Missing
Bernice Morgan Cunningham
Cunningham, approximately 1992
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/18/1992
Missing location (approx) :
Merritt Island, Florida
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 06/09/1915 (106)
Age at the time of disappearance: 77 years old
Height / Weight : 5'3, 128 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A yellow pullover shirt, beige pants and brown shoes.
Medical conditions : Cunningham suffers from a heart condition, asthma and allergies and needs to take life-sustaining medication every day. She doesn't have her medicine with her.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. White hair, blue eyes. Cunningham's nickname is Bernie. She wears prescription eyeglasses with plastic frames.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Cunningham was last seen by her neighbors at her residence in the 100 block of Palmetto Avenue in Merritt Island, Florida on October 18, 1992.
She was in the process of moving to Ocala, Florida to be near her sister. She had gotten a house there and had been moving her belongings to it. This was supposed to be her last trip to Merritt Island. She spoke to her sister on the phone twice on the day after her arrival, and their conversations were normal.
Cunningham has never been heard from again. Her car was found parked in her driveway after her disappearance, and there was no evidence of a struggle or a break-in at her home. Her belongings were all there and neatly packed, and the bedsheets had been washed and neatly folded. Her medication was in the bottom drawer of her nightstand.
Authorities aren't sure whether Cunningham was taken against her will, or became disoriented and wandered away. She is a widow and one of nine children, and was very close to her sister in Ocala. It's uncharacteristic of Cunningham to leave without warning. Her disappearance remains unsolved.
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