Margaret Tevanian was 65 when she vanished from her Cedar Street home in Portland, Maine, during the night or early morning around St. Patrick’s Day in 1996. NamUs lists her as White/Caucasian, 5 feet 3 inches, about 110 pounds, with gray or partially gray shoulder-length hair and brown eyes.

She left wearing pajamas and a robe, brown shoes, and a blue kerchief, carrying only a paper bag with a toothbrush, toothpaste, and dental floss. That limited clothing and few belongings, together with Maine’s cold-season conditions, made the disappearance especially alarming. Accounts note a prior history of leaving home and later being found wandering, but March 1996 was the first such episode in months and she was never seen again.

The Portland Police Department took the case and public notices years later show it remained unresolved. If anyone knew Margaret, lived on Cedar Street then, or has any information about her movements that night, please contact the Portland Police Department.