Missing
Marinthia Ann McCoy
McCoy, approximately 1989
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/20/1989
Missing location (approx) :
Daytona Beach, Florida
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 07/29/1963 (58)
Age at the time of disappearance: 26 years old
Height / Weight : 5'0, 135 pounds
Medical conditions : McCoy is an alcoholic.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Blonde hair, brown or blue eyes. McCoy has a large rose tattoo on her left arm. A tattoo of the Rolling Stones logo is on her chest. She has a stocky build.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : McCoy was a resident of Jacksonville, Florida at the time of her 1989 disappearance. She traveled to Daytona Beach, Florida with a male companion on September 19, 1989 and stayed overnight at the Marriott Hotel in the city. McCoy partied that night and danced in a local bar's bikini contest.
McCoy hired a limousine to go back to Jacksonville at 3:30 a.m. on September 20. The limousine driver told investigators that he dropped McCoy off in Jacksonville, but she has never been seen again.
The limousine driver, who is now in prison for bank robbery, was interviewed several times by police and has denied involvement in her disappearance. Besides the driver's account, there is no evidence that McCoy ever made it back to Jacksonville.
McCoy is twice divorced. She had a new bartending job and a son in Jacksonville who was two years old at the time of her 1989 disappearance. She left behind her newly purchased car. Foul play is suspected in her case.
Other information and links : ncy
Daytona Beach Police Department
386-671-5100
September 2021 updates and sources
Daytona Beach Police Department
The Doe Network
Justice Coalition
The St. Petersburg Times
October 12, 2004. August 16, 2006; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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