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Marjorie Ellen Clatterbuck, age 43, was last seen on December 10, 1996, in Syria, Madison County, Virginia. She had recently moved in with her boyfriend, and their neighbor reported seeing him drive away the following day with something that looked like a comforter in the back of his vehicle. Shortly after, on December 13, her boyfriend was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside her teal/green 1994 Mercury Tracer.

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Last Seen: Dec 10, 1996

Victim Details

Sep 29, 2017

Dec 19, 2023

Marjorie

Clatterbuck

70

43

64 inches

130 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the late autumn of 1996, 43-year-old Marjorie Ellen Clatterbuck had recently started a new chapter in her life, moving into a home in the small community of Syria, Virginia, with her boyfriend. With her blonde hair and blue eyes, Marjorie was last seen on December 10, 1996. The days that followed would transform this quiet, rural setting into the scene of a perplexing mystery that has endured for decades. The exact details of her last known moments remain unclear, but the circumstances surrounding her disappearance point to a tragic and abrupt end to her life as she knew it. The timeline of events immediately following Marjorie's disappearance is both brief and grim. Just a day after she was last seen, a neighbor reported observing her boyfriend driving away from their shared residence on December 11. According to the witness, there was a large object in the back of the car that looked like a comforter. Two days later, on December 13, Marjorie’s teal-green 1994 Mercury Tracer was located. Inside the vehicle, authorities made a startling discovery: her boyfriend was found deceased, having died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. This discovery immediately deepened the mystery and heightened the concern for Marjorie's safety and whereabouts. With her car accounted for and her boyfriend deceased, law enforcement launched an extensive search of the surrounding area in a desperate attempt to find any trace of Marjorie. Despite their thorough efforts, the search yielded no clues, and no indication of what might have happened to her has ever been found. The investigation into her disappearance has been open ever since, a cold case marked by troubling questions and a lack of definitive answers. The overview of the case is a somber one; Marjorie Clatterbuck, a woman starting a new phase of her life, vanished without a trace, her disappearance inextricably linked to the suicide of her boyfriend just days later. With no further leads or evidence surfacing over the years, her case has remained unsolved, leaving her family and community to wonder what became of her after she was last seen in Madison County.

Dec 10, 1996

Madison

Virginia

Madison County

No

34882

Madison County Sheriff's Office

Madison

Virginia

Madison County

22727

115 Church Street, Virginia

5409485161

County

Law Enforcement

63303

Madison County Sheriff's Office

Blond/Strawberry

Blue

Blue

No

06/13/2026


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