Disappearance of Pearl Turner

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Pearl Turner
Born(1920-10-10)October 10, 1920
DisappearedOctober 19, 1923 (aged 3)
home in the mountains of West-Central Arkansas
Status Missing for 101 years, 3 months and 30 days
Known forMysterious disappearance
Parents
  • Lynn Turner (father)
  • Lela Turner (mother)

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]

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Disappearance

In the fall of 1923 on a Friday while Pearl's parents were camping, [5] Pearl had wondered 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

Pearl's disappearance has had books published about it as well as missing people's YouTube videos made about it. [9] [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Other Days | Arkansas Democrat Gazette". www.arkansasonline.com. 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  2. ↑ Yates, Bill (2020). Pearl: Lost Girl of White Oak Mountain : a True Story. Bill Yates. ISBN   979-8-6436-1476-0.
  3. ↑ Yates, Bill. "Pearl". The RattleCat. Archived from the original on 2024-11-09. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  4. ↑ Meaghan (2022-08-27). "Pearl Turner". The Charley Project Blog. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  5. ↑ "Pearl: Lost Girl of White Oak Mountain". Goodreads. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  6. ↑ "800 MEN HUNT LOST CHILD.; Groups Scour Ozarks for Pearl Turner, Mountaineer's Daughter". The New York Times. 1923-10-24. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  7. ↑ "Turner, Pearl (Disappearance of)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  8. ↑ Yates, Bill (2013-05-04). "Growing Up In Waldron: Whatever Happened to Little Pearl?". Growing Up In Waldron. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  9. ↑ Missing Void (2020-04-24). Mount Rainier National Park: Strange and Unexplained Disappearances . Retrieved 2025-02-07– via YouTube.
  10. ↑ Kidmissing (2025-01-13). Pearl Turner Missing Over 100 Years . Retrieved 2025-02-07– via YouTube.
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