Marjorie Clatterbuck Missing Person Case

In the late autumn of 1996, 43-year-old Marjorie Ellen Clatterbuck had recently started a new chapter in her life, moving into a home in the small community of Syria, Virginia, with her boyfriend. With her blonde hair and blue eyes, Marjorie was last seen on December 10, 1996. The days that followed would transform this quiet, rural setting into the scene of a perplexing mystery that has endured for decades. The exact details of her last known moments remain unclear, but the circumstances surrounding her disappearance point to a tragic and abrupt end to her life as she knew it.

The timeline of events immediately following Marjorie's disappearance is both brief and grim. Just a day after she was last seen, a neighbor reported observing her boyfriend driving away from their shared residence on December 11. According to the witness, there was a large object in the back of the car that looked like a comforter. Two days later, on December 13, Marjorie’s teal-green 1994 Mercury Tracer was located. Inside the vehicle, authorities made a startling discovery: her boyfriend was found deceased, having died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. This discovery immediately deepened the mystery and heightened the concern for Marjorie's safety and whereabouts.

With her car accounted for and her boyfriend deceased, law enforcement launched an extensive search of the surrounding area in a desperate attempt to find any trace of Marjorie. Despite their thorough efforts, the search yielded no clues, and no indication of what might have happened to her has ever been found. The investigation into her disappearance has been open ever since, a cold case marked by troubling questions and a lack of definitive answers. The overview of the case is a somber one; Marjorie Clatterbuck, a woman starting a new phase of her life, vanished without a trace, her disappearance inextricably linked to the suicide of her boyfriend just days later. With no further leads or evidence surfacing over the years, her case has remained unsolved, leaving her family and community to wonder what became of her after she was last seen in Madison County.
Last Seen: Dec 10, 1996

Marjorie Ellen Clatterbuck - The Charley Project

Missing Person / NamUs #MP40040 | NamUs

VA - Marjorie Clatterbuck, 43, Madison / Syria, 10 Dec 1996