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Mary Elizabeth Hare

Case from Fort Myers, FL dated Feb 11, 1981

Victim Details

Mary Elizabeth Hare

Female

White / Caucasian

Fort Myers

FL

1981-02-11

18

Mary

Elizabeth Hare

07/14/2026

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Mary Elizabeth Hare, an 18-year-old white female, disappeared on February 11, 1981, from the parking lot of Edison Mall in Fort Myers, Florida. She had gone there to pick up her mother from work, a routine she had done many times before. Her green Buick was found abandoned in the lot, with the doors unlocked and the keys missing. There were no immediate signs of struggle, and her disappearance bore eerie similarities to another case from the same location just weeks earlier.

In June 1981, ...
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