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Kane
06-08-2005, 09:24 AM
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/11842039.htm

I just found out that Susan Billig has died. As you know she was the daughter of Amy Billig, who disappeared in 1974. According to the article at the link above, Susan Billig died of complications from a heart attack. She was 80 years old.

It is very tragic that Susan died without ever seeing her daughter again, and without ever finding a resolution to the case. But she didn't give up without a fight. I remember seeing the Amy Billig case on both UM and America's Most Wanted, and I couldn't forget how determined Susan was to find Amy.

If any of Susan's friends or loved ones happen to be reading this, I would like them to know that they have my condolences. I'm truly sorry to hear about her death.

Rest in peace, Mrs. Billig.
PrettyinPink55
06-08-2005, 10:14 AM
Oh my gosh! May Mrs. Susan Billig rest in peace! That is so sad!! I was really hoping for this case to be solved!
Kemistry
06-08-2005, 10:20 AM
What a tragedy, never finding out what happened to Amy before she passed on. Well if Amy is deceased atleast they're together now..
DarkDante
06-08-2005, 11:39 AM
as Susan Billig was ill for several years first suffering a heart attack in the 70s and then becoming ill during the early 90s. Her husband Ned I believe also passed away in the early 90s as well. Susan Billig was an amazing woman who was courageous enough to search out every possible lead to find her daughter.

Her book "Without A Trace" is one of the best true crime novels out there and there is a bit of a resolution to the case at the end when due to a confession and some evidence to support Susan was able to at least move on with her life. The book concludes with a lovely journal entry written by Amy herself. If Amy had lived I'm sure she would have made a fine author.

Later.
Zero
06-08-2005, 12:50 PM
True, she was ill for many years. In fact I remember seeing her on AMW about a year or so back and she stated that she had terminal cancer and was given only a few months to live. However, she outlived the doctors original expectations from what I remember.

RIP

At least she knows now what happened to her daugher.
george ramos
06-08-2005, 02:26 PM
That's so shocking. I just found out about this unsolved case last week when it appeared on unsolved mysteries.
Awsi Dooger
06-08-2005, 07:37 PM
Once again Kane does an amazing job on the updates. That link is from today and Mrs. Billig died on Tuesday.

She seemed like a very diligent and admirable woman.

I grew up in Miami and was a kid when Amy Billig disappeared. I must say I don't remember that case until Unsolved Mysteries profiled it. It would be interesting to look at back issues of the Miami Herald on microfilm to see what type of press her disappearance received. Purely on memory, it seems like cases like that didn't generate much ink or TV coverage until after the Adam Walsh incident. If it happened today, the cable channels would be all over the case within one day.
McFly121
06-11-2005, 01:59 AM
Very interesting question to think about, the coverage of her being missing. Figure in 1974 it wasn't much, with limited media.

Can you imagine today??

When someone goes missing, FOX, CNN, MSNBC, local news, Headline News, all just start massive coverage which I'm sure would've aided somewhat in Amy's disappearance.
nohwheregirl
06-13-2005, 10:47 PM
At least she knows now what happened to her daugher.

Because I believe in a life after death, I believe that she is now finally at peace after all these years.

I hope her family knows how many people she has touched, and our thoughts and prayers are with them.
cuba_libre
06-14-2005, 12:32 AM
RIP Mrs. Billig...... :(
KyooMac
06-14-2005, 07:48 PM
If she disappeared today she'd knock the Natalee Holloway story off the television. Beautiful woman kidnapped by a motorcycle gang, oh yeah, front page news!
Miss Golden
06-20-2005, 03:36 AM
One of Unsolved Mysteries best stories, RIP so how old is her son and grandchildren now and is he still a hippy???
pixies1900
07-01-2005, 06:59 PM
thats sad, when my dad was younger his parents were friends with the billings and my dad met amy a few times and he said they hung out once at a xmas party. he said she was really pretty and fun and was really sad when he heard about what happened to her. my grandparents on that side are dead and hadednt kept in touch with the billings since the mid 80s so i dont know anything about their family now
hayes
11-17-2005, 01:19 PM
oh man how sad, I was afraid this had happened, the story was just on UM again today and I did a search to see if any updates happened and find that the mom has died, god how awful

this is one of those cases always in my mind
NatalieLucy
11-17-2005, 03:19 PM
I just watched this on Unsolved Mysteries, and wanted to know about the update. It's sad to hear the mother has just recently died, I was wondering what happened to Amy did they ever find her or her body? Is she still missing or was she confirmed dead?
Kane
11-17-2005, 04:20 PM
I just watched this on Unsolved Mysteries, and wanted to know about the update. It's sad to hear the mother has just recently died, I was wondering what happened to Amy did they ever find her or her body? Is she still missing or was she confirmed dead?

There was a claim that she was killed shortly after she disappeared, and that her body was fed to crocodiles. However, there was never any real proof to confirm this story. But if it were factual, then it would undoubtedly rule out the possibility of the body ever being found. :(

All we know for sure is this: Amy Billig is still officially listed as a missing person. :(
LooksLikeCRicci
11-27-2005, 03:58 AM
Wow. That's really too bad about Mrs. Billig. I saw the UM segment on Amy Billig not that long ago. Although it wasn't the first time I had seen it, the story still tugs at the heart strings because of her mother's devotion to finding out what happened to Amy. Didn't the bikers call her "Mute?"

So sad. Maybe someday we'll all be enlightened as to what happened.
Bluejay
12-07-2005, 04:13 PM
My birth mother remained convinced to the end of her life that Amy was alive and would be rescued and returned to her family. I still think it is possible but am beginning to wonder now if we will ever know the truth.

This sort of thing has happened many times, but this is the case that has gotten the most publicity... both because her mother was so untiringly diligent and vocal in her search, and because Amy was an extremely beautiful white girl. So many are not publicized. I am praying for Amy and all the others.