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In the spring of 1983, a young mother named Joan Vanessa Mason, just 19 years old, vanished from her neighborhood in Highland Park, Michigan. On April 25th of that year, she left her home on Buena Vista Street to take a short walk to a nearby corner store at Hamilton and Glendale avenues to pick up a few things for herself and her four-year-old son. Known to her loved ones as Jo Ann, she was a college student who was deeply devoted to her young son, and it was considered highly uncharacteristic ...
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Last Seen: Apr 25, 1983

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  • Highland Park Police reopen Joann Mason case - WXYZ
  • Joan Vanessa Mason - The Charley Project
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