Ira Shaw

Ira Elizabeth Shaw, property 15, disappeared from Austin, Texas connected June 19, 1978.

Ira, commonly known arsenic Liz, had a summertime occupation astatine the Lyndon B. Johnson room astatine 2313 Red River Street successful Austin. She was past seen leaving the room astatine astir 5:00pm.

Her household had expected that she would locomotion to her aunt’s home, wherever she would conscionable her mother. She ne'er arrived.

Liz’s parents had divorced respective years anterior to her disappearance, but some inactive resided successful the Austin area, and some were progressive successful trying to find her. An advertisement was tally successful the paper for respective days, asking anyone with accusation to interaction Liz’s parent oregon a paternal relative.

Although Liz vanished 2 years aboriginal and it’s not apt related, determination was a drawstring of young achromatic women who disappeared from Austin successful 1976. Jennifer Barton vanished from downtown Austin connected May 16, 1976. Pinkie Mae Davis-Herron disappeared portion connected her mode to enactment astatine Tex’s Golden Nugget successful Del Valle. Debra Stewart disappeared connected May 21, 1976 and was past seen leaving her portion clip occupation astatine Sears successful the Hancock Center adjacent Hyde Park. Brenda Moore disappeared from the East Side of Austin connected March 7, 1976. Yet another, Sheila Cooks, would vanish successful 1979.

Although determination are years isolated betwixt immoderate of these disappearances, I can’t assistance but announcement the information that truthful galore young achromatic women were vanishing from Austin erstwhile determination weren’t immoderate different radical going missing. Granted, immoderate of the missing women had beingness circumstances that could person contributed to their disappearances, but I inactive consciousness that astatine slightest Barton’s, Stewart’s and Moore’s are apt connected owed to akin societal circles and akin locations wherever their vehicles were found. Therefore, I bash judge idiosyncratic was preying connected these young women, astatine slightest successful 1976.

It’s hard to accidental whether Liz’s disappearances is besides apt a random alien abduction, without knowing much astir what was happening successful her life, but from what we know, I deliberation it could surely beryllium a possibility. On the different hand, it would person been airy retired astatine 5:00pm successful the summer, and she would person been walking successful a populated area, making a forced abduction unlikely. We don’t cognize however acold Liz would person been walking, oregon whether she would person accepted a thrust from a stranger, thing that was overmuch much communal successful the 1970s.

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