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Mary Ann Pryor

Death by Force
Case Description
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On a summer day, August 9, 1974, seventeen-year-old Mary Ann Pryor and her sixteen-year-old friend, Lorraine Kelly, left their homes in North Bergen, New Jersey, with plans to go shopping for bathing suits at the Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus. Mary Ann, described by her sister as feisty and independent, told her older sister Nancy she would see her later, a promise that tragically would not be kept. The last time the two friends were seen alive was on Broad Avenue in Ridgefield, where they ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Mary Ann Pryor

    Female

    White / Caucasian

    Montvale

    NJ

    1974-08-09

    17

    Mary

    Ann Pryor

    11/17/2025

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