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Missing Cynthia Ardina Leslie 
Cynthia, approximately 1974; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 54 (approximately 2013) Date reported missing : 07/31/1974 Missing location (approx) : Mesa, Arizona Missing classification : Non-Family Abduction Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 02/01/1959 (62) Age at the time of disappearance: 15 years old Height / Weight : 5'6, 109 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A summer shirt and light blue jeans. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Cynthia has a dark brown mole on the outer side of her right armpit, half an inch in size. Her nickname is Cindy. She wears eyeglasses, but may not have been wearing them at the time she went missing. Her ears are pierced. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Cynthia was last seen walking with her younger sister, Jackie, on July 31, 1974 in their hometown of Mesa, Arizona. The sisters were headed to a friend's home that was located three blocks away from their own residence in the Desert Shores Mobile Home Park. They were last seen walking down Baseline Road near Power Road. Cynthia and Jackie never returned home and have not been heard from again. They left all of their personal belongings behind inside their residence. The girls left a note for their mother saying they were going to babysit, but she learned afterwards that they planned to attend a party. Their father asked Cynthia to avoid an unidentified teenAge at the time of disappearance: boy, but she may have wanted to meet the individual during the evening. When authorities questioned the people who attended the party, some said they'd seen the sisters there, and others said they never arrived. The girls' father died several months after they disappeared. Their family relocated to the trailer park to allow him to be closer to the local hospital, as he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer earlier in 1974. Cynthia and Jackie's mother said that they were close to their father and never would have left him while he was ill. The girls' mother remarried after their father's death. She moved to Kingman, Arizona in 1999 to be closer to her oldest daughter, who resides in Nevada. Foul play is suspected in the sisters' cases, but little evidence is available. Other information and links : ncy Maricopa County Sheriff's Office 602-256-1087 September 2021 updates and sources The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. Several organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and imAge at the time of disappearance: s of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece. The Arizona Republic Unsolved in the News |