# Bayerl, DonnaMae Bourgeois

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-missing-since-09%2F08%2F" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 1px; border-style: none;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>[![_Dona Mae Bourgeois Bayerl.jpg](https://www.wismissing.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-10/scaled-1680-/MKIv3tb9Bpt6fzEg-dona-mae-bourgeois-bayerl.jpg)](https://www.wismissing.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-10/MKIv3tb9Bpt6fzEg-dona-mae-bourgeois-bayerl.jpg)</td><td>Date Missing: May 6, 1979

From: Muskego, Waukesha County

Date of Birth: June 22, 1940  
Age: 38 years old  
Race: White  
Gender: Female  
Height: 5'6"  
Weight: 130-150 lbbs  
Hair Color: Brown  
Eye Color: Brown

25 exclusions

Case Holder: Muskego Police Department

[(262) 679-4130](tel:(262)%20679-4130)

<span class="data-label">Agency Case Number </span>79270

**Dentals**: <span data-xtr="dental">Unknown</span>  
**Fingerprints**: <span data-xtr="fingerprints">Unknown</span>  
**DNA**: <span data-xtr="dna">Unknown</span>

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<table border="1" id="bkmrk-details-of-disappear" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>#### <span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">Details of Disappearance</span>

Bayerl was last seen at her home on [W133 S6582 Fennimore Lane in Muskego](https://maps.app.goo.gl/vjTDnPMbzgtB8sm46) on May 6, 1979. According to her husband she left the home after a quarrel, and drove off in the family car. The car was returned that night. When the children woke up the next morning, Dona was gone.

</td><td>#### <span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">More Information</span>

[NaMus](https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/19994?nav)

[Photo age progression](https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/waukesha/crime/2017/10/24/38-year-cold-case-has-muskego-police-making-another-try-muskego-police-use-fbi-photo-technology-revi/795170001/)

[Charley Project](https://charleyproject.org/case/donamae-bourgeois-bayerl)

[Doe Network](https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2148dfwi.html)

[Podcast](https://www.thevanishedpodcast.com/episodes/2018/5/18/episode-124-dona-mae-bayerl-part-1-lost-in-the-night)

[Websleuths thread](https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wi-donamae-bourgeois-bayerl-38-muskego-6-may-1979-arrest-in-2019.343561/page-4#post-19117780)

#### <span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">Legal Issues</span>

<div>[Case against husband](https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2019CF000244&countyNo=67&mode=details)</div><div>[Conviction](https://www.weau.com/content/news/Jury-convicts-man-in-death-of-missing-Wisconsin-wife-511885272.html)</div></td></tr></tbody></table>