Barbara Lea Barnett: The Mariposa Record
A database field and dated reporting identify different contact dates.
Abstract
NamUs MP119383 lists March 22, 2024 contact in Mariposa, California, and an age of 60 at disappearance.1
Contact and Reporting
The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Department entry gives case MG2400297 and a March 29, 2024 report date.1
An April 1, 2024 Sierra Sun Times report instead describes March 24 contact with Barnett’s son at Happy Burger Diner in Mariposa.2
That article also relays a roommate’s account that she had not been seen since March 24. The original statements were not inspected.2
Sourced Accounts and Questions
Here’s where you come in. Can you establish the observation supporting March 22?1
Can you locate a dated public statement clarifying the reported March 24 diner contact?2
Different dates remain in the inspected sources; neither account is treated here as independently confirmed.1,2
Keep each source, date and question together in a Research File in Almost Solved.
Scope and Method
Original statements, agency reports and a verified current outcome were not inspected.
Prepared with AI assistance. Sources and references checked against the cited public materials. This paper is an original synthesis of the identified public sources; it does not reproduce article bodies, transcripts, or an investigative file.
Footnote References
- NamUs MP119383, Barbara Lea Barnett; reviewed November 3, 2026.
- Sierra Sun Times, Barbara Barnett missing-person appeal, April 1, 2024.