PA PA - Martha Mertz, 47, Lancaster, 22 June 1961

[CCJD]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Missing Persons Case Report

Missing Person / NamUs #MP39767
Martha Alice Mertz, Female, White / Caucasian
Status Missing
Date of Last Contact June 22, 1961
Missing From Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Missing Age 47 Years
Current Age 106 Years
Case Information


Demographics
Missing Age 47 Years
Current Age 106 Years
First Name Martha
Middle Name Alice
Last Name Mertz
Nickname/Alias--

Sex Female
Height 5' 0" - 5' 2" (60 - 62 Inches)
Weight 100 - 120 lbs
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact June 22, 1961
NamUs Case Created September 7, 2017
Last Known Location
Location Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603
County Lancaster County
Missing From Tribal Land No
Primary Residence on Tribal Land No
Circumstances of Disappearance Adult female was last seen on 22 June 1961. Her bank account remained untouched for 7 years until she was declared deceased by Lancaster County Courts.
Physical Description
Hair Color Brown
Head Hair Description --
Body Hair Description --
Facial Hair Description --
Left Eye Color Blue
Right Eye Color Blue
Eye Description --
Distinctive Physical Features
No Known Information


Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
Accessories
Unk

Clothing
White blouse Black colored "pedal pushers"

Eyewear
Unk

Footwear
Unk

Jewelry
Unk


Contacts
Investigating Agencies
Case Owner
Lancaster City Bureau of Police

Address 39 West Chestnut Street Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603
County Lancaster County
Main Phone (717) 735-3300
General Email --
Website URL Home

Agency Case Number 0508-024860
Date Reported June 22, 1961

 

[CCJD]

From NamUs - printed 10/7/2017

Dental information/charting is available and entered
DNA: sample is currently not available
Fingerprint information is currently not available

 

[Coffee56]

Martha Alice Mertz – The Charley Project

 

[StarrChance]

Found some articles
1961

 

[StarrChance]

1959


1978

 

[dulldullmike]

1959
View attachment 284013

1978

Interesting that he owned wooded land. Makes one wonder if the trees still stand and what a metal detector or cadaver dogs could find. He definitely sounds suspect.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Martha's case is featured on the homepage of the Charley Project this week.
Martha Alice Mertz – The Charley Project

I hope she was not a victim and instead managed to escape to a new life, secretly meeting with relatives, but I don't have any optimism, since she did not bring her hard-earned money with her. It's tragic to think about the most likely scenario(s).
Just my opinions.

 

[laini]

Could she be the Annandale Jane Doe found in a cemetery? The middle photo of Martha on her Charley Project page really resembles this Jane Doe.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Could she be the Annandale Jane Doe found in a cemetery? The middle photo of Martha on her Charley Project page really resembles this Jane Doe.

That would be just wild, it would mean she did get away!

IMO only:
I think her age might be too far out of the estimate for Annandale Jane Doe.
But height matches. It would explain Jane Doe wanting to be anonymous. It's a long-shot, but I like it.

Othram is working on solving the Annandale case, so we'll hopefully find out...

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Could she be the Annandale Jane Doe found in a cemetery? The middle photo of Martha on her Charley Project page really resembles this Jane Doe.

If you want to mention her over on that thread, here's the link. I don't feel strongly enough about it (but I don't think it's impossible):
VA - VA - Annandale, WhtFem ~60, 245UFVA, 'NO CODE, DNR, No Penicillin', Dec'96 #2

 

[HopeRains]

I just read more on CharleyProject and in another article - her husband left almost immediately for West Palm Beach, FL
(~ 1100 miles) to see if she was visiting a sister there ... ummm ...



Intelligencer Journal, 1 Aug 69, pg 42