Anna Francis Leatherwood, known as Frances, was 45 when she was last seen on May 20, 1966, in Sevierville, Tennessee. Family members say she had been in an abusive marriage and had a history of leaving and returning to her husband, Rockford Berlin Leatherwood. On the day she disappeared she had been staying with a cousin; her husband collected her and took her home. Their children later saw Frances with a bruised, swollen leg and limping. The children last saw her late that night; she was gone the next morning.

Her husband told police he had taken her to the doctor as promised and briefly waited in the waiting room, but the receptionist did not see Frances enter. She had left her purse at home. Within a week he sold many of her belongings and burned others; within six months he filed for divorce and listed the house for sale. Seven years later he had her declared legally dead and claimed her life insurance. Authorities have long regarded her as likely a homicide victim, though no body was found and no charges were filed. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit currently lists her as an endangered missing person.

Did anyone in Sevierville in 1966 see Anna Leatherwood after May 20 or have information about where she might have gone?