Disappearance of Pearl Turner
Pearl Turner | |
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| Born | October 10, 1920 |
| Disappeared | October 19, 1923 (aged 3) home in the mountains of West-Central Arkansas |
| Status | Missing for 101 years, 6 months and 19 days |
| Known for | Mysterious disappearance |
| Parents |
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Pearl Turner was a three-year-old American child who disappeared from the garden of her family cabin in the White Oak Mountain district of Scott County, Arkansas on October 19, 1923.[1][2][3] Despite intense nationwide publicity and repeated efforts to locate the girl, Turner has never been located. Her ultimate fate remains unknown.[4]
Disappearance
[edit]In the fall of 1923 on a Friday while Pearl's parents were camping,[5] Pearl had wandered away into the wilderness, multiple hundreds of people[6] from nearby towns searched find her, for many weeks, but with no avail at all.[7] She is believed by some people to have been kidnapped.[8]
Aftermath
[edit]Pearl's disappearance has had books published about it as well as missing people's YouTube videos made about it.[9][10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Other Days | Arkansas Democrat Gazette. 2023-11-17. Archived from the original on 2025-02-25. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Yates, Bill (2020). Pearl: Lost Girl of White Oak Mountain : a True Story. Bill Yates. ISBN 979-8-6436-1476-0. Archived from the original on 2025-02-25. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ Yates, Bill. "Pearl". The RattleCat. Archived from the original on 2024-11-09. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ Meaghan (2022-08-27). "Pearl Turner". The Charley Project Blog. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ "Pearl: Lost Girl of White Oak Mountain". Goodreads. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ "800 MEN HUNT LOST CHILD.; Groups Scour Ozarks for Pearl Turner, Mountaineer's Daughter". The New York Times. 1923-10-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2025-02-25. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ "Turner, Pearl (Disappearance of)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ Yates, Bill (2013-05-04). "Growing Up In Waldron: Whatever Happened to Little Pearl?". Growing Up In Waldron. Archived from the original on 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ Missing Void (2020-04-24). Mount Rainier National Park: Strange and Unexplained Disappearances. Archived from the original on 2025-02-25. Retrieved 2025-02-07 – via YouTube.
- ^ Kidmissing (2025-01-13). Pearl Turner Missing Over 100 Years. Retrieved 2025-02-07 – via YouTube.