Missing
Marilyne Chamberlain
Chamberlain, approximately 1998
Date and time person was reported missing : 11/02/1998
Missing location (approx) :
Landover Hills, Maryland
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 03/13/1933 (88)
Age at the time of disappearance: 65 years old
Height / Weight : 5'3, 145 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American female. Gray hair, brown eyes. Chamberlain has a scar on her upper left arm. Two of her upper molars may be missing. Chamberlain's ears are pierced. She wore eyeglasses with round brown/burgundy frames at the time of her 1998 disappearance.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Chamberlain is a former federal government employee. She visited the Pentagon Federal Credit Union in Washington D.C. on November 2, 1998.
Chamberlain completed her transaction, then paid a bill at a nearby Sears store. She may have been seen riding on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) subway later in the day near Landover, Maryland. She has never been heard from again. Investigators believe that she disappeared under suspicious circumstances.
Maryland authorities are handling Chamberlain's case.
Other information and links : ncy
Prince George's County Police Department
301-699-2601
September 2021 updates and sources
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