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Disappearance of Beverly Sharpman
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Beverley Sharpman circa 1947 (The Doe Network)
Beverly Sharpman
Physical Description
Full Name: Beverly Sharpman
Date of Birth: December 10, 1930
Race/Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Sex: Female
Height: 5′0″ - 5′6″ (60 inches - 66 inches) (152.4 cm - 167.64 cm)
Weight: 100 - 180 lbs (45.35 kg - 81.65 kg)
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nicknames/Aliases: Babe
Distinguishing Characteristics
Hair was long and wavy
Family
Mother
Father
Brother
Misc. Info
Worked at a clerk job in downtown though she resigned from it the day before she disappeared
Was going to be a senior at Overbrook High School before she disappeared
Case Information
Age at Disappearance: 17 (92 if still alive as of April 23, 2023)
Missing Since: September 11, 1947 (Missing for 75 years as of April 23, 2023)
Location Last Seen: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Location Last Seen on Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B057'09.3%22N+75%C2%B009'54.8%22W/@39.9525839,-75.1652215,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d39.9525839!4d-75.1652215
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing & Personal Effects
Gray or Brown suit or dress
Brown in Black shoes
Flush Colored stockings
Earirngs
Suitcase
Circumstances of Disappearance
Beverly was reportedly last seen at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station at 24th and Chestnut Streets carrying a suitcase and sent her parents a telegram telling them she was leaving home to marry and not to worry. She was never heard again. The day before her disappearance she appeared to be troubled and wanted to tell her mother something but later changed her mind and her mother decided to not press her about it.
Unidentified Person Exclusions (NamUs)
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/7034/investigations (30)
Misc. Info
The Text of the Telagram: "Got married. Leaving town. Will not be back. Don't worry. Babe."
Police labeled her a runaway but they still searched for her
Beverly had taken $175 dollars from her savings account
She had told coworkers that she was going to Chicago and while she has relatives in Chicago, those relatives reported that they never seen or heard from Beverly
Beverly had no boyfriends and none of her friends know of any men in her life nor of anyone she would eloped with
Authorities had checked marriage-license bureaus in all 50 states but didn’t found any evidence that Beverly had married
There were many reported sightings of Beverly in cities all over the United States after her disappearance but none of them were confirmed
Her parents published advertisements in newspapers in attempt to appeal for to contact them but she never reached out.
A theory is that she ran away because of an illegitimate pregnancy as it was a heavy stigma in the 1940s though nothing found support that theory
Contact Information/Investigating Agencies/Contact Agencies
Philadelphia Police Department
Agency Case Number: 2010-16-028710
Agency Contact Personals
Detective Viviana Reyes
Detective Valarie Miller-Robinson
Agency Phone Number
215-686-3093
215-685-3252
209-937-8377
NamUs
Agency Case Number: #MP7034
Agency Contact Personal: Regional Program Specialist Katherine Pope
Agency Phone Number: 817-879-9357
Agency Email Address: [email protected]
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Agency Case Number: 1148707
Agency Phone Number: 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-The-Lost)
Sources/Further Information/Places of Interest
https://charleyproject.org/case/beverly-e-sharpman
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/7034/details
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2220dfpa.html
https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1148707/1/screen
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/pa-beverly-sharpman-17-philadelphia-11-sept-1947.61173/
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