Sixty years ago today, Mary Shotwell Little left her job at C&S Bank, where she worked as a secretary. That evening, she met a coworker for dinner and shopping at Lenox Square, and parted ways about 8 p.m.
She never showed up for work the next day, thus beginning one of metro Atlanta’s most infamous missing persons cases of the 20th century.
On Nov. 12, 2025, “The Vanishing: The 60-Year Unsolved Disappearance of Mary Shotwell Little” is premiering at the SCADshow Theater on Spring Street in midtown. The film was produced by Monument Motion Picture LLC, a company headed by founder/CEO/producer Steve Kendrick; producer Bill Vanderkloot; executive producer W. John Fedack; and associate producer Pamela Pennamen.
In this episode of ATL Vault, Fedack talks with Atlanta News First about his involvement in the case; what he believes happened to Little; and why her case matters so much today.
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