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Mary Bryan

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Case Description
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Mary Rachel Bryan, a 4-year-old girl, went missing alongside her mother, Lelia Lewis Bryan, on May 10, 1941, from Carolina Beach, North Carolina. That evening, Lelia and Mary Rachel left their home around 9:00 p.m. in a black 1935 Ford Model A coupe, reportedly heading to a store. They never returned, and neither they nor the car were ever seen again.

Lelia had originally planned to visit her family in Bladenboro with her daughter, but due to tensions between her husband, E.C. Bryan, a ...Read More
Last Seen: May 10, 1941
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    Victim Details

    Apr 11, 2011

    Jan 18, 2022

    Mary

    Bryan

    87

    4

    36 inches

    40 lbs

    White / Caucasian

    Female

    May 10, 1941

    Carolina Beach

    North Carolina

    Bladen County

    262

    21466

    N.C. State Bureau of Investigation

    North Carolina

    ,

    N.C. State Bureau of Investigation

    Brown

    Brown

    Brown

    12/01/2025


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    I’ve been diving deeper into this case, and I keep circling back to that piece of windshield found... ...Read More
    06/16/2023
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