Barbara Sue Mattar was 31 years old when she was last seen in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, on January 12, 1995. Public missing-person records identify her as a white female with brown hair, 5 feet 4 inches tall, and about 115 pounds. She was born on July 12, 1963, and one of the few distinguishing physical details listed for her is a mole or beauty mark on her right cheek. The Mississippi Repository for Missing and Unidentified Persons lists her case under an open repository status, with the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office named as the investigating agency.
The available public record of Barbara’s disappearance is painfully brief. According to the Mississippi Repository, MissingSippi, and The Charley Project, she was last seen in Lauderdale County and “has not been seen or heard from again.” Those same sources state that few details are available about the circumstances, leaving unanswered questions about where exactly she was when she was last seen, who may have been with her, whether she had plans that day, and when her loved ones first realized something was wrong. The absence of those details does not make the case any less meaningful; it underscores how difficult it can be for families when a loved one disappears and the public record preserves only the bare outline of a life interrupted.
Barbara’s case has remained listed as missing for decades, and the official Mississippi repository describes it as unsolved. Her entry also notes that her information was entered into NCIC, indicating that her disappearance was formally recorded in law-enforcement systems, while the listed agency remains the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office. Public sources do not provide a confirmed explanation for what happened to her, and they do not offer a clear timeline beyond the date she was last seen. In the years since January 1995, her name has continued to appear in missing-person databases and awareness listings, keeping attention on a woman whose family and community were left without answers.
What is known about Barbara Sue Mattar’s disappearance is limited but important: she was a 31-year-old woman from Mississippi, she was last seen in Lauderdale County on January 12, 1995, she had brown hair and a mole on her right cheek, and she has not been seen or heard from since. Her case is still publicly listed as open and unsolved, with few details available about the circumstances surrounding her disappearance. At its heart, this is the story of a woman whose life cannot be reduced to a database entry, a family left with decades of uncertainty, and a Mississippi missing-person case that remains defined by unanswered questions, a lack of public detail, and the continuing hope that information may still come forward.
Last Seen: Jan 12, 1995
