Mary Marie Hammonds was 16 when she left her home in South Shore, Kentucky, in the autumn of 1949 and never returned. Described as having dishwater blonde, collar-length hair and blue eyes, she apparently left home and was believed to have stayed in the local area, but details from that time are scarce and the timeline goes cold quickly.

Her brother Clyde said Mary had talked about leaving home at 16, and the family spent decades with no significant leads. A family friend reported a possible sighting in the early 1980s in Greenup County of a woman they believed to be Mary running between houses near a railroad track, but the date and identity have not been confirmed. No photograph of Mary is available, which has hampered identification efforts.

Does anyone remember Mary or the Greenup County sighting, or have information about young women who disappeared from South Shore around 1949?