MUS-2026-312
Archive card
MUS-2026-312
Missing person
- Incident
- 2005
- Indexed
- Oct 17, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- See coverage below
- Location
- Middletown CA
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.
Starr Maurie Hill left her home on Western Mine Road in Middletown, California, in the early afternoon of May 18, 2005, after an argument with her husband Curtis Hill. Her daughter last spoke to her on May 16, 2005, and reported her missing on May 21, 2005. Her husband has been described as a person of interest but has not been charged or named as a suspect. In October 2005, a vineyard worker in Lower Lake found her cellular phone in brush alongside Highway 29. Forensic testing uncovered no clues.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- May 16, 2005
Starr's daughter last spoke to her and said nothing seemed amiss.
- May 18, 2005
Starr was last seen leaving her home on Western Mine Road in the early afternoon after an argument with husband Curtis Hill.
- May 21, 2005
Starr was reported missing by her daughter.
- October 2005
A vineyard worker in Lower Lake found her cellular phone in brush alongside Highway 29. Forensic testing uncovered no clues.
Key people
The people in the file.
Left her home on Western Mine Road in Middletown on May 18, 2005, after an argument with her husband Curtis Hill. Reported missing by her daughter on May 21, 2005.
No investigating agency is named in the sources found.
Investigating agency
Where tips go.
No single investigating agency is named in the public reporting we indexed. Start with the coverage links below; if you know something, contact law enforcement in the jurisdiction where it happened.
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