The Disappearance of Donna Marie Larrabee, November 1976

Donna Larrabee is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. She is not missing from, nor was her primary residence on, tribal land. According to her nephew, Randall Larrabee, Donna was born on June 7, 1960. At the time of writing, she would be 65 years old.

Donna Larrabee. Photo from NamUs.

Donna, 16, was living in Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota with her mother and other family members. On Wednesday, November 17, 1976, she left home to take a Greyhound bus to Sacramento, CA to visit her father. However, it is unknown if she ever arrived. She has never been seen or heard from again. According to Doe Network, "the bus route traveled through South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California."

Donna is an Indigenous female with black hair and brown eyes. At the time of her disappearance she was 16 years old, 5'6, and 120 lbs. She wears glasses. It is unknown what clothing she was wearing when she disappeared.

Few details are available in Donna's case. She is classified as Endangered Missing on the Doe Network and the Charley Project. Her case is being investigated by the Rapid City PD. Her DNA is available for comparison, though it is unknown if her dentals or fingerprints are. She has only one UID rule-out on NamUs, Newport News (VA) Jane Doe 2014.

Donna's NamUs page, #MP40010, was created on September 28, 2017 and last updated October 12, 2023. Based on the agency case number (see below) — the first two digits of which usually indicate the reporting year — it seems that Donna was not reported missing until 2017. It should be noted, however, that it is possible that a missing persons report had been filed at the time of her disappearance, but it had been lost or destroyed in the years since, and so a new report was made in 2017. 

Anyone with information regarding Donna or her disappearance is urged to please contact Detective Wayne Keefe, who handles the Rapid City PD's cold cases, at (605) 394-4131. The agency case number is 17-211020.

Sources

NamUs 

Charley Project

Doe Network 

Justice for Native People 

WebSleuths

FindAGrave   [Note: I am the creator and manager of her FindAGrave memorial]

Note: While this write-up was originally published on June 26, 2025, I regularly revisit cases, fix any typos or formatting errors, check for updates, hyperlink new posts, ensure that I have exhausted all sources, etc. When edits are extensive, I re-post the write-up. This post was last updated on October 1, 2025.