The Disappearance of Marjorie West
Marjorie West Of all the missing persons cases in the history of the United States, few have made as indelible a mark as the 1938 disappearance of four-year-old Marjorie West. The mystery surrounding Marjorie's unexplained disappearance from a Mother's Day outing has been the subject of books, television shows and magazine articles. In fact, one British newspaper, The Guardian , has referred to the case one of the "great unsolved mysteries of the missing." On the Sunday morning of May 8, 1938, oil refinery worker Shirley Mills West was enjoying a drink at the American Legion in Bradford, McKean County, with his best friend, Lloyd Ackerlind. They thought it would be a good day to do a little trout fishing, and they returned home to convince their wives to pack a picnic basket and join them for a Mother's Day outing. At around two o'clock that afternoon, the Ackerlinds drove to the West home on Cornen Street, where they picked up Shirley, Cecelia, and the thre...
