Case Details
- Photo URLs:
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 06/01/1965
- Missing From:
- Missing From Lake Odessa, Michigan
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 06/13/1938 (86)
- Age:
- Age 26 – 27 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’5 – 5’7, 150 – 160 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Mary may wear eyeglasses. Her maiden name is Beatty, and she may use the last name Blair.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Mary disappeared from Lake Odessa, Michigan, sometime in late 1965. Her son, Donald, remembers his mom visiting him at school and saying she was going away for a bit. She then went to her sister’s house in Muskegon, leaving a photo behind. That was the last anyone saw of her. She may have been driving a dark blue Ford Falcon or Mercury Comet.
Donald only reported her missing in 2002, 37 years later. He and neighbors said Mary and her husband, Carlon, were having serious problems. Carlon was reportedly violent, and they fought often. Mary also allegedly had affairs. After Mary vanished, Carlon moved to Mississippi.
Mary had five children and a tough childhood, living with different foster families until she married. She graduated high school in 1957. There’s been no trace of her since 1965 – no Social Security activity, no records found.
Donald thinks his mother left on her own but was later killed. Police aren’t sure – they think she either died or completely changed her identity and disappeared. The case is still a mystery.
- Agency:
- Lake Odessa Police Department 616-374-8844
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 06/01/1965