# Bayerl, DonnaMae Bourgeois
[![_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)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) Agency Case Number 79270 **Dentals**: Unknown **Fingerprints**: Unknown **DNA**: Unknown
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#### Details of Disappearance 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. #### More Information [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) #### Legal Issues
[Case against husband](https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2019CF000244&countyNo=67&mode=details)
[Conviction](https://www.weau.com/content/news/Jury-convicts-man-in-death-of-missing-Wisconsin-wife-511885272.html)