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Beverly Rose Potts (born April 15, 1941) was an American girl from Cleveland, Ohio who in 1951 became the subject of a famous missing persons case when she disappeared only a few blocks from her home, after attending a show in a nearby park. ==Disappearance== Blonde, blue-eyed Potts was described as a shy, quiet and responsible child, fascinated by the performing arts, who was due to enter the fifth grade in fall 1951. At the time she was living on Linnet Avenue with her parents Robert and Elizabeth and 22-year-old sister Anita. On August 24 she and neighbor Patsy Swing were given permission to see the Showagon, an annual summer children's performance event which that evening was being held in Halloran Park, less than a quarter of a mile from the girls' homes. This was a special treat, as the park was generally considered unsafe after dark, when large trees dimmed the surrounding streetlights. It was also frequented by the local vagrant population. The two girls initially headed to the park about 7pm, but at eight o'clock—deciding it would be easier to maneuver on foot through the large crowds—they returned home to drop off their bikes, arriving back at the show sometime before 8:30. At about 8:45, Swing, made uneasy by the gathering darkness, suggested they head home. However Potts said she had been given permission to stay for the entire show, which was not due to end until after nine o'clock, so Swing returned alone. She would later say that she had last seen Potts in the crowd still watching the performances onstage.〔〔Bibb, Leon. "(Disappearance of 10-year-old Beverly Potts, who vanished 63 years ago, still haunts Cleveland )" ((Archive )) Newsnet5. May 9, 2014. Updated May 12, 2014. Retrieved on September 7, 2014.〕 At about 9:30, with the show over and the park emptying, a thirteen-year-old male acquaintance of Potts' saw her heading diagonally across the park in a northeasterly direction, about 150 yards from the corner of Linnet and West 117th streets. This would have been the quickest route to her home, which would then only be a few minutes' walk away. The boy recognized Potts by her distinctive 'duck-like' gait, walking with toes pointed outward. Several other witnesses claimed to have seen a girl resembling Beverly near a battered black 1937 Dodge coupe idling on West 117th street, apparently speaking to the two young men—one dark-haired and one blond—inside. The various witnesses placed this encounter anywhere between 8:30 and 9:30, but all were in agreement that they had not seen the girl entering the car.〔 When Potts did not return home by ten o'clock, her family began searching the area. About an hour later, having found no sign of her, they called the police. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Disappearance of Beverly Potts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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