July 5, 2023
The disappearance of Donnajeanne
BUTTE – It wasn’t the first time that 39-year-old Donnajeanne Michalenko left town. In fact, she disappeared many times before, visiting relatives near and far, but she always came back home to Butte.
That’s why when she was last seen in early November 1968, it wasn’t until a month and a half had passed before it was determined that she was truly missing.
Now, she is North Dakota’s oldest missing person’s case.
In the words of her granddaughter Marya Skaare of Dickinson, Michaelenko was “erased from Butte in 1968 like her life didn’t even matter.”
