical problems. Her skeletal remains were found in Upton County in January 2012 and identified through forensic anthropology. The Texas Rangers list her homicide as unsolved, and no arrests are reported in the sources indexed. Anyone discussed in coverage is presumed innocent unless charged and convicted.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2009
On April 2, 2009, at about 1:00 a.m., McDonald is last seen; she told family she was going for a drive, and she is reported missing that day.
- 2009
On April 4, 2009, her silver Lincoln Town Car had been at the Ward County rest area near Monahans since this date, per the Texas Rangers.
- 2012
In January 2012, skeletal remains found at an oilfield location in Upton County are identified as McDonald through forensic anthropology.
Key people
The people in the file.
39, mother of three. Last seen April 2, 2009 in Midland, Texas.
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Investigating agency
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