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What happened to Mary Virginia \Jimmie\ Carpenter in 1948?
On June 1, 1948, 21-year-old Mary Virginia "Jimmie" Carpenter, a resident of Texarkana, Texas, arrived in Denton to attend summer classes at Texas State College for Women (now Texas Woman's University). After disembarking from a train, she took a taxi to Brackenridge Hall, her designated dormitory. The taxi driver, Edgar Ray "Jack" Zachary, reported that upon arrival around 9:30 p.m., Carpenter approached two men in a cream-colored convertible parked near the dormitory. She appeared to recognize ...Read More
On June 1, 1948, 21-year-old Mary Virginia "Jimmie" Carpenter, a resident of Texarkana, Texas, arrived in Denton to attend summer classes at Texas State College for Women (now Texas Woman's University). After disembarking from a train, she took a taxi to Brackenridge Hall, her designated dormitory. The taxi driver, Edgar Ray "Jack" Zachary, reported that upon arrival around 9:30 p.m., Carpenter approached two men in a cream-colored convertible parked near the dormitory. She appeared to recognize ...Read More
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Mary "Jimmie" Carpenter
December 18, 2022
Female
Caucasian / White
Denton
TX
1948-06-01
1927-01-15
21
Mary Jimmie
Carpenter
Brown
Brown
5'3
120 lbs
11/30/2025
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