Name: Carolyn Maryann Bealer
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: August 23, 1979
Location Last Seen: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Date of Birth: April 9, 1954
Age: 25 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 110 lbs.
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Black hair, brown
Nickname/Alias: Carolyn Maryann Fox
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She wears glasses with round lenses and a brown plastic frame. Alternate DOB of 04/09/1955.
Dentals: Available. Her two upper front teeth are false.
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Bealer was last seen August 23, 1979 in Los Angeles, CA. Foul play is suspected.
Larry Donald Smith was charged with Bealer's abduction and presumed murder shortly after she vanished. Authorities believe that Smith disposed of Bealer's remains in the Pacific Ocean. He was convicted of the charges and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1980, one year after Bealer disappeared.
30 witnesses were called, including family members, to testify about Bealer's life and daily routine. The aim was to convince the jury that she never would have left on her own. One witness told of seeing Smith and a young woman arguing as they boarded a boat in Dana Point Harbor. The vessel returned later, the witness said, without Bealer or the anchor.
Agency Name: FBI - Los Angeles Area Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 310-477-6565
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 193-27
NCIC Case Number: M-044974248
California Department of Justice
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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