After Amy was abducted, fear gripped every community and with Halloween right around the corner it really struck fear in parents. By the time Halloween had rolled around, the mysterious phone caller ruse had been revealed to the public the composite sketch had been released. There was a true sense of fear amongst the parents in my neighborhood, which was only about four miles from where Amy was last seen, and they made sure that we had a chaperone when we went trick or treating. The lack of knowing whom the perpetrator was really kept all of northeast Ohio on edge. Looking back, I am kind of surprised they didn’t cancel trick or treating that year. I believe if that were to happen today, the community would either cancel the event or move it to the daytime. I remember talking with one of my friends recently and he told me a story about somebody asking why he kept such a close on his children and he gave him a two-word answer, Amy Mihaljevic.

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