Nadine had called the family home to talk to her daughter and when she asked for her daughter, she claimed she was hung up on. Nadine then called the Cedar Rapids Police Department, asking for a welfare check.ĭenise's family didn't come to Iowa, though.
However, her family had no idea she was missing. Denise was actually reported missing by her mother Nadine on October 18, 1982. According to a Gazette article from 1992 posted by Iowa Cold Cases, David Fraley, who Denise had married seven years earlier, never reported her missing.
