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High schools promise structure: bells that divide the day, desks that pin down time, lockers that keep your secrets. They’re supposed to be safe—just noise and hormones, boredom and small victories. But some schools carry more than yearbooks and trophies. Some carry absences that never close.

This is the story of East Ridge High, a place that never forgot 1998. That fall, a junior named Kellyanne Brooks walked into school before first period and never came home. Her backpack was found in her locker. Her jacket was slung over the chair in homeroom. But Kellyanne was gone.

The building still stands, its hallways echoing with footsteps that never lead to answers. Teachers retired. Students graduated. But the case remains a bulletin board with no new pins.

They call it the Locker That Stayed Shut.

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