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Tricia Kellett:1982, Chicago, Illinois

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       Tricia Kellett was born on May 31st, 1973 to Dorothy Jo Kellett and Brad Kellett. She had a brother named Brian.    On Friday, May 7th,1982, Tricia and Brian were out of school for the weekend and preparing to go to their Dad’s house. Tricia asked to play outside while they waited. Her mother saw nothing wrong with that. The street was full of kids playing outside at the time. It was a nice day. Their neighborhood had always been quiet and safe.    Her neighborhood was called Uptown. It’s north of Wrigley Field and a short walk from Lake Michigan. Most of the buildings there are apartment buildings that are only a few stories tall. This is not an area with large high rises and skyscrapers.    Tricia was last seen around the corner of Malden Street and Leland. Witnesses saw a man put her into a blue four-door 1979 Pontiac or Dodge with a damaged right front door. Kids thought they remembered a Q and an R as two ...
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Michiel Louise Winkel:1980, Muscatine County, Iowa

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     Michiel Louise Winkel was born on February 15th, 1958. Her parents were Mary Louise Terre Winkel and Francis Henry “Frank” Winkel. Michiel had two sisters and two brothers.    Michiel was a 1977 graduate of Muscatine High School. She was attending Bemidji State University in Minnesota in 1980. (One of her older sisters lived in Bemidji too so that town probably felt like a good choice for college. It’s nice to be independent but also nice to have someone close if you need a bit of help or advice.   Michiel was quiet, studious and sensitive. She had worked for a short time at Dairy Queen in Muscatine, Iowa but would often burst into tears when harshly criticized there. (In her defense, people were meaner then, in my opinion. Many folks thought nothing of teasing someone until they cried and then making fun of them for crying.)    Michiel was home for break in Muscatine, Iowa in April 1980.    On April 21st,...
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Mary Ann Hutchinson:1979, Evanston, Illinois

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       Mary Ann Hutchinson lived in Evanston, Illinois in 1979.    Very little is available online about Mary Ann and her life. What we do know is that she is missing.    Mary Ann Hutchinson was last seen on July 19th, 1979. Her mother, Jane Hutchinson reported her missing on July 22nd, 1979. Mary Ann lived at 1802 Lake Street in Evanston, Illinois in 1979.     Evanston is north of Chicago. It sits along the shore of Lake Michigan.   1802 Lake Street is a two story house in a very charming neighborhood in Evanston. The area has large trees, nice sidewalks and houses of varying styles. On Google earth it looks like the kind of neighborhood that just about anyone would want to live in. Daffodils spring up out of yards behind white picket fences there. It’s lovely.    Lake Street is several blocks away from Lake Michigan. It was July. Would Mary Ann have gone to the lake to cool off?  ...
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