CA Margarita MacNeill 27 missing from Salinas, CA 1976

[Moonwalker9]

Missing Person Case
Margarita MacNeill – The Charley Project

• Missing Since02/07/1976
• Missing FromSalinas, California
• ClassificationMissing
• Date of Birth11/02/1948 (70)
• Age27 years old
• Height and Weight5'2, 125 pounds
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsHispanic female. Light brown hair, brown eyes. Some agencies spell MacNeil's last name "MacNeill."

Details of Disappearance
MacNeill was last seen dropping her children off at their godparent's home in Salinas, California on February 7, 1976. She was driving a yellow 1974 Toyota Celica with the California license plate number 915GKD at the time. She has never been heard from again and her vehicle was never recovered; a photo of it is posted with this case summary.

MacNeill was divorced with young children at the time of her disappearance. Her ex-husband was considered a possible suspect in her case, but he was eventually cleared.

Pablo Duarte, a migrant farm worker she associated with, is considered a person of interest in her disappearance. Photos of Duarte are unavailable, but he had at least three gold teeth and multiple tattoos. His last known address was in San Luis Rio Colorado, a town just over the Mexican border from Arizona.

MacNeill's case remains unsolved.

 

[dotr]

Margarita MacNeill – The Charley Project
Margarita MacNeill

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MacNeill, circa 1976; 1974 Toyota Celica

• Missing Since 02/07/1976
• Missing From Salinas, California
• Classification Missing
• Date of Birth 11/02/1948 (70)
• Age 27 years old
• Height and Weight 5'2, 125 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Light brown hair, brown eyes. Some agencies spell MacNeil's last name "MacNeill."

 

[Coffee56]

The Doe Network: Margarita MacNeill & 3377DFCA

 

[MadMcGoo]

Could this possibly be “Castleberry Kate”?? Seems like a stretch but I’m not ruling much out given the amount of time she’s gone unidentified/unfound. “Kate” was found in Arizona in 1989 but the PMI was listed as “2-10 years”, so she had been there for quite sometime.

The migrant worker who was a person of interest in Margarita’s disappearance was from a town just across the US border (Arizona) in Mexico. Google maps shows it to be almost a direct bath from where Margarita went missing from to where “Kate” was found and then a direct route from there to the city in Mexico.

Its hard to see the resemblance with most of Margarita’s photos showing her with her face turned, but the bone structure is very similar in my opinion. I think it may be worth a look.... unless she has been excluded. I can’t access that information right now


1329UFAZ

 

[Beekarina]

Just noting Margarita has the double initials associated with Naso.

CA - CA - JOSEPH NASO, once a suspect in NY Alphabet Murders, now on trial in California

 

[MadMcGoo]

Just noting Margarita has the double initials associated with Naso.

CA - CA - JOSEPH NASO, once a suspect in NY Alphabet Murders, now on trial in California

OOoooOO... interesting...I may have to familiarize myself with Naso.

 

[crimeblogger1983]

 

[MadMcGoo]

I submitted Margarita as a match to this Doe: TX - TX - El Paso Co, Asian/Hisp/AdmixFem 25-30, UP82771, Auto/Pedestrian fatality, clothes, Oct'79

 

[HopeRains]

The Californian (Salinas, CA); 1 Mar 77, pg 16. Last of 3 beginning with Feb 25, 1977.

 

[Julian804]

Has anyone found anymore information? She’s my biological grandmother that I never got to meet. Would love to hear about anyone else’s findings?

 

[megs1477]

The Californian 31 Mar 1976, page 21 - Newspapers.com

View the digital scanned newspaper from The Californian dated 31 Mar 1976, page 21.

www.newspapers.com

 

[megs1477]

Has anyone found anymore information? She’s my biological grandmother that I never got to meet. Would love to hear about anyone else’s findings?

Just from my general experience reading about cases, when a vehicle disappears and is never recovered it is usually parted out or in a body of water.

 

[Diane Redfern]

According to the article, Margarita didn't drop her children at their godparent's home, but at a babysitter's home who informed her family after a day of waiting. I wonder if the babysitter knew where Margarita was going, if it was a date or if she went to work, and where.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[megs1477]

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According to the article, Margarita didn't drop her children at their godparent's home, but at a babysitter's home who informed her family after a day of waiting. I wonder if the babysitter knew where Margarita was going, if it was a date or if she went to work, and where.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

The article said she was going to Santa Cruz. From what a quick Google search shows, it was quite a destination at the time. The beach, boardwalk and all attractions and beach bandstand.

Bands on the Beach - Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Amusement Park

Here’s a fun photo of the beach bandstand back in the 1970s. It sure has changed a lot over the years!

memories.beachboardwalk.com

 

[Diane Redfern]

The article said she was going to Santa Cruz. From what a quick Google search shows, it was quite a destination at the time. The beach, boardwalk and all attractions and beach bandstand.

Bands on the Beach - Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Amusement Park

Here’s a fun photo of the beach bandstand back in the 1970s. It sure has changed a lot over the years!

memories.beachboardwalk.com

Thank you. You are right. The article is so blurred that I gave up reading the rest.

 

[LucyOso]

Following.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Margarita MacNeill

oag.ca.gov

 

[renaebri]

48 years this week

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Margarita MacNeill – The Charley Project