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Mary Ann Bagenstose was 25 when she disappeared from West Willow, Pennsylvania. She was last seen on June 5, 1984, living separately from her husband, Jere Bagenstose, and caring for their two-year-old son while a boarder also lived in the house. That morning she had plans to go car shopping with Jere; he says he took the child to a park and found Mary Ann gone when he returned. He told investigators he found a note saying she had walked to a nearby market, but store employees who knew her did not recall seeing her and Jere says he disposed of the note.

Mary Ann’s mother reported her missing on June 7, 1984, after two days without contact. Investigators later found a freshly dug rectangular hole in the garage, hidden under cardboard; Jere gave differing explanations about it. There was no activity on Mary Ann’s bank accounts and no one has heard from her since. In December 2022 Jere Bagenstose was arrested and charged with criminal homicide; forensic handwriting analysis later attributed the alleged note to him rather than Mary Ann.

Who in West Willow remembers Mary Ann, her routines, or that day in June 1984 and might have information to help clarify what happened?