# Bayerl, DonnaMae Bourgeois
[](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 Agency Case Number 79270 Parents: Ernest Bougeois & Marie Cote |
#### 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. She was reported as missing by her husband on May 9, 1979. Police believe she did not leave of her own free will. Police found blood in the garage, determined to be Dona Bayerl's. Dona was declared legally dead in 1986. In June 2019, John Bayerl was found guilty of first degree murder of DonaMae. On August 30, 2019, John Bayerl was sentenced to life in prison for her murder. Her body has not been recovered. | #### 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](https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wi-donamae-bourgeois-bayerl-38-muskego-6-may-1979-arrest-in-2019.343561/)
#### 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) |