Missing Mary Elizabeth Rico

Description at time of Disappearance:

Date Missing: April 2, 1992 from Oceanside, San Diego County, California.
Date of Birth: October 9, 1941
Age at Disappearance: 50 years old
Height: 5'7"
Weight:130 lbs.
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Race/Sex: White, Female
AKA/Alias: Mary Elizabeth Rico; Mary Elizabeth Rico-Webber; Mary Elizabeth Pressey

Mary has a scar on her right cheek and a scar on her left side from a test tube. She previously had a
rib fracture. Dental records are available.

Details:
Mary was last seen at her Camelot Drive home in Oceanside, California on April 2, 1992. She was
employed as a instructional aide at Mission Elementary School.

Another instructional aide at the school, Margaret Yossa, had disappeared in February of 1994. The
women knew each other, shared similar jobs and lived within a mile of each other. Also, on the day
they disappeared, each had been shopping at the same grocery store, Ralphs, along Oceanside
Boulevard. Rico's son said she always shopped at the store, which is less than a mile from where she
lived.

Later that afternoon, a friend went to Rico's house on Camelot Drive but found no one at home.
When she failed to attend a relative's wedding nine days earlier her brother reported her missing.

When her son went to Rico's Oceanside home, he found the rear patio glass door broken, blood
smears on his mother's bed, and the telephone line outside her house cut. Police searched the house
and found nothing to indicate that Rico had left on purpose. Both her cars were still in the garage,
her suitcases remained in the closet, and her purse and wallet were on the bed. Among other items
found in the house was a credit card receipt from Ralphs grocery dated April 2, and signed by Rico.
Police say they have no reason to connect the two cases.

Agency Contact:
Oceanside Police Department
(760) 435-4944, (760) 435-4900
Email: missingpersons@ci.oceanside.ca.us
Case # 92011279
NCIC # M-568596424