Missing
Marion Henrietta Bowers
Bowers, approximately 1984
Date and time person was reported missing : 12/12/1984
Missing location (approx) :
Tucson, Arizona
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
Age at the time of disappearance: 83 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2, 130 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A white wool sweater, a white blouse, dark blue pants, black shoes and several rings. Carrying a black purse.
Medical conditions : Bowers is hearing-impaired. She is supposed to wear Beltone hearing aids in both ears, but was wearing only one at the time of her disappearance. She in poor health at the time of her disappearance and was supposed to be taking medication for high blood pressure.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Bowers wears a full set of dentures. Some Age at the time of disappearance: ncies spell her name "Marian" or "Marianne." She has very poor eyesight.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Bowers was last seen in Tucson, Arizona on December 12, 1984. She lived in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. Her son stated he drove her to the Park Mall in the 5900 block of east Broadway Boulevard in Tucson. He told authorities that he dropped his mother off at the Sears department store entrance in the mall.
Bowers's son stated that he parked his vehicle in the lot, then walked inside the store to locate his mother, but she had disappeared. He searched for six hours before reporting her missing. Bowers has never been heard from again.
No one in the mall reported having seen Bowers that day, and none of her friends in either Mexico or Tucson had heard of her plans to go to Tucson. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Tucson Police Department
520-791-4444
September 2021 updates and sources
The Tucson Weekly
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The Arizona Daily Star
October 12, 2004. December 6, 2019; Description, clothing, jewerly and more : and Medical conditions : updated.
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