August 1, 2022 | By Benjamin Guthrie This story is part of a collaborative project between Project: Cold Case and a University of North Florida Journalism class. Maryann Hutchison had a fantastic smile. “She had a smile out of this world,” Cynthia Mayfield said, Maryann’s sister. “If she smiled at you, you would just have happiness upon your body.” That smile was taken from the world when Maryann disappeared on July 22, 1979, in Evanston, Illinois at the age of 24. Her body has never been found. Maryann was one of six Hutchison kids growing up in Evanston. She was quieter than the rest of her siblings, and she preferred to read compared to her siblings’ social activities. “Our sisters and brothers, we always liked to party and go roller skating and different things like that. She was more of a bookworm,” Cynthia recalled. In high school, Maryann started working at a Chase bank through a school jobs program, where she was one of the first black female... Read More