Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Disappearance of Phyllis Gilliam




On August 16, 1971, 11-year-old Phyllis Gilliam was last seen leaving her grandmother's apartment in the 2100 block of Saxon Plaza in Columbia, South Carolina. She was supposed to go to the laundromat on Read St. One witness stated that they had seen her leave the cleaners and headed towards Two Notch Rd at 2:30 pm. By September friends, neighbors, and family would place a $450 reward for information on where Phyllis was. This was however fruitless as she was never seen again.

Her family said that Phyllis would not had gotten into a car with someone she did not know. It would be likely if someone did make her get into one she would have fought. 

Phyllis is a black female and was 11-years-old at the time. At the time she was 4'0" and 65 lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a black and white dress at the time.
The Columbia Record September 2, 1971
The Columbia Record November 4, 1971 .

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