WA WA - Seattle, WhtFem 30-50, 159UFWA, UP12916, alias 'Mary Anderson', copper IUD, breast surgery scars, 11 October 1996

[Mandala]

Interesting....

A woman named Mary disappeared in September, 1996, in Washington State.

The sizes of the women are drastically different and Mary Hunter's story makes it highly unlikely they are the same person.

Mary Frances Hunter – The Charley Project

Just food for thought, bumping the thread, and likely eliminating a person that could be

This Mary only had scars around the breast area and no birthmarks documented. I’m clutching at straws with hope for solving this case, so I wish it was a match

 

[cyberpanda]

Having Middle Eastern/Iranian ancestry doesn't automatically make someone an immigrant; she could easily be first- or second-generation. My DNA says I'm 50% English, but I don't have any immediate family from England.

 

[Susikatze]

Having Middle Eastern/Iranian ancestry doesn't automatically make someone an immigrant; she could easily be first- or second-generation. My DNA says I'm 50% English, but I don't have any immediate family from England.

That is true, however there were virtually no Iranian immigrants to the US before the Iranian Revolution. So it is likely she was an immigrant. Given her age, she may have migrated as a young woman with a husband, which explains why she had no noticeable accent. That would also explain why noone was looking for her in the US. If most of her relatives stayed in Iran and she had no children and was estranged from her (ex) husband.
A second generation immigrant usually has local family.

jmoo

 

[Rikissa]

That is true, however there were virtually no Iranian immigrants to the US before the Iranian Revolution. So it is likely she was an immigrant. Given her age, she may have migrated as a young woman with a husband, which explains why she had no noticeable accent. That would also explain why noone was looking for her in the US. If most of her relatives stayed in Iran and she had no children and was estranged from her (ex) husband.
A second generation immigrant usually has local family.

jmoo

There are Iranian/Persian related ethnic groups in what was the Soviet Union, in what now are independent countries near Iran. There is a small possibility that she might have come to the US as being 'Russian'.

 

[Susikatze]

There are Iranian/Persian related ethnic groups in what was the Soviet Union, in what now are independent countries near Iran. There is a small possibility that she might have come to the US as being 'Russian'.

a bit of a long stretch, the soviet union was fairly closed off and one couldnt easily escape to the West, let alone the US. Not likely in my opinion

 

[Rikissa]

a bit of a long stretch, the soviet union was fairly closed off and one couldnt easily escape to the West, let alone the US. Not likely in my opinion

Not really true, that was depending on what group a person belonged to, whether they were allowed to leave or not. The Jackson-Vanik amendment of 1974, between the US and Russia, is mostly associated with Soviet Jews, but it also included various ethnic and religious minorities, including Muslims, Christians, people who the Soviet Union saw as unwanted in their society.

Jackson–Vanik amendment - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

While only about 3,000 Jews left legally between 1960 and 1970, roughly 347,100 people received visas to leave the USSR between 1971 and 1980