SUBLETTE COUNTY — Sublette County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) provided new information in missing person case of Vanessa “Nessy” Orren from 2017.
In January 2017, the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office received a missing person’s report. Orren, age 61, of LaBarge, WY was reported missing. The SCSO has been actively investigating Orren’s disappearance since the missing person’s report was made. Orren was entered into NCIC (National Crime Information Center) and NamUs (National Missing and Unidentified Persons System) as a missing person.
During the course of the investigation, Detectives obtained a search warrant to search the property belonging to Darrell “Pete” Petry for any evidence relating to the disappearance of Orren. On Saturday June 19, the search warrant was executed. The search warrant was executed with the assistance of multiple agencies including NecroSearch, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming Game and Fish, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, and the Wyoming Highway Patrol.
During the multi-day execution of the search warrant, Petry left the property and was later found deceased on June 22 by Sublette County Deputies and Wyoming Highway Patrol. A subsequent investigation into the death of Petry was conducted by the SCSO. Petry’s death was determined to be self-inflicted and there is no foul play suspected.
The disappearance of Orren is still being actively investigated by the SCSO. The sheriff’s office requests anyone with any information related to the disappearance of Orren to please contact the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office Detective Division at 307-367-4378.
