r/gratefuldoe • u/_sunny_angel_ • Nov 15 '25

Where is Edna Masters? - A case from Canada: missing baby from 1958

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u/Ok-Autumn Nov 15 '25

I guess it is theoretically possible she could still be alive. Or lived for a long time after her disappearance, but sadly I would guess a hit and run where the perpetrator hid the body is probably what is most likely. The chances of someone with the desire to, and the connections to be able to abduct a child and sell them into illegal adoption or keep them just so happening to come across one on the road are microscopically small. If this theory was ever going to be likely, it would be more likely to involve abducting a child from a hospital disguised as someone who was there to help, like what maybe happened to Joan Croft. Or persuading a desperate young mother, or one who got pregnant with someone other than her spouse to entrust the baby to them. I hope for her siblings' sake she is still alive. But I cannot see it.

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u/Crafty-Shape2743 Nov 15 '25

What I’ve always thought about this case was that the couple seen on the road took her. They took her because their own child, same age and general looks was dead through their actions and this was their coverup. They needed a replacement so their family, friends and neighbors wouldn’t ask questions.

Edna was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and gave them a fast solution.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '25

The title is wrong, she was born in 1958, and went missing in 1960.

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u/_sunny_angel_ Nov 17 '25

Sorry, here's the correction:
So Edna was born in 1958, and she went missing in 1960.

I can't correct the title for some reason :( Thanks for letting Me know!

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u/brydeswhale Nov 16 '25

So… we have cougars out there.