Disappearance of Susan Pearson

Susan Pearson
Born	(1935-10-01)October 1, 1935 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Disappeared	March 13, 1966 (aged 30) Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Status	Missing for 58 years, 7 months and 1 day
Occupations	Doctoral student instructor
Height	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)[1]

Susan Elizabeth Pearson (October 1, 1935 – disappeared March 13, 1966) was an American heiress who went missing under mysterious circumstances in Missoula, Montana. A native of Portland, Oregon, Pearson was a graduate student and instructor at the University of Montana (UM) at the time of her disappearance. She disappeared days before she was scheduled to submit her doctoral thesis, as well as administer an exam for a business course she was teaching.

Searches for Pearson proved unsuccessful, and her apartment was undisturbed. Her car was discovered abandoned in a business district of Missoula with her purse, keys, and other belongings inside. In 1970, bones were recovered in a rural area south of Missoula and initially suspected to be potentially be those of Pearson, but were subsequently determined to be animal bones. Pearson's disappearance is among the oldest cold cases in the state of Montana.