Where is missing Mesa girl Mikelle Biggs? Family still looking for answers
It's an unsolved case that still weighs heavily on the hearts of countless Arizonans who will never forget the name Mikelle Biggs.
"I want the public to remember Mikelle," her sister Kimber told Arizona's Family. "I want them to honor and respect her memory. I often talk about how talented and smart Mikelle was, because I want people to feel as if they had the pleasure of knowing her."
Eleven-year-old Mikelle went missing in Mesa on Jan. 2, 1999, just over 22 years ago. Kimber, who was 9 years old at the time, was the last person to see Mikelle alive. The girls were outside their home playing and waiting for the ice cream truck. Kimber said she ran into their house briefly. When she came back out, Mikelle was gone.
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The family had a funeral for her on the five year anniversary of her disappearance, but burying an empty casket did not give the closure that her family needed.
Over the years, the Mesa Police Department has followed up on hundreds of leads, including one back in March when a dollar bill popped up in Wisconsin. Writing on the bill said: “My name is Mikel Biggs kidnapped From Mesa AZ I’m Alive.”
But Mikelle's name was misspelled on the dollar bill, and Kimber says her sister would have never abbreviated or misspelled her name.
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Meantime, Kimber has refused to give up hope that her family will find out what happened to Mikelle. She has created a Facebook page called ‘
Justice for Mikelle Biggs.’ - https://www.facebook.com/mikellebiggs
Kimber says she hopes to write a book, not only about Mikelle and her case, but how her sister being taken from her has defined many things about who she today. "I hope that it will not only keep Mikelle in the forefront of everyone's mind, but also help other families cope, as well as help others have a better understanding of what it is like to lose a loved one in this manner."
It's a nightmare that unfolded in the Valley two decades ago: a little girl heading to find an ice cream truck vanished, without a trace. FOX 10's Linda Williams reports.
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