AL AL - Diana Leigh Avera, 22, Mount Vernon, May 1982

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Sept 16, 2023 article - indicates Hill says they just assigned a new primary detective for the cold case last week. Please call the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office with any information.

Family of Foley woman missing since 1982 asking people for any helpful information

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office taking a closer look into the cold case of a Foley woman missing for over 40 years.

www.fox10tv.com

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22-year-old Diana Leigh Avera was last seen in Mount Vernon, Alabama in 1982.

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Hill says Avera suffers from schizophrenia and was in and out of Searcy Hospital.

In May 1982, Hill says Avera was arrested for disorderly conduct and transferred to Searcy again. Three months later, Hill says Avera allegedly escaped from the hospital and vanished,

For years, Hill says she and her family believed Avera was reported missing to law enforcement, but that was never the case. The Department of Mental Health was the only entity investigating her disappearance. Avera’s family officially reported her missing in August 2020.

Hill says MCSO opened the case in 2020. Since then, Hill says she and her family have submitted DNA samples.

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Diana was arrested on 21.May.1982 and transferred to Searcy Hospital in Mount Vernon, Alabama. This was the last known contact with AVERA and her whereabouts are unknown. It was believed for some time that the hospital and/or their law enforcement personnel had taken measures to list AVERA as missing and/or investigate the matter'; however, it was recently found that this was not the case by family members.

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