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Cynthia Renee Mabry
Case Classification: Endangered Missing / Suspected Homicide
Missing Since: December 2, 1976
Location Last Seen: Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
Description:
Cynthia was last seen in Russellville, Arkansas at 5:30 p.m. on December 2, 1976. She disappeared from her home in the Fairview Estates neighborhood along with two other girls in the same neighborhood: Teresa Williams, 13, and Crystal Donita Parton, 14. According to Cynthia's sister, the girls had a plan to run away together and had arranged to have James Grinder drive them to Texas. Authorities assumed the girls were all runaways, but none of them ever returned home.
In 1986, the skeletal remains of Teresa and Crystal were found on a dead-end road near Brock Cemetery in northern Pope County, about 30 miles north of Russellville. There was no trace of Cynthia.
In October 1998, James Grinder was charged with murder in the deaths of all three girls. He admitted to picking up them up on the outskirts of Russellville, and after purchasing alcohol in Morrilton, he then drove them to Brock Cemetery where he raped, strangled, and stabbed Teresa and Crystal before covering their bodies with brush. Grinder then drove Cynthia to an area in the Ozark National Forest where he raped and bludgeoned her. He left her body there without concealing it. Grinder was sentenced to life in prison where he later died. Cynthia's remains have never been located.
Investigators:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
4131DFAR - Cynthia Renee Mabry
Cynthia Mabry – The Charley Project
Case Classification: Endangered Missing / Suspected Homicide
Missing Since: December 2, 1976
Location Last Seen: Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
Description:
- Date of Birth: circa 1963
- Age: 13 years old
- Race: White/Caucasian
- Gender: Female
- Height: 5'0"
- Weight: 95 lbs.
- Hair Color: Brown
- Eye Color: Brown
- Nickname/Alias: Cindy
- Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
- Clothing & Personal Items: Blue jeans; beige 3/4 length hooded coat with fur trim.
- Identifiers: Dentals available
Cynthia was last seen in Russellville, Arkansas at 5:30 p.m. on December 2, 1976. She disappeared from her home in the Fairview Estates neighborhood along with two other girls in the same neighborhood: Teresa Williams, 13, and Crystal Donita Parton, 14. According to Cynthia's sister, the girls had a plan to run away together and had arranged to have James Grinder drive them to Texas. Authorities assumed the girls were all runaways, but none of them ever returned home.
In 1986, the skeletal remains of Teresa and Crystal were found on a dead-end road near Brock Cemetery in northern Pope County, about 30 miles north of Russellville. There was no trace of Cynthia.
In October 1998, James Grinder was charged with murder in the deaths of all three girls. He admitted to picking up them up on the outskirts of Russellville, and after purchasing alcohol in Morrilton, he then drove them to Brock Cemetery where he raped, strangled, and stabbed Teresa and Crystal before covering their bodies with brush. Grinder then drove Cynthia to an area in the Ozark National Forest where he raped and bludgeoned her. He left her body there without concealing it. Grinder was sentenced to life in prison where he later died. Cynthia's remains have never been located.
Investigators:
- Russellville Police Department: 479-968-3232
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
4131DFAR - Cynthia Renee Mabry
Cynthia Mabry – The Charley Project
