I was scrolling through some newspapers and yearbooks to see if any other Wells showed up in the area that might be a sibling.
There is a Michelle Wells listed as an 8th grade honor student at Romulus North Junior High in
Jan. 1980, but this would make her missing age incorrect; this Michelle would have been at least 15 in 1982, barring the unlikely probability she had skipped a few grades.
Interestingly, there is a male Wells who attended Lincoln Park High (closer to the river/downtown than Romulus); his sophomore class photo from 1986 caught my attention because he is wearing a very similar necklace to Michelle's, and I don't see many other male students with necklaces, let alone a button or puka shell type necklace.
Does anyone know her full name? I just can't shake the feeling that the missing date may be incorrect by a substantial degree of days or even years. Jan. 1, 1982 was an extremely cold day and there's no mention of her in any press that I can find. The latter part is odd, considering how much the local area was concerned with child/teen disappearances at the time.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the DPD records on Michelle have been lost or destroyed, but maybe
@Nina Michigan might know more? If there's anyone who could get the ball rolling, it would be her and her first-class podcast.