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Mary Jane Milam, aged 41 at the time, was last seen on January 22, 1991, in Clinton, Oklahoma. Milam was traveling with her husband, Frank Milam, and was reported missing when the couple reached Las Vegas, Nevada, a few days later. The timeline surrounding her disappearance is somewhat unclear, with estimates placing it between January 22 and January 24, 1991. Frank Milam reported her missing upon arrival in Las Vegas, adding complexity to the investigation due to the interstate nature of the ca ...Read More
Last Seen: Jan 22, 1991

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Victim Details

Oct 29, 2015

May 06, 2024

Mary

Milam

74

41

63 inches

125 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the winter of 1991, a journey across the American Southwest took a bewildering turn, leaving the whereabouts of Mary Jane Milam a mystery that has endured for decades. Forty-one-year-old Mary, a woman with brown hair and blue eyes, was last seen between January 22nd and January 24th of that year. She and her husband, Frank Milam, were traveling from their home in Clinton, Oklahoma, with the destination of Las Vegas, Nevada. Somewhere along this route, Mary vanished without a trace. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance are sparse, with the primary detail being that her husband, Frank, continued on to Las Vegas and subsequently reported her missing to the authorities there. At the time of her disappearance, Mary Jane Milam was described as being five feet three inches tall and weighing approximately 125 pounds. She was known to have a history of poor eyesight. When she was last seen, it is believed she was wearing blue stonewashed Levi's jeans, a silky red shirt with black vertical stripes, and either a rabbit fur jacket or a blue stonewashed Levi's jacket. She may have been wearing sneaker-type shoes, though she was also known to frequently wear sandals. These personal details provide a haunting image of the woman who seemingly vanished into thin air, leaving friends, family, and investigators with a perplexing and painful void. The official investigation into Mary Milam's disappearance has yielded few public answers over the years. The case is listed in national missing persons databases, a digital footprint of a life interrupted. An unusual aspect of her case is the listing of the Alaska State Troopers as the primary investigating agency, a detail that remains publicly unexplained given the geography of her last known whereabouts between Oklahoma and Nevada. With no clear evidence of her fate, Mary Jane Milam's case has grown cold, a silent testament to the many questions that still surround that fateful trip in January 1991. The narrative of her journey ends abruptly, leaving only a chilling and unresolved mystery in its place.

Jan 22, 1991

Clinton

Oklahoma

Custer County

112363

Alaska State Troopers

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

99507

Malia Miller

Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager

5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska

9072695511

State

Law Enforcement

910009140

1991-02-04

Alaska State Troopers

Brown

Blue

Blue

06/16/2026


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