Mabel Crumback, 19, vanished from her family home in Toronto on the evening of May 28, 1950. A friend named Jim Bryan spent the day with her, listening to the radio and playing tennis, and reported leaving the house about 12:30 a.m.; when he returned for dinner later that day, Mabel was gone. Her parents had been away that weekend and, on their return, found lights on in the bedroom and kitchen and a side door open.

Inside Mabel’s room her bed looked as if it had been slept in, her purse with money remained, and her pajama bottoms were neatly folded under her pillow while the pajama top was missing. She reportedly had no money or house key with her when she disappeared. Employed at Eastern Steel Co. and active in her church choir, she was described as a white female, dark curly hair, fair complexion, 5 feet 1 inch, wearing a red and black plaid shirt, a navy blue pleated skirt and black suede pumps.

Hundreds of volunteers searched the Humber Valley and York Township police offered a reward. A 42-year-old Navy veteran under hypnosis gave a dramatic account that led police to search an evergreen swamp on a farm; the outcome of that search is not detailed. Does anyone have family memories or information about Mabel’s last movements around May 28, 1950?