I suspect she felt like she was getting too close emotionally and it scared her. Rather than work thru it, especially back then, she left. Poor kid.
I have formed quite a few theories about the case in the day I’ve read all these articles. I just don’t understand how Mary would forget about the inheritance since she and her sister talked about it prior to her disappearance and they even had “Mohawk” as a code word when they spoke of it.
Maybe the woman found was another child of Mary’s mother she gave birth too before Mary went missing
Her step dad smashed her head into a tub - tubs back then were cast iron, not acrylic like now. Imagine having the strength and force of an adult propel a teens skull into a cast iron object. It wouldn’t surprise me if she suffered short term memory loss, mild brain damage or even brain bleeding. Whatever was used to clean up the mess was likely buried in the yard which would trigger the dogs.
The woman found has both the mother and father's DNA. She's Mary.
That poor woman seems like she had such a rough life, and no funeral to top it off.
That was a rough watch for me.
Yeah, I guess DNA pretty much ties the mystery together. The fact that a child’s shoe was found gave me the feeling that Mary was buried back there at one point and then moved with the shoe being left behind
Most sources state she matched the mothers DNA, is the dads DNA match spoken about in the show?The woman found has both the mother and father's DNA. She's Mary.
That poor woman seems like she had such a rough life, and no funeral to top it off.
That was a rough watch for me.
Yes, in 2017 they did an updated DNA test and she matched both parents. She was Mary, what was left of her poor broken spirit and memory that is.
It might have been due to head injuries or brain damage from chronic alcohol use that she forgot about the money. Or maybe even that much money wasn't worth reconnecting with her "mother."
