Myra Manley was 19 when she vanished from Philadelphia on the afternoon of Friday, September 2, 1983. She was at her father’s apartment in the Presidential Apartments on City Line Avenue and told a family member she was going to the complex swimming pool around 3:30 p.m. She was last seen carrying a bag of garbage, apparently headed for the dumpster, and never returned. An extensive search produced no clues and the Philadelphia Police Department developed no significant leads.

Myra was described as a white female with brown hair and hazel/green eyes, a mole under her right breast, and a scar on her right hand near the palm. NamUs notes all four wisdom teeth had been removed and she had extensive dental work, including past braces. A friend, Barri Pepe, later named a women’s recovery home Myra’s Place in her honor.

Very few details are known about what happened after she left the building that afternoon, and the case remains unsolved. If anyone remembers Myra, the Presidential Apartments, or that neighborhood on September 2, 1983, please come forward with information.