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Misty McGugin

Case from Mobile, AL dated Jan 31, 1998

Victim Details

Misty McGugin

Female

Mobile

AL

1998-01-31

22

Misty

McGugin

07/22/2026

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In the winter of 1998, a young woman's disappearance from Mobile, Alabama, unraveled a story of a predator lurking in the shadows. Misty McGugin, a 22-year-old female, was last seen by her family on Friday, January 30, 1998, when she dropped off her two-year-old son at her grandmother's home in Chickasaw for the weekend. She was expected to pick him up on Monday morning, but she never arrived. When she failed to appear, her family grew deeply concerned and reported her missing on February 4th. A ...
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  • Lewis v. State - Case Law - VLEX 890003720 - 889 So.2d 623
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