In the late afternoon of August 26th 1986, Michelle "Jolene" Lakey went to visit her sick mother at Mercy Hospital, Scranton. After giving her mother a teddy bear as a get well present the 11 year old left to make the 20 minute walk home. At around 6.00pm several witnesses saw Jolene getting into a light-yellow coloured vehicle on North Washington Avenue. She has never been seen since. After reports of a girl resembling Jolene being seen with a man in Brooklyn, New York, a suspect was interviewed, but the lead went nowhere. Three years later the murder of a 9 year old girl in Scranton would take the investigation in a whole new direction and introduce a prime suspect in the case.

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