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Abducted Girl plays it cool, A calm and matter-of-fact Mary Farncomb, the 6-year-old who was abducted for three hours yesterday while on the way to sc(...)
Abducted Girl plays it cool, A calm and matter-of-fact Mary Farncomb, the 6-year-old who was abducted for three hours yesterday while on the way to sc(...)

Abducted Girl plays it cool, A calm and matter-of-fact Mary Farncomb, the 6-year-old who was abducted for three hours yesterday while on the way to sc(...)

Date5/12/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Abducted Girl plays it cool; A calm and matter-of-fact Mary Farncomb; the 6-year-old who was abducted for three hours yesterday while on the way to school; gives food to baby chicks in the kindergarten room at John Ross Robertson school.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120385F
A Smiling Mary Farncomb, the 6-year-old kindergarten pupil who was abducted for three hours yesterday, walks happily to John Ross Robertson school beh(...)
A Smiling Mary Farncomb, the 6-year-old kindergarten pupil who was abducted for three hours yesterday, walks happily to John Ross Robertson school beh(...)
5/12/1967
Good news: D. G. Farncomb (centre) hears happy report from Police Chief James Mackey (right): His 6-year-old daughter Mary, abducted for ransom on her way to school, has been found safe
Good news: D. G. Farncomb (centre) hears happy report from Police Chief James Mackey (right): His 6-year-old daughter Mary, abducted for ransom on her way to school, has been found safe
5/11/1967
Scared little girl: Annie Trieu, 3, was found in a dark church basement five hours after being abducted from a Metro department store recently
Scared little girl: Annie Trieu, 3, was found in a dark church basement five hours after being abducted from a Metro department store recently
11/25/1990
Abducted Girl Reunited with Parents, Samantha Williams, 3 1/2, who was abducted from Chuck E Cheese's restaurant in North York Saturday, was back with(...)
Abducted Girl Reunited with Parents, Samantha Williams, 3 1/2, who was abducted from Chuck E Cheese's restaurant in North York Saturday, was back with(...)
3/11/1990
Ron Englechart, on the run four years with abducted son Robi, 9, gives himself up today
Ron Englechart, on the run four years with abducted son Robi, 9, gives himself up today
5/6/1979
Postal driver abducted, Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off
Postal driver abducted, Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off
3/6/1979
Postal driver abducted. Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off. Police found the abandoned mail t(...)
Postal driver abducted. Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off. Police found the abandoned mail t(...)
3/6/1979
Nadarajan Janarthanarajan father of abducted Janarthani
Nadarajan Janarthanarajan father of abducted Janarthani
9/14/1995
Hostage suspect: A policeman holds the suspect arrested yesterday after a woman was abducted from her office and taken on a wild, three-hour ride in a commandeered taxi
Hostage suspect: A policeman holds the suspect arrested yesterday after a woman was abducted from her office and taken on a wild, three-hour ride in a commandeered taxi
6/4/1981
It was just 20 hours after an incident in which Robert Malloy says Metro police abducted, beat and shot at him, when police drug squad raided apartmen(...)
It was just 20 hours after an incident in which Robert Malloy says Metro police abducted, beat and shot at him, when police drug squad raided apartmen(...)
3/24/1977
Searching for the clothes of an 8-year-old girl who was abducted raped and left for dead, uniformed and plainclothes Ontario Provincial Police officer(...)
Searching for the clothes of an 8-year-old girl who was abducted raped and left for dead, uniformed and plainclothes Ontario Provincial Police officer(...)
8/28/1974
Eleven-year-old Christine Campbell, one of four other Campbell children, waits at home for news of her 17-month-old brother, Callum, abducted outside (...)
Eleven-year-old Christine Campbell, one of four other Campbell children, waits at home for news of her 17-month-old brother, Callum, abducted outside (...)
10/1/1971