Left and Center: Hanson, circa 1974; Right: Age-Progression to 36 years. (circa 2002)
Left and Center: Hanson, circa 1974; Right: Age-Progression to 36 years. (circa 2002)
Name: Cheryl Anne Hanson
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: May 31, 1974
Location Last Seen: Aurora, Ontario, Canada.
Date of Birth: July 25, 1966
Age: 7 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 4' 0" - 122 cm
Weight: 51 lbs - 23 kg
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Cheryl was wearing dark brown check sweater and pants combination, a red nylon jacket / coat and white leather shoes. She also wore a gold necklace with a medallion on it. She was heading to her cousin's for a sleepover and was carrying her white pajamas with red flowers in a brown paper bag.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Cheryl disappeared from Ontario, Canada in 1974. She left her residence around 18:30 to walk down Bloomington Side Road to her cousin's home 10 minutes away. She never arrived.
Thousands of volunteers, including police, CB radio operators, aircraft and Queen's York militia units, scoured the region for weeks in an unprecedented search of York Region. Cheryl Anne was never found.
Convicted murderer Donald Everingham confessed to several murders, including that of Cheryl Hanson. He described Cheryl's clothes and drew a crude map of where he'd thrown her body. But the newspapers had been full of Cheryl's description and extensive police searches in the area he indicated never uncovered her body. Donald Everingham's confession was eventually refuted.
Agency Name: York Regional Police
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 905-830-0303
Agency E-Mail: info@police.york.on.ca
Agency Case Number: N/A
Agency Name: Homicide & Missing Persons Unit
Agency Contact Person: 1-866-823-3334, Extension 7778
Agency Phone Number: N/A
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 1974-10461
NCMEC Case Number: RCMP0100680
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
York Regional Police
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - 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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