Mary Ann Mariz -- Missing From Sacamento Since 1982? Or found deceased in 1985?

Paraphrased details from government source**: Mary Ann Mariz was last seen by her mother leaving their shared residence on 04/14/1982 to go out with friends.

Missing Person: Mary Ann Mariz
Last-contact date: April 14th, 1982 (Wednesday)
The area where the MP was last seen: Sacramento, California
Link to government source: NamUs MP87396

VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: Caucasian
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 23 years old
Birthdate: Mary Ann Mariz was born between April 15th, 1958, and April 14th, 1959 based on her reported age at the last date of reported contact. She might have been born on November 14th, 1958. Someone named "Mary A. Mariz" was born in San Bernardino County at that time according to a file at Ancestry that I found.
Hair: Brown, shoulder lengthed
Eyes: Brown
Scar: None known
Height/weight: 5-foot-6 and 120 to 125 pounds
BMI*: Mary Ann Mariz was in the normal range for BMI.
Tattoos: Mary Ann Mariz did not have any tattoos associated with her profiles.
Clothing and Accessories: This missing person was associated with a lot of clothing articles and/or possessions. Note the following with this case: a rust-colored jacket, blue jeans, a printed shirt, a silver watch, a birthstone ring with a pink stone, and a choker-type chain necklace.

By: Shane Lambert

Mary Ann Mariz has not been seen since April 14th, 1982 when she was 23 years old. This individual has now been missing for about 39 years as of the original publication date of this blog post.

This case is a fairly recent addition to NamUs, at the time of writing. It was added in December 2021, making for a nearly 40-year gap between Mary Ann's disappearance and the uploading into NamUs.

What stood out with this case during my research was that this person, at one time, appeared to have been identified as a deceased individual. On February 12th, 1985, The Auburn Journal apparently reported that her skeletal remains had been found. There is an age mismatch of one year between NamUs and the article, however, I really think this is the same case based on all the other details.

12 Feb 1985, Tue Auburn Journal (Auburn, California) Newspapers.com
I wondered where the mistake was: was Mary Ann Mariz not actually the decadent mentioned in the article? Did they realize at a different time that they had made a mistake in identifying her? Or has she been found deceased and there was a clerical error that lead to her case being uploaded into NamUs?

I emailed the sheriff for this case and learned that Mary Ann Mariz is partly missing. They have not recovered all of her remains.To quote Deputy Sheriff Christine (Paige) Kneeland's email from December 27th, 2021:

"Yes, MARIZ is deceased, however, only partial remains were discovered. There is still a great deal of remains that have not been found, or might be DOE remains somewhere. So we have initiated a missing person protocol investigation due to the still outstanding amount of remains."

Thank you for reading. If have any information about this case, consider contacting the authorities.

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*For BMI values, I use the UPPER or HIGHER ranges that are given for height and weight.
**Might not be the exact meaning that NamUs or Canada's Missing conveys. I improve upon their descriptions with my research.
Disclaimer: To determine whether a person is missing or not, this site relies heavily on government sources. If you are described as missing when you are not, I recommend simply having your missing person report updated or removed. When that happens, updates at this site can follow.

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