Margaret Haddican McEnroe Vanished in 2006: Wife & Mother Missing (Photos)

Posted on October 7, 2008

Margaret Haddican, a volunteer firefighter, Army veteran and mother of three children had an argument with her husband, Timothy McEnroe, and walked out on him on October 9, 2006. She cooled off and returned later that evening, only to seemingly vanish the next day. Nearly two years later, Margaret Haddican is still missing.

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After a quarrel with her landscaper husband, Margaret Haddican left their home and went to cool off at her parent’s home, and returned that same evening. Then the next morning, she chatted with a friend on the phone, but later that day vanished from their home in Warren, New Jersey.

Margaret’s husband, Timothy McEnroe says he returned home from running errands at 3 p.m. to find his wife gone and their 5-month-old daughter at home alone in her crib. Haddican’s car and broken cell phone were still there, but her husband said $11,000 in cash was missing.

Timothy McEnroe waited to call the police two days after his wife disappeared. To many, this seems a bit odd… but Timothy said when they had arguments she would leave and come back a few days later.

Margaret Haddican’s family members state that the couple had problems in their marriage and that she was considering leaving. But they also said she would not have left without telling someone, nor would she leave her three kids behind.

Police had been called to their home the day before Margaret went missing on a report of a domestic disturbance. But by the time they had arrived, Margaret had already left to go to her parent’s home.

Margaret had a talk with her best friend around 8:30 and 9 a.m. But just six hours later Haddican was missing.

Numerous searches near Haddican’s home, and other areas of Somerset County have come up with nothing.

About a month after Haddican’s disappearance, police did find an Army t-shirt that belonged to Margaret Haddican McEnroe on a street about a mile from her house.

Back in July of 2007, an anonymous tipster told police to search a rock quarry near Haddican’s backyard. Search dogs were taken to the area and seemed to locate a scent, but no signs of Margaret Haddican was found.

TImothy McEnroe wished he would have reported his wife missing earlier, but said the Warren Police didn’t even start searching for his wife until five days after he reported her missing.

Margaret Haddican was said to have quite a temper, and it sometimes took her a few days to cool off. Her father, Patrick Haddican acknowledges that she “had a temper on her,” adding that she “sometimes said and did things she didn’t mean, in the heat of the moment.”

Margaret Haddican McEnroe weighs 110 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair. She has a tribal tattoo on her abdomen, a firefighter’s helmet tattooed on her left thigh and multiple tattoos on her back.

She was last was seen wearing a gray sweat shirt with “ARMY” written across the front in black letters, white plaid pajama bottoms, white socks and white Nike sneakers. She was also wearing a silver chain with military dog tags and a white-gold wedding ring with three diamonds.

Haddican, an Army veteran, may be using identification with her birth name, Sherwood Halley. She also may be wearing a black military-style jacket and carrying a black duffel bag.

Margaret Haddican turned 31 years-old in August. She has three daughters miss her, especially her oldest daughter Sarah. The child is now 10, and “not knowing where her mommy is and whether she is even alive is painful for her,” Patrick Haddican said.

Police and family urge anyone with information about the whereabouts of Margaret Haddican to anonymously call the Crime-Stoppers hot line at 888-577-8477 or the Warren Township Police at 908-753-1000.

You can watch more on the Margaret Haddican missing persons case tonight on Nancy Grace on CNN.

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