The Missing -- A Weekly Exposé of Lost Souls -- Issue #7

April 01, 2008

In this week's edition of "The Missing," we revisit the mysterious disappearance of Mary Edna Badaracco, a 38-year-old resident of Sherman, Connecticut, who went missing in August 1984.

"I need this issue resolved ASAP. Twenty-three-years of my life have gone by, and this has truly been a nightmare for me, as well as my family," Mary Badaracco's daughter, Beth Profeta, said in a recent e-mail.

On Aug. 23, 1984, Beth's stepfather, Dominic Badaracco, called Beth’s sister, Sherrie Passaro, asking her to come over to talk about their mother. When Sherrie arrived at the house in which her mother and stepfather lived on Wakeman Hill Road, she noticed her mother’s car, a 1982 Chevrolet Cavalier, was sitting in the driveway. Curiously, the driver's side windshield had been smashed. Badaracco told Sherrie that her mother had run away, taking more than $250,000 dollars of their money with her. As evidence, he pointed out that her clothes were missing, and her wedding ring and car keys had been left behind on the kitchen counter. Oddly enough, all framed photos of Mary that had once hung inside the house were also missing.

Investigators initially believed Mary had left to get away from her husband. It was no secret that their marriage was troubled. Mary had left in the past, and her coworkers later said it was not uncommon for her to have a black eye following an argument with her husband. Mary's daughters have also made similar statements, claiming that their stepfather was violent and abusive...

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Photo of Mary Badaracco courtesy of Beth Profeta