07/01/84: Harry Milligan, 21, Albia, IA

Harry Milligan
MISSING from Albia, IA
Since 7/1/84

Harry Milligan is still missing.

Harry Milligan, a 21-year old Marine Corps Reservist, disappeared under suspicious circumstances on July 1, 1984 in Albia, Iowa. He was last seen between 3 and 3:30 a.m. on July 1 traveling north on Main Street after a night out with friends. He was believed to be en route to his family’s home in Avery but never showed. Milligan owned and was driving a maroon 1977 two-door Pontiac Grand Prix, which had current 1984 Iowa license tags with plate number EIJ-244. His vehicle has not been located. Milligan’s father, Leonard Milligan, said in a Jan. 8, 1985 Monroe County News article that some rumors had been checked out, but nothing definite had shown up to indicate Harry’s whereabouts.

“Losing our daughter (she died the month after Harry disappeared) hurt, but we know where she is and we can’t bring her back. We’ve done all we can do to locate Harry and now we just sit back and wait. We don’t know what else to do. I don’t know what I’d do if I wasn’t working.”

Harry is described as a 6-foot-1 white male with brown hair, blue eyes, and weighing about 160 pounds. When last seen, he was wearing a blue plaid, short-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

The Iowa Department of Public Safety has categorized his disappearance as "involuntary," meaning that he did not intentionally disappear on his own In December of 2020, the Monroe County Sheriff's Department reopened Harry's case as a Criminal Investigation.
If you have information regarding the disappearance of this individual, please contact the Monroe County Sheriff's Office 515-932-7815 or the Iowa Missing Persons' Clearinghouse/Division of Criminal Investigation at 800-346-5507.



Case Details

Name/age: Harry Dennis Milligan, 21
Last seen: 07/1/84
Missing from: Albia, IA (Monroe County)
Physical Description: 6'0," 160 lbs., brown hair, blue eyes
Investigating Agency: Monroe County Sheriff's Office 515-932-7815 or Iowa Missing Persons' Clearinghouse at 800-346-5507.
NCIC Number: M-126380624

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Sources

Iowa Cold Cases, https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/harry-milligan/. Accessed July 1, 2010 and June 7, 2019.


Published: July 1, 2010.   Last updated: July 7, 2019.