Lucy Ann Johnson

Lucy Ann Johnson
Born Lucy Ann Carvell
October 14, 1935 (1935-10-14) (age 81)
Skagway, Alaska
Disappeared September 1961 – June 2013 (51 years and 9 months)
Whalley, Surrey, British Columbia
Status Found alive
Nationality American
Occupation Housewife
Known for Disappearance
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Spouse(s) Marvin Johnson (m. 1954–90);
Children Linda Evans (née Johnson), Daniel Johnson; 4 others

Lucy Ann Johnson (born October 14, 1935) is an American-Canadian woman who was reported missing in May 1965, after not having been seen since September 1961. She was found alive in July 2013[1] after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police reopened the investigation into Johnson's disappearance.[2][3]

Disappearance

Johnson was an Alaska native who was living in Surrey, British Columbia with her husband Marvin and their two children, Linda and Daniel.[4] She was last seen alive by a neighbour in the 10300-block of 145A Street, Surrey, in September 1961.[5] She was finally reported missing by her husband Marvin on May 14, 1965, who admitted she actually had gone missing years earlier. The police believed that foul play was involved in her disappearance, and her husband was suspected of her murder.[6] Marvin was interrogated, neighbours were questioned, and the family's yard was excavated, but no evidence was found.[7] The trail went cold and charges against him were never laid.[5] Marvin later remarried and died in the 1990s of natural causes.[8] In the years since Lucy's disappearance, investigators continued to do DNA tests on unidentified remains, but never found any matches.[6]

Rediscovery

In June 2013, almost 52 years after Lucy went missing, the Surrey RCMP highlighted her disappearance as a cold case in their "Missing of the Month" series.[6] Following that, Lucy's daughter Linda Evans decided to do an investigation of her own, and was able to find old documents indicating that Lucy had lived in the community of Carcross, Yukon, before moving to British Columbia and settling down.[6] In July, Linda placed a plea for help in the Yukon News, stating, "I am looking for my relatives. My grandparents’ names are Margaret & Andrew Carvell. My mother’s name is Lucy Ann Carvell. She was born Oct. 14, 1935 in Skagway."[7] She received a reply from a woman named Rhonda[9] from Whitehorse, Yukon, who claimed that Lucy Johnson was her mother. Lucy, who was then 77 years old, was discovered alive and well in Yukon; she had remarried and had four more children.[8] Johnson said she had disappeared because her late husband Marvin was abusive, and that she tried to take her children with her, but he would not allow it.[10]

A few months after Lucy Johnson's rediscovery, Linda Evans flew to Whitehorse to reunite with her mother and to meet Rhonda and her three other half-siblings.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Missing mom found alive in Canada after more than 50 years". Fox News. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Zytaruk, Tom (28 June 2013). "Surrey RCMP still looking for Lucy Ann Johnson, missing for 48 years now". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Woo, Andrea (19 July 2013). "Missing for more than 50 years, B.C. mother found alive". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Sheila Reynolds (2013-07-18). "Surrey mom found 52 years after going missing". The Surrey Leader. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  5. 1 2 "Missing B.C. Woman Found 50 Years Later". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Surrey woman missing for 50 years found alive in Yukon". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  7. 1 2 "'I thought she must be dead': B.C. woman finds mother alive in the Yukon 52 years after she disappeared". National Post. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  8. 1 2 "Return of the Missing Mom after 52 Years". The Sunday Observer. Sri Lanka. July 29, 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
  9. ↑ Reynolds, Sheila (July 25, 2013). "Mom who was missing 52 years says she was never hiding". The Surrey Leader. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. 1 2 "B.C. woman reunites with Yukon mom missing 52 years". CBC News. Oct 9, 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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