Recent content by BamaGrl1

I see a marriage record for Mabel and her husband Ted in West Virginia in 1946. I see a 1940 census record for a Mabel M Jones who was about 16 in the county next to where they got married which would have made her roughly 28 to 30 at the time of her disappearance.

This case has really bothered me since I saw the missing post shared on Facebook. I live roughly 55 miles away from Collinsville (in northern Alabama) and have driven through that area numerous times throughout my life on our way to my grandmother’s hometown in Georgia- the same small town in...

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I found more details from this page. It states she was seen frequently with one fellow student and that she borrowed his jacket along the trail at one point. It also adds that her comb was found in this fellow student's car. "According to Trenny's mother, the comb was something Trenny never...

The thing is...even though the emails indicate he intended to marry this boyfriend and perhaps live openly with him. We don't know the timeline for that intention. He could have been planning to do his mission work for the planned 3 years (or part of that 3 years) with the church so he...

My guess would be he planned on keeping it a secret for a while. He could not have done his "mission work" and continued to gather donations from conservative southern baptist church members from Alabama if it became public knowledge he planned to leave his wife for a man. (I know my college...

This isn't in regards to the specific obit for Karen, but I'm just catching up on this thread and wanted to explain how obits work in the main Alabama papers (I'm in Huntsville, but B-ham and HSV papers are under the same ownership.) They charge by the WORD not line, and the funeral home asks...

I wonder if his son in the military is now stationed in Germany.

I've seen this work 3 ways. My friend's father was the pastor of a Baptist church. In some churches, he was paid a "housing allowance" much like BAH for military. It was intended to cover rent or mortgage, plus some towards the household bills. He could pick any house he wanted. Some...

The informant for the census information in 1940 was Anna, not William (they mark who provided the info.) It's possible she didn't know or just didn't think about her answer (or the census taker marked it wrong.) I've seen these discrepancies often when researching my own family. Also, any one...

In one of the original articles from Gina's disappearance her mother said she gave her money for the bus, but Gina often used the money to buy snacks/soda/candy, etc... and would walk home anyway. So, it sounds like even though she sometimes took the bus, it was not uncommon for her to decide...

I just read through this entire thread in one sitting. I am still in shock by the lack of effort by the local PD and saddened that a family would be treated this way. I'm also glad her sister is finally getting some answers even though I prayed there would be different results. Lots of thoughts...

He already lived in Tennessee when she went missing I believe (his parents and siblings all live there). I read articles mentioning that she frequently visited TN before she was kidnapped and that the TN family had spent time with her about 3 weeks before she was kidnapped to celebrate her...

Just highlighting 7 cases of kidnap victims who were found alive at some point later.

This daughter is Gina's age, she hasn't lived in her father's home since 1996 when her mother moved them out. She would have been roughly 6 years old the last time she lived in his home (her mother had sole custody). It's possible she wasn't old enough to remember/witness it or she has...