AL AL - Diana Leigh Avera, 22, Mount Vernon, May 1982

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Sept 16, 2023 article - indicates Hill says they just assigned a new primary detective for the cold case last week. Please call the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office with any information.


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22-year-old Diana Leigh Avera was last seen in Mount Vernon, Alabama in 1982.

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Hill says Avera suffers from schizophrenia and was in and out of Searcy Hospital.

In May 1982, Hill says Avera was arrested for disorderly conduct and transferred to Searcy again. Three months later, Hill says Avera allegedly escaped from the hospital and vanished,

For years, Hill says she and her family believed Avera was reported missing to law enforcement, but that was never the case. The Department of Mental Health was the only entity investigating her disappearance. Avera’s family officially reported her missing in August 2020.

Hill says MCSO opened the case in 2020. Since then, Hill says she and her family have submitted DNA samples.

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