Decades-Long Search for Missing Mom Ends in 'Tragic' Discovery, Daughter Says Family Knew She 'Did Not Simply Leave Us'

The decades-long search for a missing mom of three in Florida who disappeared days before her daughter’s 13th birthday has seemingly ended.

Mary Lou Combs was 41 years old when she was reported missing to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office on October 9, 2003, according to a press release shared on Facebook.

The release noted that “Combs was last seen on Aug. 19, 2003, leaving the home she shared periodically with her mother and her three children.”

The Palm Coast mom “had...