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Carla Corley Missing Person Case

Last seen in Birmingham, Alabama on Aug 12, 1980

Victim Details

Jun 17, 2009

Aug 06, 2020

Carla

Corley

59

14

63 inches

130 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Aug 12, 1980

Birmingham

Alabama

Jefferson County

No

25802

Birmingham Police Department

Birmingham

Alabama

Jefferson County

35203

Talana Brown

1710 1st Avenue North, Alabama

2053289311

County

Law Enforcement

https://police.birminghamal.gov/

G249425

Birmingham Police Department

7060

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

07/11/2026


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In the late summer of 1980, in Birmingham, Alabama, a 14-year-old girl named Carla Corley was looking forward to starting the seventh grade. Described as a sweet and giving young woman, she lived with her mother in the Eastwood public housing project on Airport Highway. The evening of August 12, 1980, began like any other for Carla and her mother; they spent time together, washed dishes, and watched television before her mother went to bed. However, the quiet of that night was shattered, and by ...
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Last Seen: Aug 12, 1980

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  • Carla Rebecca Corley - The Charley Project
  • Birmingham's coldest case: what happened to Carla Corley? - WBRC
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