IN IN - Brooke Elaine Hill, 16, Putnamville District 53, 06/05/1997

[victoriarobinson642]

https://www.in.gov/isp/files/Indiana_Missing_Person_Bulletin.pdf

The Indiana MP Bulletin has a ton of people who aren't in NAMUS. Some appear to have been found alive but I've found about a dozen who appear to still be missing. Brooke is one of them. I can't find any trace of her after this yearbook photo in '97.

Not in NAMUS or any other database


Hoping one of y'all can find a bit more info.

 

[Johenry1922]

I was unable to find anything at all regarding even her existence, save for the same yearbook photos

 

[Otterly]

I wasn't able to find anything else either. There's definitely more to this story. Why nothing in local newspapers?

 

[Johenry1922]

I found who I believe to be Brooke’s father’s obituary from 1994, listing 3 other siblings. He died of alcoholic cirrhosis. The father’s widow was only married to him in 1985, after Brooke was born, and I suspect she isn’t Brooke’s mother. She died in 2014 and her obit only references two sons whose surname is not Hill.

 

[Johenry1922]

Her biological mother is still alive. Her bio sister passed away a few years ago and mentions nothing, whatsoever, of Brooke :/

 

[Johenry1922]

I found this clipping from March 1998, which would’ve made Brooke 17. Do we think this is the same Brooke?

 

[HmmMysterious]

I found this clipping from March 1998, which would’ve made Brooke 17. Do we think this is the same Brooke?
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She does appear to have the same nose, eyebrows, and chin as the supposedly missing Brooke

 

[SleutherGirl]

That certainly looks like the same girl. Penn High School is in Indiana.

 

[iluvmua]

She does appear to have the same nose, eyebrows, and chin as the supposedly missing Brooke

Not the same Brooke.

This Brooke went missing in 1997

 

[FindBrooke1997]

https://www.in.gov/isp/files/Indiana_Missing_Person_Bulletin.pdf

The Indiana MP Bulletin has a ton of people who aren't in NAMUS. Some appear to have been found alive but I've found about a dozen who appear to still be missing. Brooke is one of them. I can't find any trace of her after this yearbook photo in '97.
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Not in NAMUS or any other database

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Hoping one of y'all can find a bit more info.

I went to middle/high school with Brooke and we were friends when she disappeared when we were 16/17 yo. I was surprised to find a missing persons report posted by IPS which led me to this thread. Many of us have always wondered what happened to Brooke. She had a big personality so it is strange that she continues to be untraceable after all of these years. When her mother (Sally Kennedy, remarried) passed away we were expecting her to appear and she never did Oddly, Brooke was not mentioned in her mother's obituary. Her family moved to Martinsville, IN sometime around 1993 and her father (possibly adopted father) passed away within a year or two. It was rumored, she ran off to Florida with a boyfriend that wasn't from Martinsville. I had met him a handful of times, but know very little about him given they were on/off again.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I went to middle/high school with Brooke and we were friends when she disappeared when we were 16/17 yo. I was surprised to find a missing persons report posted by IPS which led me to this thread. Many of us have always wondered what happened to Brooke. She had a big personality so it is strange that she continues to be untraceable after all of these years. When her mother (Sally Kennedy, remarried) passed away we were expecting her to appear and she never did Oddly, Brooke was not mentioned in her mother's obituary. Her family moved to Martinsville, IN sometime around 1993 and her father (possibly adopted father) passed away within a year or two. It was rumored, she ran off to Florida with a boyfriend that wasn't from Martinsville. I had met him a handful of times, but know very little about him given they were on/off again.

Thank you for confirming that she's still missing, though I'm sad to hear it. I'll enter her in NAMUS, the national misssing person database.

 

[FindBrooke1997]

I found who I believe to be Brooke’s father’s obituary from 1994, listing 3 other siblings. He died of alcoholic cirrhosis. The father’s widow was only married to him in 1985, after Brooke was born, and I suspect she isn’t Brooke’s mother. She died in 2014 and her obit only references two sons whose surname is not Hill.

I found who I believe to be Brooke’s father’s obituary from 1994, listing 3 other siblings. He died of alcoholic cirrhosis. The father’s widow was only married to him in 1985, after Brooke was born, and I suspect she isn’t Brooke’s mother. She died in 2014 and her obit only references two sons whose surname is not Hill.

Hi! Do you have a link to Brooke’s father’s obit from 1994? Or can you post it here please? Thank you!

 

[iluvmua]

Hi! Do you have a link to Brooke’s father’s obit from 1994? Or can you post it here please? Thank you!

Do you know the circumstances of her disappearance?

Was she having trouble at home/school etc?

 

[FindBrooke1997]

Do you know the circumstances of her disappearance?

Was she having trouble at home/school etc?

It’s been 27 years so it’s hard to remember but at that time she just seemed like a rebellious teen. Like I mentioned, she allegedly went to Florida with her on again off again boyfriend. Anyone that I can think of never heard from her again.

 

[Johenry1922]

Hi! Do you have a link to Brooke’s father’s obit from 1994? Or can you post it here please? Thank you!

Thank you for your insight! I’m not sure if this is the dad or step-dad in hindsight. It’s been a while, but I went down a deep rabbit hole with this one and found that her surname was legally changed TO Hill at some point.

 

[FindBrooke1997]

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Thank you for your insight! I’m not sure if this is the dad or step-dad in hindsight. It’s been a while, but I went down a deep rabbit hole with this one and found that her surname was legally changed TO Hill at some point.

Thank you!

 

[FindBrooke1997]

Thank you! I am hearing that Robert may not have been Brooke’s bio dad.

 

[FindBrooke1997]

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Thank you for your insight! I’m not sure if this is the dad or step-dad in hindsight. It’s been a while, but I went down a deep rabbit hole with this one and found that her surname was legally changed TO Hill at some point.

 

[deesa]

John kennedy was who her mother Sally married. He owns Bynum steakhouse. When I worked there for 7 years it was rumored that he'd killed Sally's daughter. She disappeared and Sally never mentioned her again. John was abusive to Sally and it was also rumored that a women was shot in the apartments he owns but no suspect was ever found. I was told that he was rumored to be having an affair with this women. Scarier than that, while I worked for him, his estranged father suffered onset of dimentia so John and his sisters moved him to martinsville. A gf he had already been seeing sometime was moved down w him. The family thought she was after his money and always said they wished she'd get drunk and fall down the stairs. Within months she had "committed suicide" by gunshot on John's dad's porch which was a home on. John's land beside his own home. And grandpa has dementia so he doesn't know. I'd really be interested to know if he's involved. Def has the demeanor or someone who could do those things.