CA CA - Mary Jo Lee Long, 17, Gardena, 27 Dec 1981

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Mary Jo’s birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Mary Jo has been missing for 41 years today.

 

[summergirl1]

The facebook group about her has interesting info..

 

[summergirl1]

I would say this is her father's obit, although she is not mentioned. She had one brother on her father's side and also, this man Terrence Long was born in Iowa and died in the same city and at around the same time her father was said to be very ill. I wonder what he may have known, if anything. In the facebook group mentioned above he was said to have thought she just took off and went back to Minnesota when she disappeared so he thought nothing of it. Terrence Long

 

[theshadow45]

Today is Mary Jo’s birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

As of yesterday, Mary Jo has been missing for 42 years.

 

[Pennysmom1]

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Mary Jo Lee Long – The Charley Project

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Mary Jo, circa 1982; Age-progression to age 52 (circa 2016)

• Missing Since 02/22/1981
• Missing From Gardena, California
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 06/09/1964 (59)
• Age 16 years old
• Height and Weight 5'5, 115 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Mary Jo Lee Long

Left and Center: Mary circa, 1981 Right: Age Progressed to age 52 Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance Missing Since: December 27, 1981 Missing From: Gardena, Los Angeles County, California Cl…

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3148DFCA - Mary Jo Lee Long

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Mary was originally from Austin, Minnesota, where she lived with her mother and was enrolled in Austin High School. In the spring of 1981, she went to live with her father in California, against her mother's wishes. When Mary arrived in California, she enrolled in Gardena High School. She went back to Austin, MN for Christmas, returned to California, and then disappeared approximately around two months later. School records indicate that she was absent from school for several days and didn't graduate with her class. No missing persons report was filed in California; a missing persons report instead was filed in 1988 in Minnesota by her mother.

The case has few leads: her mother died in a car accident in 1989; her father lives in Arizona, but is very ill; but other family members are looking for her. Included in the picture array above is Mary and her boyfriend at the time, who resided in California at the time. Family and authorities would like to know his identity; anyone who knows who he might be should contact the Austin Police Department.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Mary Jo’s birthday.