The Disappearance of Elizabeth Mary Byron, May 1978

Elizabeth seems to have been born Elizabeth Mary Underwood on March 21, 1942. At some point she married a man named Rodney B Winn; the pair divorced in November 1970 in Ventura County, CA. Elizabeth then remarried to a 25-year-old man named Robert N Byron in the same county on March 10, 1973; they had applied for/been granted their marriage license in late December of the previous year.

Photo from NamUs.

Some records on Ancestry give her first name as Mary and her middle name as Elizabeth rather than vice versa. At the time of her disappearance, Elizabeth's surname was Byron, though she may also use the surnames Winn or Underwood.

Elizabeth was 36 years old when she was last seen at her home in Oxnard, Ventura County sometime in May 1978. The exact date of her disappearance is unknown. Very few details are available in her case. 

Elizabeth is a white female with brown hair and hazel eyes. At the time of her disappearance she was 36 years old, 5'6, and 115 lbs. She has a large scar on her right leg. If alive today she would be 83 years old.

Elizabeth is classified as Missing on the Charley Project and Endangered Missing on the Doe Network. Her dental records — though not her dental x-rays — are available for comparison, while her DNA and fingerprints are not. It is unknown what she was wearing when last seen.

Elizabeth has three UID rule-outs on NamUs, all of which were found in VA. Her NamUs case, #MP17693, was created and last updated on October 7, 2012 and December 20, 2020, respectively.

Anyone with information regarding Elizabeth's case is urged to please contact the Ventura County Sheriff's Office-Major Crimes Investigations Division at (805) 383-8704 according to NamUs, (805) 654-2369 according to CA DOJ, or (805) 654-2324 according to the Charley Project. The agency case number is 79-05792.

Sources

CA DOJ

NamUs

Charley Project

Doe Network

WebSleuths