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Missing

Disappearance of Susan Pearson

Year
1966
Where
Montana
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
1
What the record says

Susan Elizabeth Pearson (October 1, 1935 – disappeared March 13, 1966) was an American heiress who went missing under mysterious circumstances in Missoula, Montana. A native of Portland, Oregon, Pearson was a graduate student and instructor at the University of Montana (UM) at the time of her disappearance. She disappeared days before she was scheduled to submit her doctoral thesis, as well as administer an exam for…

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