MISSING PERSON
CASE #: 1981-35
Marla Mullins
Status:
Open
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Missing From:
Mineola, Texas
Summary:
Marla Mullins, 24, went missing in 1981. She was last seen in Mineola, Texas on December 12, 1981, when she was going to a Christmas party with a male acquaintance and disappeared after he picked her up. Her disappearance remains unsolved. Kevin Kirbo is serving life in prison for a Rains County murder that happened 14 years ago and is now their prime suspect. Tips states he drug her across the Sabine River over to Smith County. The case was never solved.
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Circumstances of Disappearance:
Mullins was last seen in Mineola, Texas on December 12, 1981. She went to a Christmas party at Arnold's Rest restaurant, across the street from the garage apartment where she lived. A female friend stated Mullins left the restaurant at 8:00 p.m. with a man they both knew. The man stated he later took Mullins back to the restaurant and he saw her get into a vehicle he didn't recognize, with three people he didn't know: an African-American male and two Caucasian females. She has never been heard from again.
Additional Details:
After she went missing, there were rumors that Mullins was working at a Houston, Texas nightclub, but police were never able to verify that, and her family didn't think she would have left without telling them. Kevin Leon Kirbo is the prime suspect in Mullins's disappearance. He is currently serving a life sentence for the 1995 murder of a Rains County, Texas woman. Authorities began searching a site along the Sabine River near Mineola, Texas for Mullins's remains in May 2010. They stated information provided by Kirbo lead them to that location. Nothing has been recovered yet. Her only surviving relative is her sister. She stated Mullins had gotten involved with a rough crowd prior to her disappearance.
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Kevin Leon K. (Suspect) - Living
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