Chicago, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is renewing attention to one of the region’s longest-running missing person cases involving Mary Ann Switalski, who disappeared on July 15, 1963, in Chicago.
According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, Switalski was 16 years old when she was last seen attending a carnival at St. Priscilla’s Catholic Church on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Two days later, her parents reportedly received a letter saying she was traveling to California for door-to-door sales work. However, investigators say that the owners of the sales company gave conflicting statements about whether she ever left Chicago.
Authorities continue to seek any information that could help resolve the case. Switalski, who would now be 79, was described as 5’2” tall, weighing around 102 pounds, with hazel eyes and blond or strawberry hair.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office’s Special Victims Unit has a dedicated team working on long-term missing persons cases like Switalski’s. Anyone with information is urged to contact investigators at 773-674-9490 or email ccso.missingpersons@ccsheriff.org.
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