Bertha Marie Tidd Newell
Missing since July 13, 1948 from Zanesville, Ohio.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: September 26, 1907
Age at Time of Disappearance: 40 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'8 - 5'10, 125 - 145 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Dark brown hair; dark brown eyes.
Marks, Scars: Scar on head just behind crown
Clothing: She was last seen wearing a brown tweed dress and high heels
AKA: Bertha Marie Tidd, Marie Newell; Marie Tidd
Medical Conditions: She had some mental health issues before her disappearance and stayed in an Ohio state mental hospital for a brief period.
Circumstances of Disappearance
On July 13, 1948 Newell told her family she was going to the grocery store. She never returned and has never been seen again. She didn't take her purse nor any other personal belongings.
After her disappearance, there were numerous stories circulating; That she ran away to join a travelling circus, that her husband may have murdered her and a possibility she was in a nursing home in Woodfield. None of these were substantiated.
In 1956, there was a report that she had been seen in a town north of Zanesville. After some investigation, the police reached a dead-end. There has been no real leads since and Newell is no longer on file with the Zanesville Police Department.
Newell had given birth to 10 children.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Dorothy Daugherty
E-Mail: daughertydm@hotmail.com
Source:
The Doe Network: Case File 1119DFOH
LINK:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1119dfoh.html
Missing since July 13, 1948 from Zanesville, Ohio.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: September 26, 1907
Age at Time of Disappearance: 40 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'8 - 5'10, 125 - 145 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Dark brown hair; dark brown eyes.
Marks, Scars: Scar on head just behind crown
Clothing: She was last seen wearing a brown tweed dress and high heels
AKA: Bertha Marie Tidd, Marie Newell; Marie Tidd
Medical Conditions: She had some mental health issues before her disappearance and stayed in an Ohio state mental hospital for a brief period.
Circumstances of Disappearance
On July 13, 1948 Newell told her family she was going to the grocery store. She never returned and has never been seen again. She didn't take her purse nor any other personal belongings.
After her disappearance, there were numerous stories circulating; That she ran away to join a travelling circus, that her husband may have murdered her and a possibility she was in a nursing home in Woodfield. None of these were substantiated.
In 1956, there was a report that she had been seen in a town north of Zanesville. After some investigation, the police reached a dead-end. There has been no real leads since and Newell is no longer on file with the Zanesville Police Department.
Newell had given birth to 10 children.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Dorothy Daugherty
E-Mail: daughertydm@hotmail.com
Source:
The Doe Network: Case File 1119DFOH
LINK:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1119dfoh.html