TX TX - Mary McFadyen, 80, Austin, 6 March 2011

[NoeticSoul]

This is just so sad and seems an almost invisible case for some reason? She has been missing for ONE YEAR and police are just now asking for help??!

I was made aware of this case today by a friend on a social network---so I wanted to share here and see if we can help to find her. I don't live in Austin but I'm sure many of you here do!! Below is what little info I've been able to find today:

Detectives seek assistance in missing person case
http://162.89.4.50/news/detectives-seek-assistance-missing-person-case

On Sunday, March 6, 2011, Mary Alexandra McFadyen was reported missing. Initially it appeared that Mary’s disappearance may have been voluntary. On April 13, 2011, Mary’s car was found abandoned in the City of Austin.

Mary is described as:
White female
80 years of age
5’2”
100 lbs
British accent

A team of investigators from the Austin Police Department Violent Crimes Command have been investigating this case and learned that a friend of Mary’s named Garry Dolbow from Fresno, California came to visit her on Saturday, February 19, 2011. Through our investigation, Garry is the last known person to have seen or spoken to Mary.

Garry Dolbow travels a great deal for his work. He travels by vehicle to many states including California, Colorado, Arizona and Texas. Detectives have spoken with Garry multiple times over the phone, but only recently was Garry able to make a trip to Austin and speak with detectives.

On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 detectives spoke with Garry about the last time he saw Mary, which was Saturday, February 19, 2011. Garry stated that he left Mary’s residence on the evening of Saturday, February 19, 2011 and Mary was alive.

At this time, Garry Dolbow is considered a person of interest and it is believed that he has information that could be of great assistance to the investigation. APD has been and continues to work diligently on this investigation. APD appreciates the assistance we may receive from national, local media and tips from citizens.

The department urges anyone with information about Mary’s current whereabouts or the circumstances under which she disappeared to call the Austin Police Department’s Homicide Tip Line at (512) 477-3588.



Austin police ask for public’s help in 2011 missing persons case

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/cont...sk_for_publics.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_blotter


Reiki master's disappearance leaves friends searching for answers

http://www.statesman.com/news/local...es-friends-searching-for-answers-2198255.html

 

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http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Texas-Detectives-Seeking-Help-in-Missing-Person-Case-141492313.html

By KSEE News
March 5, 2012

(Press Release) On Sunday, March 6, 2011, Mary Alexandra McFadyen was reported missing.

 

[raine1212]

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch/mpch.htm

Still Missing

 

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https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/10505/0/

Case Information
Status
Missing
First name
Mary
Middle name
Last name
McFadyen
Nickname/Alias
Date last seen
February 22, 2011 00:00
Date entered
04/27/2011
Age last seen
79 to years old
Age now
81 years old
Race
White
Ethnicity
Sex
Female
Height (inches)
62.0
Weight (pounds)
100.0

 

[Wolf Dreamer]

Hope it's ok to post this here - their director was a contact for the police

http://www.reikioutreach.com/

The last week she was seen in Austin, she was both packing to move and for an upcoming trip to England. She attended her normal meetings, met friends, had a date.

BBM - wonder who that was with? Dolbow was meant to be her "companion".

 

[iulia]

From 2013 article

Finding long-missing people alive rare, officials say

...Garry Dolbow, who told police he found 80-year-old Mary McFadyen dead in early 2011 and then drove her body in his girlfriend’s SUV to California. He said she would have wanted him to help her disappear, Detective Heather Robinson said. He also said he didn’t kill her, Patterson said.

Along with McFadyen, police are looking for Dolbow, a man in his 70s, who detectives said travels around the Southwest for work. Patterson said he scammed money from McFadyen, a celebrated master of Reiki, an eastern art that purports to use energy to heal people by laying hands on them.

 

[iulia]

Mary Alexandra McFadyen – The Charley Project

Mary Alexandra McFadyen

Missing Since 02/22/2011
Missing From Austin, Texas
Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race White
Date of Birth 08/18/1931 (90)
Age 79 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 100 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. McFadyen speaks with a British accent.

Details of Disappearance
McFadyen was last seen at her home in the 3800 block of Hidden Hollow Lane in northwest Austin, Texas on the evening of February 22, 2011.

She was packing to move at the time of her disappearance, and also planning for an upcoming trip to England. She has never been heard from again. In April, her car was found abandoned a few blocks from her house. It had a flat tire.

Garry Dolbow, McFayden's ex-boyfriend, is the last person known to have seen her and is considered a person of interest in her disappearance.

Dolbow, who lives in Fresno, California, travels a great deal for business purposes. The police have interviewed him several times about McFadyen and he once came to Austin specifically to talk to them.

McFadyen's loved ones stated she was behaving normally before she went missing and it's uncharacteristic of her not to contact them. She's internationally known as an expert in Reiki therapy, a Japanese alternative medicine technique.

She was born in Leeds, England and had lived in the United States for about forty years prior to her disappearance. She lived in Colorado before moving to Austin in 2009. Her case remains unsolved.


Her NamUs page #MP10505 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)