Missing
Mary Alice Cox
Cox, approximately 2003
Date and time person was reported missing : 03/20/2004
Missing location (approx) :
Clarksville, Tennessee
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 07/17/1949 (72)
Age at the time of disappearance: 54 years old
Height / Weight : 5'3 - 5'5, 100 - 135 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A wristwatch with a stretch band and possibly clip-on earrings and Keds sneakers.
Medical conditions : Cox has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, as well as emphysema. She was supposed to take medication to control her conditions, but may have gone off it shortly before she disappeared. She is classified as disabled.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Cox has a birthmark on her chin and a yellow cigarette stain between her index and middle fingers. Her maiden name is Troupe and she may go by that name or by the last names Cuffman and/or King. She has no teeth and does not wear dentures. Cox is supposed to wear eyeglasses, but she did not have them with her when she vanished. She is right-handed and styled her hair in an Afro at the time of her disappearance.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Cox was last seen in Clarksville, Tennessee on March 20, 2004, when she left her residence to walk to a nearby store.
She was living in a group home in the 100 block of Vivian Drive in that city at the time of her disappearance. She has never been heard from again. She had disappeared a few times before, but was brought back by the police.
On March 23, three days after Cox was last seen, her purse was found on a riverbank in a rural area about ten miles from where she lived. There was no sign of her at the scene.
Authorities do not suspect foul play in Cox's disappearance. There have been unconfirmed sightings in the New Providence section of Clarksville and at her former home on Vivian Drive since her disappearance.
She could still be in the local area, in Florida, or in Nashville, Tennessee, where she has relatives. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Clarksville Police Department
931-648-0656
September 2021 updates and sources
North American Missing Persons Network
The Leaf Chronicle
News Channel 5
Outpost for Hope
Project Jason
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October 12, 2004. March 6, 2014, alternate height, weight and picture added, Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: updated.
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