On the night of October 14, 1965, 25-year-old Mary Shotwell Little vanished after an evening of dinner and shopping with a friend at Lenox Shopping Mall in Atlanta—a familiar place that still stands decades later. Mary and her car left Lenox Mall that evening. By the following morning, only the car returned.

Inside was a horrifying scene: blood throughout the vehicle, including Mary’s intimate undergarments carefully folded on the front seat. Her purse, recent purchases, and groceries remained inside the car. Mary was gone—without a trace.

What followed was not a lack of evidence, but a failure to fully confront it. Early leads emerged, then stalled. Statements conflicted. Troubling details were minimized or left unresolved. As days turned into decades, Mary’s disappearance became one of Georgia’s most disturbing unsolved cases—not because the trail went cold, but because critical questions were never forced into the open.

THE VANISHING: The 60-Year Unsolved Disappearance of Mary Shotwell Little is a feature documentary that reexamines this haunting case through original investigative research, firsthand accounts, and a critical review of evidence long accepted without challenge. The film explores what was known, what was ignored, and what may have been deliberately overlooked.

Created with a commitment to truth, accountability, and giving voice to stories too often left behind, THE VANISHING reflects the mission of The Investigative Channel: to examine unresolved cases with integrity and to bring light to questions that remain unanswered.

This is not a mystery with easy answers. It is a case that continues to raise unsettling questions about truth, accountability, and who decides when the search for answers simply stops.

And the most disturbing question remains:

Was the truth lost—or was it never truly pursued at all?