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Alvin Giddens Missing Person Case

Last seen in Marietta, Georgia on Sep 06, 1996

Victim Details

Aug 01, 2016

Jan 12, 2024

Alvin

Giddens

74

45

70 inches

72 inches

210 lbs

235 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Sep 06, 1996

Marietta

Georgia

Cobb County

Marietta

18592

Cobb County Police Department

Marietta

Georgia

Cobb County

30060

140 North Marietta Parkway, Georgia

7704993958

County

Law Enforcement

96126439

1996-09-09

Cobb County Police Department

Brown

Green

Green

07/26/2026


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In the late summer of 1996, a sense of unease settled over a community in Marietta, Georgia, following the sudden disappearance of Alvin Dale Giddens. A friend of Giddens would later report to the Cobb County Police Department that they had last seen the 45-year-old on September 6, 1996. As the days turned into weeks with no word from Giddens, concern grew among those who knew him. The investigation into his whereabouts would soon take a grim turn, leading authorities to suspect that his vanishi ...
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Last Seen: Sep 06, 1996

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