Disappearance of Beverly Potts
Unsolved 1951 disappearance in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beverly Rose Potts (April 15, 1941 – disappeared August 24, 1951) was a ten-year-old American girl who disappeared while walking home from a neighborhood festival event held in a park less than a quarter of a mile from her Cleveland, Ohio home. Despite intense publicity and repeated, exhaustive efforts to locate the girl, both at the time of her disappearance and in more recent decades, no trace of Potts or definitive leads as to the circumstances surrounding her disappearance have ever materialized. Foul play is strongly suspected, although no definitive suspect has ever been identified.[2]
Beverly Potts | |
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Born | Beverly Rose Potts (1941-04-15)April 15, 1941 |
Disappeared | August 24, 1951 (aged 10) Cleveland, Ohio 41.45624°N 81.75647°W / 41.45624; -81.75647 |
Status | Missing for 72 years, 9 months and 7 days |
Known for | Missing person |
Height | 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m) (approximate) |
Parents |
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Family | Anita Lois Potts (sister) |
Distinguishing features | Caucasian female. 90 pounds. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Small, round scar on upper left arm; small scar above left eyebrow. Kidney-shaped birthmark upon rear of left foot.[1] |
The disappearance of Beverly Potts implemented the largest manhunt to locate a missing person in the history of Cleveland at the time. The case itself is regarded as one of the most infamous missing persons and cold cases in Ohio[3] and has been described by one author as "one of the most haunting and heartbreaking mysteries" in the history of Cleveland.[4]