In the quiet community of Riverdale, Georgia, the disappearance of 77-year-old Pat Moss in September 2011 left her family with lingering questions and a profound sense of loss. Moss, who was living with dementia and Alzheimer's disease, was last seen at her residence in the 700 block of Redland Drive. At the time she went missing, it is believed she wandered away from her home. Her family described her as becoming increasingly forgetful prior to her disappearance, though she valued her independence and had declined to move in with her daughter. The initial days of her disappearance were filled with urgent activity as law enforcement issued a Mattie's Call, and her family organized searches and distributed flyers, desperately seeking any information that might lead to her whereabouts.
The investigation into Pat's disappearance took an early and what seemed to be promising turn when a woman came forward, claiming she had given Moss a ride to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. This lead was bolstered by the fact that Moss had expressed a desire to visit her sister who lived in California. However, this glimmer of hope soon faded as investigators could find no evidence that she ever purchased a plane ticket or boarded a flight. There was also no activity on her bank accounts following her disappearance. As time passed with no new leads, the once active investigation began to slow, eventually being classified as a cold case by the Clayton County Police Department.
Despite the passage of years, Pat Moss's family has not given up hope. Her nephew, Charles Brown, has made it a point to travel back to the Atlanta area to keep his aunt's memory alive and to encourage anyone with information to come forward. At the time she went missing, Pat Moss was described as a Black female with brown hair and brown eyes, standing at 6 feet tall and weighing between 160 and 190 pounds. She was last seen wearing a floral blouse, a long blue skirt, and sandals, and she spoke with a Jamaican or Caribbean accent. The case remains open, a painful and unresolved chapter for a family that continues to seek answers about what happened to their beloved grandmother, sister, and aunt.
Last Seen: Sep 4, 2011
