# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paula-jean-welden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:03:58.500Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paula-jean-welden"
name: "Paula Jean Welden"
slug: "paula-jean-welden"
description: "Paula Jean Welden was an American college student who disappeared while walking on the Long Trail hiking route in Vermont. Local sheriffs were criticized for errors made in the investigation, which led to the creation of the Vermont State Police (VSP). Welden's fate remains unsolved and was one of several unexplained disappearances in the same area, dubbed the \"Bennington Triangle,\" during a five-year span."
tagline: "American missing hiker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paula-Jean-Welden_missing_person_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1928-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.8
  momentum:             4.095563139931739
  historical:           5.048672
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Jean_Welden"
    title: "Paula Jean Welden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Jean_Welden"
    title: "Paula Jean Welden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Jean_Welden"
    title: "Paula Jean Welden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Welden"
    title: "Paula Welden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%B6%E6%8B%89%C2%B7%E7%8F%8D%C2%B7%E9%9F%8B%E7%88%BE%E7%99%BB"
    title: "寶拉·珍·韋爾登"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4990270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump