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Rita Dianna Patterson:1963, Daleville, Indiana

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       Rita Dianna Patterson was born March 17th, 1957 to Virgil Patterson and Josephine Crull. (Josephine Crull was actually the wife of Virgil’s cousin.) Rita had an older sister named Patricia. The two were born 13 months apart. They were very close. (I could not find a photo of Rita Dianna Patterson. It may be that there are no existing photos of her.)   The sisters lived in Daleville, Indiana in 1963 with their father, Virgil, and their stepmother Rowena Jean Patterson and her children from a previous relationship.    On Friday morning August 30th, 1963, Rita supposedly died after a fall down the stairs. Her 27 year old stepmother, Rowena, told neighbors and later told police that the six year old had been fighting with her older sister and then she tripped over a toy.    Rowena Patterson stuck to that story for years. Virgil and she went on to have more children together.    In 1983, Patricia Patter...
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Zelma Louise Allen:1972, Akron, Ohio

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         Zelma Louise Allen was born on the 28th of April in 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas. She and her family moved to Akron, Ohio when she was still a preschooler. She grew up there in that industrial town. Her family lived at 154 Tarbell Street.  The home is now abandoned.     She was a 17 year old junior at Central Hower High School in 1972. Zelma worked part time at City Garage at North Union Street. She had a son named Orlando to support. So, she was doing her best to finish school and make her way in the world.    Zelma disappeared on August 4th, 1972. I am just guessing based on the map but perhaps she was walking to or from work at City Garage on North Union. It’s not terribly far from her home on Tarbell.    (On Find-a-Grave it says that she was walking to work and using a shortcut that went past the back of Beech Street. She never made it to work and was reported missing on August 5th,1972.)...
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Melinda Karen Creech:1979, Anderson, Indiana

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     Melinda Karen Creech was born on September 21st, 1965 to Shirley and Roger Creech. She was called “Mindy” by her family and friends.    In 1977, when she was around 10 years old, she competed in the Photography competition at the 4-H Fair and won a red ribbon. She was a member of the Shutterbugs Club.   In 1978, she was on a youth bowling team called the Superstars. They won the Bantam League Championship that year and her and her teammates' names were in the paper on May 14th, 1978.    In 1979 Melinda was dealing with a rough situation. Someone said she and a teenage boy were stealing in 1979. It was alleged that they stole a motorcycle from a dealership. So, suddenly she was in pretty big trouble with the law. Melinda also had a very violent homelife, according to her siblings. There was a lot of abuse. She was in a very difficult situation for a young person.     Melinda was sent to a juvenile de...
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