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Cynthia Leslie Missing Person Case

Last seen in Mesa, Arizona on Jul 31, 1974

Victim Details

Apr 15, 2010

Aug 26, 2019

Cynthia

Leslie

67

15

66 inches

109 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Jul 31, 1974

Mesa

Arizona

Maricopa County

26707

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

Phoenix

Arizona

Maricopa County

85003

Paul Smith

Detective

550 West Jackson Street, Arizona

6028761000

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.mcso.org/

7410415

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

Brown

Blue

Blue

No

09/11/2026


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On a warm summer evening, July 31, 1974, in Mesa, Arizona, 15-year-old Cynthia 'Cindy' Ardina Leslie and her younger sister, 13-year-old Jackie Lynn Leslie, walked out of their family's mobile home and vanished. The Leslie family had recently relocated from Page, Arizona, to the Desert Sands Mobile Home Park in Mesa to be closer to medical facilities for their father, Jack, who was battling terminal cancer. That evening, while their parents were at a church service, Cynthia receiv ...
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Last Seen: Jul 31, 1974

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  • Cynthia Ardina Leslie - The Charley Project
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