Missing
Cynthia Lynn Maine
Maine, approximately 1986
Date and time person was reported missing : 02/21/1986
Missing location (approx) :
San Diego, California
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 10/20/1959 (61)
Age at the time of disappearance: 26 years old
Height / Weight : 4'11, 125 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A pink and white striped sweater and blue jeans.
Medical conditions : Maine was addicted to heroin at the time of her disappearance.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Maine's nickname is Cindy. She may use the aliases Cindy Coleman, Toma Main, Cynthia Lynn Thoma and/or Cynthia Smith. Maine has needle marks on both arms and on the backs of her hands, pierced ears, a cap on one of her upper front teeth and a space between her two front teeth.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Maine was last seen at her home in San Diego, California on February 21, 1986, shortly after being released from jail on probation. She went to go see a movie and never returned. Maine had contact with her mother two days later, but this is the last time she was heard from.
At the time of her disappearance she was involved in prostitution and had several outstanding warrants for her arrest. She served as an undercover informant after getting involved with John Fung, a police officer assigned to work narcotics, and falling in love with him.
Around the same time as Maine disappeared, several women with ties to either her or Fung were found murdered. One of the murdered women, another prostitute and police informant who was killed shortly after she testified before the Civil Service Commission about police misconduct, was found with gravel shoved in her mouth. Another had Maine's phone number in her pocket.
In 1991, Fung and two of his fellow officers were suspended from duty and prosecuted for blackmailing women to become informants. None of them faced jail time, however. It's unclear whether he had any involvement in Maine's disappearance.
Maine has been declared legally dead, the presumed victim of a homicide. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
San Diego Police Department
619-531-2000
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
The Doe Network
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