NQL Case File

Circumstances

Date of Disappearance

May 16, 1955

Notes

The victim was between 130 - 140 lbs. At the time of her disappearance, Evelyn was married to Robert Leonard 'Ewing' Scott, her fifth husband of almost six years. Evelyn was independently wealthy from prior to her marriage, income that was latter considered a potential motive for her death. On the afternoon of May 16, 1955, Evelyn and Ewing visited a car salesman to look at prospective cars. Ewing noted in passing to the salesman that they were thinking about moving internationally, perhaps to Spain or Portugal. Eventually, the couple drove away to test one of the new vehicles, and it would be the last time anyone else saw Evelyn. Where or when precisely she disappeared in not clear, but Ewing was neither open nor clear on where his wife had gone. As people increasingly noted her sudden disappearance from the community, he suggested both that she had left on her own voluntarily and that he had sent her to a hospital or sanitarium. By July 1955, Ewing was in a new relationship with a local divorced woman Harriet Livermore. During their marriage of six years, Evelyn had cashed out approximately $400,000 from her savings and when she died, much of that money remained in various bank accounts or safe deposits. Ewing falsified her signature and used mcuh of the money. On March 5, 1956, Evelyn's brother Raymond Throsby, suspicious of Leonard, reported Evelyn's disappearance to the police and asked to be named the guardian of her estate. Police uncovered the theft of her money and arrested Ewing for forgery and fraud, but Ewing fled on bail to Canada where he remained until April 1957 when he was found trying to re-enter Canada after returning to the US. It was then that police charged him with murder. Police investigated the Throsby's home and uncovered various pieces of clothing from a woman in an incinerator as well as dentures and glasses belonging to Evelyn buried under leaves and ashes. Ewing would go on the run for two years, but he was eventually caught and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. Evelyn has never been found.

Location of the Disappearance or Crime Scene

Home

Potential Circumstances

Last Seen with Significant Other, Married or Dating Couple

Vehicle

License Plate

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Suspect

Man

Suspect Description

Robert Leonard Ewing Scott was the primary suspect.

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