In the mid-1970s, a young mother named Alice Fay Jefferson vanished from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, leaving behind her two small children and a life that remains shrouded in mystery. At the time of her disappearance, she was approximately 21 years old and lived on the military base with her husband, Lee Andrew Jefferson, a soldier, and her son and daughter from a previous relationship. The exact date of her last contact is uncertain, with reports ranging from 1974 to July of 1975.
Alice was an African-American female, standing about 5 feet to 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighing between 100 and 115 pounds. She had black hair, brown eyes, and pierced ears. Some reports mention she may have had a gold crown on a front tooth and sometimes wore wigs.
The circumstances surrounding Alice's disappearance are troubling and have been recounted by her children, who were five and six years old at the time. They recall a day when no one picked them up from the on-post elementary school, and they had to walk home. Upon arriving, they knocked on the door for a long time before their stepfather, Lee Jefferson, answered. He appeared agitated and was sweating, claiming he had been asleep. Alice was gone, but her car and all her clothing were left behind. Lee would not allow the children into their bedroom and made them sleep with him. A few days later, he drove the children to their maternal grandparents' home in Arkansas and left them there, never to return.
For nearly four decades, there was no official police report or investigation into Alice's disappearance. Her parents and her husband both claimed to have tried to report her missing, but for reasons that remain unclear, a formal case was not opened. It wasn't until 2013 that her now-adult children, with the help of a private investigator, were able to prompt the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command to launch an official investigation. Despite their efforts, all leads were eventually exhausted, and the case is not currently being actively investigated, though it can be reopened if new information emerges. Alice's children believe their stepfather was responsible for her disappearance, a claim he has consistently denied, maintaining that she simply left him. Her Social Security number has not been used since she vanished. The case remains a painful and unresolved chapter in the lives of her children, who continue to hope for answers about what happened to their mother so many years ago.Last Seen: Jul 4, 1975
