IA IA - Norma Maynard, 61, Boone, 3 Feb 1979

[Gardener1850]

Norma Mae Maynard
Nickname/Alias Norma Mae Schlicht
Boone County, Iowa
61 year old white female

Height (inches)

Weight (pounds)

[TD="class: view_field"]63.0
[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]175.0[/TD]

Hair: Gray or Partially Gray
Eyes: Blue

Norma Maynard was reported missing to the Boone Police Department (515-432-3456), in Boone on February 3, 1979.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/17124/

 

[Coffee56]

Norma Maynard

Norma Mae Maynard – The Charley Project

 

[ctaylor]

Looking through some older cases, found this article from 1989 on Norma Maynard. It's clipped from Newspapers.com so no subscription needed. A shame for her brothers in this article 10 years later still desperate to know what happened. Reading the article, Occam's Razor points to Norma's son knowing more that he says. And that's being kind.

Article here - Norma Maynard disappearance - Newspapers.com

 

[Atombudd]

For Shame Boone | The Disappearance of Norma Maynard
Her brother wrote a book about Norma's disappearance.

 

[Pennysmom1]

395DFIA - Norma Mae Maynard

Updated 5/18/22

395DFIA - Norma Mae Maynard​

Name: Norma Mae Maynard
Case Classification: Involuntary Missing
Missing Since: February 3, 1979
Location Last Seen: Boone, Boone County, Iowa

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: September 2, 1917
Age: 61 years
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 175 lbs.
Hair Color: Gray or partially gray
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Maiden name Schlicht

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
DNA: Available

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Norma was reported missing by her 30-year-old son who lived with her. He told police his mother was upset by the death of her husband three weeks prior. Shortly before noon on February 2, 1979, he found a note from his mother explaining she was headed to Los Angeles to get away for a while, not to bother looking for her, and someday she'll get in touch. She left without her checkbook, money from her bank account, or jewelry.

NamUs Case Number: MP17124
NCIC Case Number: M-412296838​

Admin Notes​

Added: 2004; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr

 

[spartanx]

In this case we cannot talk about the husband because he is no longer here... it is likely that the son knows more than he says, but was there any insurance or will where he would inherit his mother's material things? Would he be bored of living with her? Was he looking for a chance to get her mother out of her life? We cannot blame him, there is no evidence but here at websleuths we know that when it is a case like this the murderer is always the person who knew her best and since the husband had already died it would be the son in this case... it could be that she was bored and he wanted to keep something... in the end he changed states and forgot everything? Only her brothers apparently miss her and want to know about her...
either way
rest in peace

 

[John/Jane Doe]

395DFIA - Norma Mae Maynard

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Norma Mae Maynard – The Charley Project

 

[Pennysmom1]

Norma Maynard | Iowa Cold Cases

Two weeks after her husband's unexpected death, Norma Mae Maynard, 61, vanished from Boone, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 1979 under suspicious circumstances.

iowacoldcases.org

May 15, 1990 article

Norma Maynard disappearance

Clipping found in The Des Moines Register published in Des Moines, Iowa on 5/15/1990. Norma Maynard disappearance

www.newspapers.com

March 8, 1992 article

Article clipped from The Des Moines Register

Clipping found in The Des Moines Register published in Des Moines, Iowa on 3/8/1992.

www.newspapers.com

Norma Mae Maynard (1917-1979) - Find a Grave...

Norma Mae Maynard was born on Sept. 2, 1917. She married Carl Edward Maynard on June 15, 1948. They were the parents of one son, Carl Edward Maynard. Her husband died on January 19, 1979 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. A little more than two weeks later, Norma went missing on Feb. 3, 1979...

www.findagrave.com

 

[PGHJW]

The son probably took this one to his grave with him.