Right: Age-Progression by Barbara Martin
Right: Age-Progression by Barbara Martin
Name: Avis Beatrice Harris Mooney
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: September 1, 1961
Location Last Seen: Mabank, Henderson County, Texas
Date of Birth: October 26, 1927
Age: 34 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Hair Color: Dark brown
Eye Color: Dark brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Fair complexion with freckles; small built frame. At least one abdominal scar from a hysterectomy and appendectomy. She has a dark brown birthmark on one of her hips that is about the size of a quarter. Medical: Undiagnosed mental condition (possibly bipolar disorder).
Dentals: Not available
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Available
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Mooney was last seen in Mabank, Texas in the Fall of 1961. One day in the Fall of 1961, Avis Mooney's husband told his two children that he had come home from work that day to discover a note from their mother Avis saying that she had left him. Avis and her husband had a bad marriage that involved a lot of arguing and physical fighting. In the years since Avis' disappearance none of her family has heard a word from her, except for a letter she wrote to her mother when she very first disappeared. Her mother always questioned whether Avis had actually written the letter.
There was a possible sighting of Mooney in Hughes Springs, Texas in the early 1970s, but this has not been confirmed.
Agency Name: Henderson County Sheriff's Department
Agency Contact Person: Investigator J Long
Agency Phone Number: 903-675-5128
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: C05-05910
NCIC Case Number: M864897648
Namus Case Number: 17085
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 01-20-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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