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In the spring of 1983, a young mother named Joan Vanessa Mason, just 19 years old, vanished from her neighborhood in Highland Park, Michigan. On April 25th of that year, she left her home on Buena Vista Street to take a short walk to a nearby corner store at Hamilton and Glendale avenues to pick up a few things for herself and her four-year-old son. Known to her loved ones as Jo Ann, she was a college student who was deeply devoted to her young son, and it was considered highly uncharacteristic ...Read More
Last Seen: Apr 25, 1983

Victim Details

Jan 27, 2026

Jan 27, 2026

Joan

Vanessa Mason

19

19

5'4 inches

120 lbs

Black

Female

Apr 25, 1983

Highland

Michigan

Highland

Highland Park Police Departmen

313-252-0050

No

06/28/2026