OH OH - Beverly Mastny, 15, Broadview Heights, 21 Sept 1953

[Odyssey]

NamUs profile
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/show/35164

There are no details about the circumstances, and I couldn't find any articles from when she disappeared. I do believe her case was publicized though, because I did find an article from El Paso, TX 3 years later. This article states that an El Paso man was approached by a woman at the post office and he recognized her from a detective magazine. He said she told him she had no money for a hotel and he gave her $4.00. He said she told him her name was Beverly.

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/67388845/

(The free version is at the bottom and it starts right after a long religious article)

Maybe someone with subscriptions could find out more?

 

[alb1on]

There is a bit more information at www.forthelost.org/calikids/BMastny.doc. It says that she was last seen with a trucker called C B Lewis (and was registered as a couple at a Medina hotel). He was later arrested in Texas for passing bad cheques.

 

[steff13]

This article sounds like it's about the same girl from the El Paso one, but some of the details are different. It says she was 17, and went missing Christmas eve, not in September. But, the name and city are the same.

View attachment clipping_11978818.pdf

 

[alawaysslueth]

Here is the link too her Charley Project casefile

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/mastny_beverly.html

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Beverly, now missing 67 years...

 

[alb1on]

There is a question about her full name. Most of the sites give it as Beverly Catherine, but she is Beverly Ann on her mothers obituary (Anna Margaret Hynst Mastny (1910-1992) - Find A...) and this is reinforced by records on Ancestry which tie in with both this parentage and name (but are not proof), and by the El Paso report.

 

[Harrietthespy27]

NamUs profile
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

There are no details about the circumstances, and I couldn't find any articles from when she disappeared. I do believe her case was publicized though, because I did find an article from El Paso, TX 3 years later. This article states that an El Paso man was approached by a woman at the post office and he recognized her from a detective magazine. He said she told him she had no money for a hotel and he gave her $4.00. He said she told him her name was Beverly.

El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas on March 20, 1957 · Page 17

(The free version is at the bottom and it starts right after a long religious article)

Maybe someone with subscriptions could find out more?

I have a bit of a theory about this case because of how I came across it

 

[Harrietthespy27]

If you believe that man in El Paso, she was still alive in Jan 1957 when she was sighted one last time before never being seen again. A month later the boy in the box was found. Is it possible she had a child no one knew about and that’s why she ran away? She was only 15 and ran away with a guy from Texas.. and the boy in the box was found 5 hours from where she lived. Just a thought.

 

[Richard]

Beverly Catherine Mastny

Beverly, circa 1953

• Missing Since 09/23/1953
• Missing From Broadview Heights, Ohio
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Age 15 years old
• Height and Weight 4'10 - 5'0, 100 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Beverly wears eyeglasses and has a prominent nose.

Details of Disappearance

Beverly was last seen in Broadview Heights, Ohio on September 23, 1953. She and a local truck driver, C.B. Lewis, registered at a Medina, Ohio hotel as a married couple that night, and she was seen walking in town the next day.

Lewis was later arrested in Texas for passing bad checks; Beverly wasn't with him at the time and she has never been heard from again. She may have been sighted in El Paso, Texas in January 1956 or 1957, but this hasn't been confirmed. Her case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency

• Akron Police Department 330-375-2530

Source Information

• NamUs
• The El Paso Herald-Post
• For the Lost
• Beverly Catherine Mastny – The Charley Project

 

[TSL7584]

Missing nearly 69 years

 

[Cwalker]

NamUs profile
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/show/35164

There are no details about the circumstances, and I couldn't find any articles from when she disappeared. I do believe her case was publicized though, because I did find an article from El Paso, TX 3 years later. This article states that an El Paso man was approached by a woman at the post office and he recognized her from a detective magazine. He said she told him she had no money for a hotel and he gave her $4.00. He said she told him her name was Beverly.

El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas on March 20, 1957 · Page 17

(The free version is at the bottom and it starts right after a long religious article)

Maybe someone with subscriptions could find out more?

I read your message with deep interest. I started my writing career with True Crime Detective Magazines. I'd like to know which issue the young lady may have been in. Ebay also sells lots of back issues as well.

 

[HopeRains]

Newspapers.com The Philadelphia Enquirer, 19 Jun 55, pg 38

 

[steff13]

Hmm, that makes it sound as though she may have been in contact with her parents but wouldn't say where she was. I hope that's the case. In cases like this I like to think the person just moved and went on to live a life somewhere.

 

[SimsGuy67]

Has Little Miss X ever been considered? She was possibly spotted in 1957 in El Paso Texas according to Charley Project. Here is Beverly for comparison. I have already submitted via LE and NamUs. I know that Beverly would be 18 or 19 by the time but Doe Network lists the oldest possible age as 17 instead of 14. 17 is 1 or 2 years off but I think they look similar and is one of the few I never really saw being talked about probably because she ran away years prior.
Left: (Beverly Mastny) Right: (Little Miss X)

I think the two's jaw and face shape are very similar. Let me know what you think! I understand we can't really get a confirmed match as they lost Little Miss X's body but if they ever come across her DNA then they can test! I also don't know if they have Beverly's Dentals but if they do that's great as I believe Little Miss X's dentals are!

 

[MadMcGoo]

Has Little Miss X ever been considered? She was possibly spotted in 1957 in El Paso Texas according to Charley Project. Here is Beverly for comparison. I have already submitted via LE and NamUs. I know that Beverly would be 18 or 19 by the time but Doe Network lists the oldest possible age as 17 instead of 14. 17 is 1 or 2 years off but I think they look similar and is one of the few I never really saw being talked about probably because she ran away years prior.
Left: (Beverly Mastny) Right: (Little Miss X)

I think the two's jaw and face shape are very similar. Let me know what you think! I understand we can't really get a confirmed match as they lost Little Miss X's body but if they ever come across her DNA then they can test! I also don't know if they have Beverly's Dentals but if they do that's great as I believe Little Miss X's dentals are!

I think it’s a good possibility!

Is it me or does the picture of Beverly make her look much older than 15??

 

[SimsGuy67]

Does anyone know Beverly's identifiers? What does she have available? If she had dentals available then does she have a filling description? This could help identify her or exclude her as Little Miss X.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Beverly Ann Catherine Mastny – The Charley Project

 

[SimsGuy67]

Just to let everyone know. I saw some confusion about this on the thread. Her real name is Beverly Ann Mastny. The newspaper clippings on her NamUs name her as "Beverly Ann Mastny" and not "Beverly Catherine Mastny".

 

[John/Jane Doe]

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current NamUs Exclusion List for Beverly Mastny? I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[Caring1]

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current NamUs Exclusion List for Beverly Mastny? I would greatly appreciate it.

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