ME ME - Margaret Tevanian, 65, Portland, 17 March 1996

[TheArtfulDetective]

Margaret Tevanian



Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: March 17, 1996
Location Last Seen: Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

Description:

• Date of Birth: October 1, 1930
• Age: 65 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Female
• Height: 5' 3" (63 inches)
• Weight: 110 lbs
• Hair Color: Gray
• Eye Color: Brown
• Nickname/Alias: Unknown
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
• Clothing & Personal Items: A white housecoat or robe, pajamas, brown shoes, and a blue kerchief in her hair.
• Additional Personal Items: A paper bag containing a toothbrush, toothpaste, and dental floss.
• Identifiers: Dental x-rays and DNA available.
• Other: Medical - Suffers from an unspecified medical illness.

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Tevanian went missing from Portland, Maine on March 17, 1996. She was last seen at her residence on Cedar Street in the Little Armenia neighborhood where she lived with her husband and adult son. She left her home sometime before 7:00 a.m, taking only a paper bag containing toothpaste, dental floss, and a toothbrush. She has never been heard from again.

At the time of her disappearance, Tevanian was suffering from mental illness and hadn't left the house in months. She had previously wandered away from home on several occasions but was always located. Her whereabouts remain unknown.

Investigators:

• Portland Police Department: (207) 874-8479
  Reference Case#: 71-60141

NamUs Case Number: MP4428
NCIC Case Number: Unknown

Margaret Tevanian – The Charley Project
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Detailed article on Margaret's case.

Unsolved missing person case still haunts Portland detectives
January 23, 2012

On March 17, 1996, Officer Dean Goodale, now a Detective Sergeant in charge of crimes against property, took a report of a missing person at the Portland Police Department’s front desk.

Archie Tevanian was reporting the disappearance of his 65-year-old wife, Margaret, whom he had discovered was not in the house when he looked for her at 7 a.m. that morning.

Continue reading: Unsolved missing person case still haunts Portland detectives

 

[spartanx]

In these cases, when they are people with mental problems, I don't know what to think about how she disappeared, maybe she was run over in a remote area and was never found, or maybe she fell into a pool of water and drowned, but I don't think she was kidnapped...
rest in peace friend

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Yes it's astounding the amount of people suffering from mental issues, dementia etc. that just wander away and are never found. You'd think their bodies would at least be found, unless they have been but haven't been ID'd.

 

[Pennysmom2]

March 17, 2023

Police seek new tips in 1996 disappearance of Portland woman

A 65-year-old Maine woman disappeared in Portland 27 years ago. Police have put out another plea for information.

wgme.com

Margaret Tevanian – The Charley Project

<<Tevanian has never been heard from again and there have been no reported sightings of her since her disappearance. Her husband died three months after she was last seen. Tevanian was declared legally dead in 2004. Little evidence is available in her case.>>

https://margeniblog.typepad.com/margery_niblock_/2012/01/missing-woman.html

<<According to family reports, she was suffering from mental illness and hadn’t left the house for several months. Margaret Tevanian had graduated from nursing school as a young woman. She lived in the family home at 50 Cedar Street with her husband and her son Robert, who was 31 at the time. A daughter Laura was married and not living at that address, but another daughter Robin, who had a disability, lived next door with Archie’s brother Leon, his wife Mary, and Mary’s sister. Cedar Street is in Bayside, in the center of Portland’s busy peninsula.

Mary Tevanian had made dinner the night before, at 44 Cedar Street, where Archie had eaten with his relatives, before taking food home for Margaret. Archie’s primary responsibility was taking care of his wife at that time, and Archie and Margaret had been married for over 30 years.

Margaret Tevanian had wandered away from her house on several occasions, when she had been found in Deering Oaks, the area around the post office on Forest Avenue, and Franklin Towers.>>

 

[Pennysmom1]

https://www.portlandmaine.gov/1384/Margaret-Tevanian

March 18, 2024

Police reignite search for Portland woman who went missing in 1996

A 65-year-old Maine woman disappeared over 25 years ago in Portland. Police have put out a new plea for information.

fox23maine.com

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=1534dfme

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Mentally ill

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available

Margaret Tevanian - Maine Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of Margaret Tevanian , Missing since March 1996

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