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Helen Claire Frost
Born	(1952-10-17)October 17, 1952
Disappeared	October 13, 1970 (aged 17) Prince George, British Columbia
Status	Missing for 54 years, 6 months and 22 days
Other names	Lana Lunn, Debbie Soles
Occupation(s)	Table busser, berry picker, painter, labourer
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Parents	Dennis Roy Frost (father) Daphne Joan Frost (mother)

Helen Claire Frost went missing on October 13, 1970 after telling her sister that she was going for a walk and leaving her apartment in the 1600 block of Queensway in Prince George, British Columbia. She was not seen since. Frost went missing just four days short of her eighteenth birthday, had recently broke up with her boyfriend and had recently given up her first born child for adoption earlier in the year.

Background

Helen was born in Reigate, England to parents Dennis and Daphne on October 17, 1952. Helen's sister, Sandy, is fourteen months older than Helen. Dennis was a green beret in the British Commando Brigade during the Second World War and for a total of twelve years. He worked on the docks in London. Helen later moved to Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, in 1956 with her family. After moving, Helen's father worked for the city of Nanaimo as a sweeper operator. Helen's family was stable and her mother and father were married for 67 years, until Dennis passed away July 20, 2014. Sandy called her parents "good parents despite the head-strong actions of their two rebellious teenage girls."

Helen moved to Prince George in 1969, and Sandy joined her in November of that year. They shared an apartment together on the 1600 block of Queensway, with a woman named Darlene and Darlene's infant child. Helen was three months pregnant in November 1969. In the spring of 1970, Helen went to a home for unwed mothers in Kamloops. Helen had given birth to a daughter, Sandra (Michele) May 13, 1970 in Kamloops, British Columbia and went back to Prince George shortly after. Helen's baby was taken into government custody shortly after birth. Helen had unsuccessfully tried to regain custody of the baby in the summer of 1970. Sandy recalled that Helen came out of the social worker's office, "just bawling her eyes out, and we never talked about it again." Sometime between the birth and Helen's disappearance, Helen had broken up with her boyfriend, the father of Sandra (Michelle), Stefan Grumpner.

Helen worked a number of odd jobs while she was in Prince George, including a busser at the Hudson's Bay Company cafeteria and as a painter for a company that operated between Prince George and Prince Rupert painting gas stations.

Personality

Helen was considered be be introverted, preferring interactions with family and even then she tended to be private. After the birth of her child Helen never vocalized to her sister how she felt. She was also had spontaneous, adventurous side. In the summer of 1967, when Sandy was 15 and Helen was 14, they went to Abbotsford to work as berry pickers. The following summer they went to Penticton and spent most of their time hitchhiking and sleeping outside. They were often picked up by truckers who would buy them a meal and radio ahead for another pickup where their route ended and the sisters' trip continued. Helen was comfortable with the riskiness of hitchhiking and other activities. They never felt scared and as Sandy put it, "why walk when you can hitchhike?" Helen also was quite considerate of other people's needs and social harmony. She never complained about Darlene's baby crying. And even though Helen wanted to talk with Sandy on the night she disappeared, she was considerate to the fact that Sandy didn't want to go out and opted to go by herself.

Even though Helen was secure in her identity, she still worked to become a better version of herself. A normal part of development. Using aliases Lana Lunn and Debbie Soles.

From what is known publicly, Helen can be considered an ISFP personality type under the MBTI type model.

Relationship status

Helen was single at the time of her disappearance. Helen had given birth to a girl on May 13, 1970 in Kamloops and moved to Prince George shortly afterwards. Helen gave the baby up to social services. The father of the child was identified as Stefan Grumpner. Stefan left Helen shortly after the birth. It is not public knowledge when Stefan and Helen separated. The police had interviewed Stefan after Helen's disappearance and reported that they didn't find anything suspicious.

Identifying characteristics

Helen was a caucasian female with blue eyes and brown-blonde hair. She stood about 5 feet 5 inches and weighed about 100 to 125 lbs. Helen had a right eye that wouldn't open as much as her left eye and it was this way since birth. She had recently given birth in May of 1970.

Personal items at time of disappearance

Helen was wearing a three-quarter-length navy-blue nylon coat with a fur-trimmed hood and blue pants when she disappeared. Sandy reported that at the apartment Helen left behind money, clothes and identification.

Disappearance

Helen was last seen Tuesday October 13, 1970, on the 1600 block of Queensway, Prince George where she shared an apartment with her sister Sandy, a woman named Darlene and Darlene's infant child. Sandy reported that she came home at about 8 pm after coffee with a friend and met Helen. Helen asked Sandy if she wanted to go for a walk and Sandy didn't want to because it was too cold. So Helen said she would go out for a quick walk by herself, left at about 8:20 pm and never returned home.

Helen wasn't immediately reported missing because Sandy thought that she might be over at a friends place, but when she didn't return by Thursday October 15, two days later, Sandy reported her disappearance to the RCMP.

Investigation

Helen was reported missing by her sister Sandy on October 15, 1970. Sandy said that the RCMP took a missing person's report, but she got the impression that nothing was done. Sandy lamented that she was too young and inexperienced at the time to push for more action from the RCMP. There was a tip that Helen had hitchhiked from the Husky in Prince George; and the RCMP investigated this tip but couldn't substantiate it.

RCMP don't have a statute of limitations on serious cases. Helen's case is still active. There have been a number of officers assigned to the case since 1970, with the most recent one being in 2017 (file 1970 - 70118).

Search effort

Sandy and a friend did a private search for Helen. Sandy's friend had determined a truck driver saw Helen hitchhiking from the Husky in Prince George; but the RCMP were unable to verify this tip.

Sandy has been the main driving force behind the search for Helen and she has been assisted by some friends. In 2018, Helen's daughter (Sandra Jeannette Frost), now named Michele Johnson, reached out to Sandy after searching for her birth mother and discovering it was Helen. Michele and Sandy were re-united later on that year.

Awareness effort

The awareness effort for Helen's disappearance includes missing person's posters, news articles and a facebook page dedicated to her disappearance. Sandy pushed to get Helen's name added to E-Pana list of victims in the hopes of raising more awareness for Helen's disappearance, but the RCMP declined this request citing that the case didn't meet the criteria for inclusion--which is in contradiction to the actual reported criteria for inclusion. Although there are many cases that do meet what the RCMP actually reports as the criteria for inclusion, including Helen's, there have been no more victims added to the E-Pana list since it reached a total of 18 in 2007.

Sandy reported in a 2009 article that her father told her "I really hope I know what happened before I die." He died on July 20, 2014 not knowing what happened.

Theories

At least four different main theories exist as to how Helen Claire Frost disappeared; accident, runaway, suicide and foul play.

Accident

There is no evidence that she did or didn't have an accident that caused her to lose contact with her friends and relatives. No remains were ever found and identified as Helen's, no sign of an accident has ever been indicated to the public, nor is it public knowledge that any witnesses have come forward to report an accident. There is no public evidence indicating that she ever had an accident.

Runaway

Helen was known to have run away in the past. However, Sandy said that there were indications that this time was different because Helen had left behind money, clothes and identification at the apartment which they shared.

Suicide

Helen was going through a number of difficult challenges around the time that she went missing, including giving up a child, breakup with her boyfriend and a busy apartment with three roommates, including an infant child. It might be understandable that she was under a lot of stress. However, Sandy stated publicly that there was no evidence that Sandy took her own life. There was no suicide note left behind.

Foul play

Stonington Jane Doe

Stonington Jane Doe was a woman whose remains were found in a shallow grave, wrapped in a blanket, May 30, 1974. The remains were found in a wooded area behind a house on Shewville Road in the town of Ledyard, Connecticut. The remains were completely skeletonized by the time that she was found. The composite sketch based upon her remains, in addition to some of her estimated body characteristics, bore a resemblance to Frost. Doe was described as being in her early twenties with red hair; Frost was 17 with brown-blonde hair. Doe was about five foot one and between 110 and 115 pounds; Frost was five foot six and between 100 and 125 pounds. It was estimated that Jane Doe died along side the man she was last seen with, who was considered to be her boyfriend, Gustavous Lee Carmichael, on December 31, 1970. Frost disappeared October 13, 1970, making December 31, 1970 a plausible timeline for her death if Frost is Jane Doe.

Jane Doe's dental records included no maxilla due to gun shot. #30 has two separate occlusal amalgams. #17 is mesially inclined. Frost's dental records are not public knowledge.

Jane Doe went by the alias Lorraine Stahl. It was determined that Jane Doe was murdered and her remains were buried nearby Carmichael's. Richard DeFreitas and Donald Brant were convicted of the murders. The reason why they killed the two was because they were concerned that the unidentified woman (Lorraine Stahl) would divulge details of the illegal activities of Carmichael’s, who was a bank robber.

Jane Doe was known to have made phone calls in the months leading up to her death. All the known calls were to states on the eastern seaboard.

Jane Doe's remains were found with a number of items, none of which were the items that Frost was last seen with. Jane Doe's items included a ring with an almond-shaped design with the stylized inscription JHSN and 1917. The almond-shaped design bears some resemblance to the modern alumni ring for Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, which also has an almond-shaped design. Other items associated to Doe included a Lady Clairol hair roller set, a tan leather "wet look" vest, gold/tan sweater, brown tweed skirt, brown granny boots that go to the knees, and a yellow rain coat.

Jane Doe also was known to drive a 1964 green Oldsmobile with either Massachusetts or Maine plates. The vehicle was found dumped in Hartford, Connecticut with a Maine inspection sticker.

It is not public knowledge whether Frost has been ruled out as Stonington Jane Doe by the RCMP.

Friends or associates

After Helen left her apartment in Prince George, it is not public knowledge who she met with or whether she met with a friend or associate. Sandy thought that Helen may have been at a friend's house but called RCMP to report Helen missing after determining that Helen wasn't at a friend's house. RCMP questioned her ex-boyfriend, Stefan Grumpner, and reported that they didn't find anything suspicious with him. It is not public knowledge what all the names were of associates and friends who were questioned.

Stranger

It is not public knowledge whether Helen met with a stranger or not after she left her apartment. Though Sandy and a friend did some searching and determined a tip indicating that Helen hitchhiked with a trucker, the RCMP were not able to confirm this tip. No other information is known about Helen meeting a stranger.

Highway of Tears

Chronologically, Helen is the first woman to have gone missing on the Highway of Tears. To raise awareness, Helen's family wanted Helen to be added to the RCMP E-Pana list of victims. E-Pana should not be considered Highway of Tears because it is largely composed of women who went missing or whose remains were found away from the Highway of Tears. There would not be another missing or murdered woman's case along the Highway of Tears until Ginny Sampare in 1971 and then Monica Ignas in 1974. Sampare went missing from Gitsegukla and Ignas from Thornhill, British Columbia, where her remains were found.

See also

• List of people who disappeared
• Highway of Tears

External links

Missing - Helen Claire Frost Facebook Group