MI MI - Elizabeth 'Connie' Converse, 49, Ann Arbor, Aug 1974

[Curious_in_NC]

Could this be anything?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Maybe. And welcome to Websleuths.
FWIW there are no exclusions listed for this unidentified person at NamUs. The height is a bit short, 5'1" vs. 5'7-5'10" for Connie, and eyes are a maybe: blue vs. "Exact color unknown but possibly brown or blue".

The timing fits what we know. The description at NamUs doesn't mention a car. Sounds like the UID was on foot: "Witnesses observed the subject walk into the water and disappear." Too bad there is no photo or reconstruction.

 

[Ozoner]

Could this be anything?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

It looks quite promising. It's certainly a lead that's worth running to ground.

 

[SpanishMossAntiques]

It looks quite promising. It's certainly a lead that's worth running to ground.

Connie is reported to be 5'7" and 165lbs with brown hair and hazel eyes. She is also edentulous with a full plate of dentures, has a hysterectomy scar, and was known to wear men's clothing.

The UID in question above is 5'1" and 120lbs with blue eyes. Both the height and weight are really far off here - for height I allow 1-2" (for ME error and people do shrink a little when they die), and weight up to 15lbs. In terms of eye color, blue and hazel are indeed similar - so if there are many commonalities between the UID and the subject I'll go ahead and report it. In this case though there are really just too many discrepancies - but good catch anyway!

 

[SpanishMossAntiques]

We Lived Alone: The Connie Converse Documentary

"This 40-minute experimental documentary will explore the life of Elizabeth Eaton 'Connie' Converse. After being commercially ignored as a singer/songwriter, Connie disappeared in 1974 at the age of 50, leaving only goodbye notes and a filing cabinet full of her extraordinary life's work. Her deeply personal songs were ahead of their time. Faced with major surgery and a crippling sense of failure, Connie Converse drove off in her Volkswagen bug and was never heard from again. 'We Lived Alone' uses an archive of recordings, photos, interviews, and symbolic footage to investigate the life of Connie Converse through the lens of her own music."

 

[dotr]

Could this be anything?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Welcome to Ws @BMAMAN!
Thanks for bringing your suggestion here!
Although the UID Doe's height does not seem to match up with Connie, she is still worth a peek, this is the thread for her..

MD - MD - Baltimore, Baltimore Harbor, WhtFem 35-50, UP16062, clothes, sunglasses, shoes, Aug'74

NamUs UP 16062 https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/16062 No Image Available Unidentified White Female Body Condition: recognizable face Probable year of death: 1974 Vital Statistics Estimated age: 35-50 Approximate Height: 61 estimate Approximate Weight: 120 estimate Hair Color: Brown; 2...

www.websleuths.com

 

[TootsieFootsie]

The mysterious story of Connie Converse, the singer-songwriter who vanished

The artist quit music in the early '60s, then later disappeared so completely even her family didn't know where she'd gone. Now, an album of her songs — as she wanted them heard — is coming out.

www.kosu.org

 

[dotr]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3841606/mediaviewer/rm1317051649/?ref_=tt_ov_i

We Lived Alone: The Connie Converse Documentary (Short 2014) - Plot - IMDb

We Lived Alone: The Connie Converse Documentary (Short 2014) - Plot summary, synopsis, and more...

www.imdb.com

''This 40-minute experimental documentary will explore the life of Elizabeth Eaton 'Connie' Converse. After being commercially ignored as a singer/songwriter, Connie disappeared in 1974 at the age of 50, leaving only goodbye notes and a filing cabinet full of her extraordinary life's work. Her deeply personal songs were ahead of their time. Faced with major surgery and a crippling sense of failure, Connie Converse drove off in her Volkswagen bug and was never heard from again. 'We Lived Alone' uses an archive of recordings, photos, interviews, and symbolic footage to investigate the life of Connie Converse through the lens of her own music.''

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I hadn't heard of the case before but am now going to watch the documentary.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I hadn't heard of the case before but am now going to watch the documentary.

Me too.

Excellent NPR interview going on right now.... Author of her biography, coming out Aug 11.

 

[cenazoic]

Small correction, @nhmemorymaker - the biography came out back in May/June.

On August 11 they’re releasing “a new album containing 32 songs…It's a recording Converse made herself, at home in 1956. She called it Musicks.”

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Small correction, @nhmemorymaker - the biography came out back in May/June.

On August 11 they’re releasing “a new album containing 32 songs…It's a recording Converse made herself, at home in 1956. She called it Musicks.”

THANK YOU... I did mix that up....