Maxine Beatrice Green was 26 and the mother of six when she was last seen in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on October 30, 1961. She had recently divorced Hobart Jess Green and had just cashed a welfare check; Hobart was due in court on a child support matter about a week after her disappearance. Early on, some locals thought she might have left voluntarily, but a search of Bird Creek by authorities turned up nothing.

In 1986 one of Maxine and Hobart’s daughters, Norma, said she suddenly recalled a 1961 night when Hobart forced Norma, a younger sister, and Maxine into a car, drove them to a swinging bridge over Bird Creek, and attacked Maxine. Norma said she watched her father choke Maxine and that the body was buried near the creek. Investigators later searched the area again; a private investigator’s dig turned up only animal bones and dress buttons. The investigation has largely been stalled since 1991 and Maxine’s fate remains unresolved.

Did anyone in Pawhuska or the surrounding area have contact with Maxine in late October 1961 or remember sightings near Bird Creek that might shed light on her disappearance?