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Missing Atchison couple draws renewed interest

By Brian Hagen

05/01/2025

Credit: KS Missing and Unsolved/Facebook

(KAIR)--The story of a missing, elderly Atchison couple is renewed through a recent publication by the organization Kansas Missing and Unsolved.

The focus of an April "missing" flyer distributed by the organization places the focus on Billie Bob Black and Mary Lou Black who disappeared in September, 2009. He was 74 at the time, and would be 89 today; she was 72 and would now be 88.

The last time the couple was known to be in Atchison was the morning of September 11, 2009, when they left their Pacific Street home inside their light blue 1990 Honda Civic. A search of the home, following their disappearance, revealed their driver's licenses, a checkbook and cash, and his insulin were left behind. Both were suffering severe health problems at the time they disappeared.

The release notes that "authorities and members of the [family] believe they're no longer alive," and cites a popular theory that the couple drove, either accidentally or intentionally, into the Missouri River. However, a search of the river, along with other area bodies of water, never recovered their vehicle or their bodies, making their disappearance a long running mystery.

However, holding out hope for closure to the case, Kansas Missing and Unsolved encourages anyone who may have information related to the disappearance of the couple should contact the Atchison County Sheriff's Office at 913-367-4323 or the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at 785-296-4017.

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