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1994 Fredrick, Mary Carol H. June 3,1994; Tampa 37 YO
Topic Started: Dec 3 2006, 04:53 PM (508 Views)
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Mary Carol Hill Fredrick


Above: Fredrick, circa 1994


Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: June 3, 1994 from Tampa, Florida
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: March 13, 1957
Age: 37 years old
Height and Weight: 5'3, 125 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Red hair, blue eyes. Fredrick's ears are pierced. Some agencies may refer to her as Mary Carol Fredrick or Mary Carol Hill.


Details of Disappearance

Fredrick was last seen at her residence in the Seminole Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida on June 3, 1994. She was in the company of Louis Joseph Hlava, who is described as a Caucasian male and 40 years old at the time of Fredrick's disappearance. Hlava's date of birth is July 1, 1953. Neither Hlava nor Fredrick has been seen again. She left behind her burgundy Subaru station wagon, but took her purse.
Fredrick was an employee of the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services at the time of her disappearance, and had just enrolled in law school at Stetson University. Her husband and young son were camping in the western United States on the day she vanished. Nothing amiss was found at the Fredrick residence after she disappeared, and there has been no activity on her credit cards or withdrawals from her bank account since June 1994.

Foul play is suspected in Fredrick's disappearance, as there is no indication that she planned to leave of her own accord. Her case is unsolved.



Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Tampa Police Department
813-276-3503



Source Information
Tampa Police Department
Florida Department Of Law Enforcement
The Tampa Tribune



Updated 2 times since October 12, 2004.

Last updated July 22, 2005.

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Tampa Police Department
813-276-3273

Agency Case Number:
94-038562

NCIC Number: M-741951065

•Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Red, curly hair; blue to hazel eyes. Glasses or contacts.
•Marks, Scars: Two TMJ surgeries on her right jaw, the last surgery two months before her disappearance.
•Clothing: Probably jeans and a blouse. May have had exercise clothing with her. Probably sneakers/athletic shoes. Duffle bag to hold her exercise/workout clothing, possibly other clothing as well. Wedding band with small diamonds around the outside of the band.
•Dentals: Available
•AKA: Mary Carol Hill
•DNA: Available
•Fingerprints: Available
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Where is Mary Carol Hill (Frederick)?
The case struck a nerve with me because I used to work for the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services and had met Mary Carol Hill. A co-worker in my current job knew her well and we often wonder what happened to this Seminole Heights resident.



The last Time Mary Carol Carol Hill was seen was 9:30 P.M. on June 3, 1994.


"Authorities are investigating the disappearance of Mary Carol Hill, a 37-year-old mother and a student at Stetson University College of Law. Hill was last seen by a neighbor about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, standing in front of her home at 1601 E Powhattan Ave. in the Seminole Heights section of Tampa. Her sister reported her missing Monday. Tampa police Detective Gary Saunders said Hill's house was locked and her car was parked in front. "There's nothing at this point to indicate she was abducted," Saunders said. Hill is 5 feet 3 and weighs 125 pounds. She has curly red hair and blue eyes. "She was tremendously excited by beginning law school, where she hoped to continue her work as a child advocate," said her husband, Ken Frederick, who was camping in Colorado with their 5-year-old son when his wife was reported missing."
St. Pete Times


Mom's disappearance still baffling a year later
The Tampa Tribune
June 3, 1995
Author: DIRK LAMMERS; Tribune Staff Writer
Estimated printed pages: 2

SEMINOLE HEIGHTS -- The people closest to Mary Carol Hill say she wouldn't just walk away from her life.

Hill, 37, appeared to have everything going for her a year ago today when she disappeared without a trace.

The Seminole Heights woman recently had taken a leave of absence from her job with the state Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services to attend Stetson University Law School, a lifelong dream.

She enjoyed a 14-year career working to help underprivileged children, and she looked forward to returning to the state agency after earning her law degree.

Most importantly, she cherished her son, Will, now 6.

The career and most everything else possibly could have been left behind, "but not her son," says her husband of a decade, Ken Frederick, 46.

"She didn't walk away," declares one of her four sisters, Diana McCumber of Temple Terrace. "She had too much going for her."

Hill has not been seen with certainty since the afternoon of Friday, June 3, at Stetson's Pinellas County campus in Gulfport, although others may have seen her later that evening, according to Detective Jerry Keith of the Tampa Police Department.

Keith reports no unusual activity on her financial accounts or anything else bearing her name or Social Security number.

Family first began realizing something was wrong that weekend. McCumber tried to call her sister Saturday morning, "which is a ritual," but there was no answer. A second call Sunday from her parents' house yielded the same results.

Frederick, who was vacationing with the couple's son in New Mexico, says he also tried to call over the weekend. No answer. Will, missing his mother, who normally comes along for the family vacation out West, left a message on the answering machine.

The family's suspicion proved greater than a hunch a year ago Monday when Hill didn't show up for classes at Stetson.

"She wouldn't skip high school, let alone law school," McCumber recalls. She sent police to her sister's home.

"Her car was there. The house was locked. No Mary Carol," says Frederick.

Hill's law books sat opened on the table as if she had been studying. The outside light was on. Her purse and a gun were gone from the house, according to Keith.

Tampa police continue pursuing several leads and plan to reinterview several people close to Hill. McCumber says she, like her sisters and parents, is holding onto hope that Mary Carol will return one day.

Frederick is less optimistic. He fears something terrible has happened to her.

In a prepared statement, Frederick wrote that he doesn't believe Hill is alive and suspects a person "known to us, who took her from our home."

Without elaborating, Frederick maintains he has "information [that] further indicates the manner of her death and the reasons why that person, in spite of the extreme suffering of so many others, chooses not to speak the truth concerning his involvement.

"His is an act of absolute cruelty, betrayal and cowardice," the husband wrote. "I will never abandon the search."

Frederick says at this point he wants some type of closure.

"For all the good that Mary Carol has been in this world," he wrote, "she deserves, at the very least, a respectful burial."


Interestingly enough I found this on the Charley Project Website
"Fredrick was last seen at her residence in the Seminole Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida on June 3, 1994. She was in the company of Louis Joseph Hlava, who is described as a Caucasian male and 40 years old at the time of Fredrick's disappearance. Hlava's date of birth is July 1, 1953. Neither Hlava nor Fredrick has been seen again. She left behind her burgundy Subaru station wagon, but took her purse."


So is Louis Hlava a person of interest, or a victim? The next story raises more questions.


Divers call off search for woman's body
The Tampa Tribune
June 9, 1995
Author: BRIAN K. BISHOP; Tribune Staff Writer
Estimated printed pages: 2

EAST LAKE -- Authorities threw in the towel Thursday after a tip led them to spend the morning and all of the previous day searching a lake for the body of a woman missing for a year.
Detectives wouldn't identify the source of their information that Mary Carol Hill of Seminole Heights may have been in a watery grave at East Lake No. 2 near Orient Road and Hillsborough Avenue.

But the Tampa Police Department and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office were summoned to the scene at 10 a.m. Wednesday to scour the lake both with divers on the murky bottom and a cadaver-smelling dog riding a boat on the shimmering waters.

Both agencies returned Thursday before the search was called off at midday.

"We've terminated the search at the lake," said police Detective Jerry Keith, the lead investigator in the case. "We still have a lot of leads to follow up."

The renewed investigation came about after discrepancies in early investigation testimony were exposed, Keith said without elaborating. When asked whether police thought Hill was dead, he said, "I have to look at all of the options."

When Hill disappeared without a trace June 3, 1994, she had recently taken a leave of absence from her job with the state Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services to attend Stetson University Law School.

Going to law school had been a lifelong dream, and she planned to return to the state agency after earning her degree. Those closest to her doubt she would walk away from that life -- and surely not from her son, Will, now 6.

The last time she was seen with certainty was at Stetson's Pinellas County campus, although others may have seen her later that evening. Her car and home were undisturbed when police arrived two days later after being alerted by her sister.


Anyone having information about Mary Carol Hill is asked to contact the Tampa Police Department Missing Persons Unit at: (813) 276-3516 or E-Mail Missing Persons
http://seminoleheights.blogspot.com/2006/0...-frederick.html
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