MD MD - Mary Cook Spencer, 26, Prince Frederick, 14 March 1981

folieadeuxnola · Oct 21, 2016

Mary Cook Spencer

(Unfortunate could not locate any other pictures of Mary)

Date of Birth: June 3, 1954
Age: 26 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She has freckles and pierced ears. She wears eyeglasses.

Mary Cook Spencer, a newlywed, left home on March 14, 1981, to go shopping. Her 1979 Mercedes was located in the Frying Pan Restaurant parking lot in Lusby. The key was still in the ignition and the doors were locked.
Some agencies list the disappearance date as March 30, 1981

NAMUS: https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/8712/18/
Doe: http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3482dfmd.html

The Capital News Archive - June 2, 1981

folieadeuxnola · Aug 19, 2017

Clearer picture of Mary taken from newspaper ..

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Jim_M · Aug 19, 2017

folieadeuxnola said:
Clearer picture of Mary taken from newspaper ..

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I wonder if this picture has been made available to the agencies? NAMUS has no picture, and DOE has that original blurry photo. Or maybe you have sent it to them?

Another sad case that went for decades, with no publicity, that I can detect anyway.

folieadeuxnola · Aug 19, 2017

Jim_M said:
I wonder if this picture has been made available to the agencies? NAMUS has no picture, and DOE has that original blurry photo. Or maybe you have sent it to them?

Another sad case that went for decades, with no publicity, that I can detect anyway.

Have no idea, just found it this evening on newspapers its the only one I've found thus far. The one on Doe is from the capital news unfortunately the specific year is not included in the newspapers account. It appeared to be a photo without her glasses

Reading the article her parents came from LA and searched for her she also was a graduate of University of New Mexico. She was an artist with a specialty in leather and macrame.

There is not a lot out there on her, very sad

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Richard · Feb 16, 2021

Mary Cook Spencer

Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: March 14, 1981
Location Last Seen: Prince Frederick, Calvert County, Maryland

Physical Description
Date of Birth: June 3, 1954
Age: 26 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She has freckles and pierced ears. She wears eyeglasses.

Identifiers
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Possibly wearing blue jeans, a plaid shirt, a red jacket, and Land Lubber shoes.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Eyeglasses.

Circumstances of Disappearance

Mary Cook Spencer, a newlywed, left home on March 14, 1981, to go shopping. Her 1979 Mercedes was located in the Frying Pan Restaurant parking lot in Lusby. The key was still in the ignition and the doors were locked.

Some agencies list the disappearance date as March 30, 1981.

Investigating Agency
Agency Name: Maryland State Police
Agency Phone Number: 410-535-1400

Agency Case Number: M8302900
NamUs Case Number: 8712

Information Sources
NamUs
Maryland Missing Persons Network
The Capital News Archive - June 2, 1981
Mary Cook Spencer doe network - AOL Search Results

dulldullmike · Jun 14, 2021

This case popped up in a Reddit search, and someone suggested this UID as a possible match. They stated that they'd submitted her name, but no follow-up. Either way, bumping for Mary.

sunnynz · Jun 17, 2021

dulldullmike said:
This case popped up in a Reddit search, and someone suggested this UID as a possible match. They stated that they'd submitted her name, but no follow-up. Either way, bumping for Mary.

That does look like a good possible match. Anyone know the name of Mary's husband?

sunnynz · Jun 17, 2021

A newspaper article with her parents' names and her husband's name (Tom)

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Beccalicious · Mar 19, 2023

Bumping

summergirl1 · Mar 22, 2023

The article that was posted states she was last seen at home by her husband. I assume he said she went out shopping as that is the main info sites repeat on her disapearence. No one saw her after that? I know they were just married, but was he ever suspected in her disapearence, I wonder. She reminds me of the well known 1982 case from Maryland of a woman found in a trunk..about an hour and a half from where Mary vanished.

summergirl1 · Mar 22, 2023

431UFMD

chaddylex · Mar 22, 2023

Mary's NamUs Profile was modified on 3/21/23
She currently has 9 rule outs (one is a male)

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

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victoriarobinson642 · Apr 3, 2023

Mary isn't listed on either of her parents' family trees. She does appear to have siblings from a previous wife of her father's, though I have no idea if they're still living/have given a DNA sample.

HopeRains · Apr 3, 2023

Full article referenced above.

The Daily Times (Salisbury, MD), 18 Jul 81, pg 2

Red-dotted line shows Lusby, MD

summergirl1 · Apr 3, 2023

I wasn't aware she had no full siblings apparently. Her parents are very likely gone. It says there are dentals on her but no DNA. Dentals can be useful too of course. I wonder if there's any more old news stories about her disapearence. The restaurant where her car was found is still there. Whatever happened to her, her remains have likely never been found.

sunnynz · Apr 4, 2023

Is her husband still alive?

summergirl1 · Jul 7, 2023

I joined Newspapers.com recently including the extra cost part and could find no more articles about her. Hmm. If anyone can find more about her in search results on there I can look up the actual article.

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