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Margaret Ann Hayes was a student at Indiana University. She went out to buy cigarettes at a store four blocks from her home. She bought the cigarettes, but then she disappeared. Here's a link to the Charley project page for her:
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/hayes_margaret.html

Now that there is another case in the same area (Lauren Spierer), I thought it would be appropriate to add Margaret's name to this forum.
 
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Margaret Ann Hayes

•Date Of Birth: December 30, 1954
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 22 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'5"
•Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; green eyes. Slender build. Margie is very nearsighted, and can wear her contacts for only a few hours at a time.
120 lbs

Nickname: Margie

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/7739/0/


http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1445dfin.html
 


Circumstances of Disappearance

Margaret was last seen on March 10, 1977 leaving her Atwater Street rooming house where she lived about 11:00 PM.

She took with her, her last semester student identification card for Indiana University, her contact lenses, and enough money to buy a pack of cigarettes.

She left behind in her orderly apartment, all her clothes, her luggage, toilet articles, check books, $13 in cash, and her glasses.

She walked about 4 blocks and bought the cigarettes at the former Caveat Emptor on Indiana Avenue. She was never seen again.

"Margie" had come to Bloomington about four years earlier to attend Indiana University.

She did not return to school after the fall term of 1976, and at the time of her disappearance she was working for a family as a cleaning girl three days a week. She had worked at this residence the same day of her disappearance.

Margie last contacted her parents on February 20, 1977, and had visited them in January.
 
Margaret “Margie” Ann Hayes

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Last Contact: Thursday, March 10th, 1977
Missing From: Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana



Physical/Clothing/Medical
Race:
White
Sex: Female
Age: 22 Years Old
DOB: 12/30/1954
Height: 5’5” (65”)
Weight: 120-130 lbs.
Hair: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Clothing:
Jewelry:
Characteristics
/Medical/Scars: Slender build, Nearsighted wore glasses and contact lenses
Transportation:
Fingerprint Status
: Not Available
Dental Status: Available * It appears in the photo Margie may have had a slight overbite.
DNA Status: Available

Circumstances:
Margaret was last seen leaving her 1st floor rooming house apartment at 730 Atwater Avenue @ 11:00 pm on the evening of March 10, 1977 she was walking to Caveat Emptor to purchase a pack of cigarettes 4 blocks away on Indiana Avenue. Margaret never returned.

Margaret had been attending IU and decided not to re-enroll after the fall of 1976 until she decided on a major. She was employed as a housekeeper working 3 days a week to help with her expenses while in college. All of Margaret’s personal items were left behind; clothes, luggage, toiletries, checkbook, cash and eye glasses. n address book was located in her apartment Officer Webb contacted every person in the book however no one had seen nor heard from Margaret.

Margaret’s family has described her as a quiet and studious person that was not the type that would get into a stranger’s car.

At the time (1976-1977) Margaret was the 4th of 5 unsolved disappearances over a couple of years in the Bloomington area. In a 1990 interview with police officer Barbara Webb since deceased LE had no leads, no vehicle descriptions, no suspects it was as if Margaret vanished into thin air.

In 2013 there was a possible break in the case and the dental records of Margaret were sent to Florida investigators for comparison with a UID, however it was confirmed not to be Margaret.


Investigating Agencies:
Bloomington Police Department
2200 East 3rd Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
Tele: 812.349.3319 / 812.339.4477
MP Case # 77-4789 / 040204-145
Contact: Dt Sarah Carnes
Web: Police Services | City of Bloomington, Indiana

NCIC # M-012201243

Information Sources:
NAMUS
MP Case #7739: Missing Person Case
Case Manager: Melissa Gregory
Tele: 817.304.0893
E-Mail: Melissa.Gregory@unthsc.edu

The Charley Project: Margaret Ann Hayes – The Charley Project

The Doe Network 1445DFIN: The Doe Network: Case File 1445DFIN

News/Blogs:
09/22/77 – The Indianapolis Star
09/24/77 – The Indianapolis Star
10/26/77 – National Road Traveler
04/26/92 – Herald Times
06/11/00 – Herald Times
07/30/00 – The Indianapolis Star
11/26/11 – Bloomingpedia - Margaret Ann Hayes - Bloomingpedia
02/16/14 – Herald Times
 
Margaret Ann Hayes
  • margaret_ann_hayes_1.jpg
Hayes, circa 1977
  • Missing Since 03/10/1977
  • Missing From Bloomington, Indiana
  • Classification Endangered Missing
  • Sex Female
  • Race White
  • Date of Birth 12/30/1954 (64)
  • Age 22 years old
  • Height and Weight 5'5, 120 - 130 pounds
  • Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, green eyes. Hayes's nickname is Margie. She is very near-sighted and wears contact lenses, but at the time of her disappearance she could only have them in her eyes for a few hours at a time.
Details of Disappearance
Hayes was last seen at 11:00 p.m. on March 10, 1977, when she left her home in the 700 block of Atwater Street in Bloomington, Indiana. She planned to purchase a pack of cigarettes and had the cash on her to do so. She never returned to her rooming house.

Hayes left behind all her clothes, her luggage, her checkbook, and her Indiana University student identification card. Her apartment was in an orderly condition when she left it.

It has been established that Hayes bought cigarettes at the Caveat Emptor store (now a Starbucks coffee shop) on Indiana Avenue, four blocks from her home, on the evening of her disappearance. She was never heard from again after that.

Hayes had completed seven semesters at Indiana University at the time of her disappearance, majoring in social services. She was unsure as to whether she wanted to continue with that major and had taken a semester off to decide whether to complete her degree or start again with another major.

She was working three days a week as a housekeeper to meet her expenses. Hayes's family in Fort Wayne, Indiana last saw her in January 1977, and she last spoke to them on the telephone on February 10.

Investigators are not sure what happened to Hayes. Her loved ones describe her as a quiet person who would be unlikely to get into a stranger's car. Her case remains unsolved.

Source:

Margaret Ann Hayes – The Charley Project
 
Five unsolved disappearances/murders: Cheryl Ann Bolin (murdered); Margaret Ann Hayes (missing); Ann Harmeier (murdered); Vicki Lynn Harrell (murdered); and Pamela Milam (murdered).Pamela Milam's seems to have been solved, link below:
 
Margaret was last seen leaving for cigs. By whom? Did she live alone? Relationship?
She lived in a rooming house. There was at least one male friend at her place and possibly 1-2 females. Odd she left alone even for such a short walk. I’ve talked with a gentleman who went hitchhiking with her out west the summer before her disappearance. He said his roommate Bruce was much closer to her. He and Bruce lived one block west of her and possibly she passed by their place on the way and from (if she made it that far). Another person living in that block was a man named Wayne and his girlfriend. Wayne in 2000 went to prison for 20 dogs he owned in a very rural area of Indiana killed an elderly census worker. His girlfriend (don’t know her name) worked at a local restaurant at the time named Choo-Choo Cafe now Janko’s. The houses these people lived in are no longer there it’s a parking garage, but Magee’s house is still there.
 
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This is the store she walked to. The pic is from 1975. If she turned right when leaving she would have immediately walked past the entrance to a printing shop then an alley. This is assuming she didn’t walk straight across the street. If she did the law school would have been across the street.
 

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