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Nearly ten years later, in 1957, though, this story changed. At that point, Edgar’s then-ex-wife claimed that she had lied to the police back in 1948 and alleged that her then-husband had never returned home at 10:00 p.m.
Instead, she said Edgar did not actually get home until about 2:00 a.m. or 3:00 a.m. the following morning. Around the same time, authorities realized that Edgar had a reputation for being abusive and a record filled with petty crimes.
And that same year, 1957, Edgar had even been charged with attempted assault. However, the charges against him were dropped after the victim urged authorities not to move forward with the prosecution. So, Edgar was questioned by authorities throughout their investigation. But, he passed numerous polygraph tests and was never actually charged. He ultimately passed away in 1984.
In the time following Virginia’s disappearance, there were numerous reported sightings of the 21-year-old in south Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. However, none of these tips could ever be confirmed– leading to Virginia’s case going cold. In 1955, she was also legally declared dead.
Still, community members had other theories– relating to a serial killer known as the Texarkana Phantom Killer. During the winter and spring of 1946, the killer murdered five young people in Virginia’s hometown. And it came to light that Virginia had actually known three of the victims.
However, the killer was never caught. And after authorities investigated the potential connection between Virginia’s disappearance and the Texarkana murders, they found no sufficient evidence to support the theory. So, ever since 1948, Virginia’s disappearance has remained a chilling, unsolved mystery.
At the time she vanished, Virginia Carpenter was five foot three, weighed 120 pounds, and had brown hair and brown eyes. She went by the nickname “Jimmie” and had an appendectomy scar on her abdomen. If you have any information regarding her case, you are urged to contact the Denton County Sheriff’s Office at (940) 349-1600.
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