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Marchers holds annual vigil for Ilene Misheloff
By Sam Richards
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
Posted on Mon, Jan. 30, 2006
DUBLIN - Mike and Jan Barnes weren't going to miss Monday's annual vigil for Ilene Misheloff even if the rain had not stopped.
But like many of those who braved the unpredictable weather, the Barnes also came in the hope their presence would somehow shed light on Ilene's whereabouts after 17 years.
"We have a daughter a little older than that," said Jan Barnes of Danville, a friend of the Misheloffs. "I can't imagine what life would be like without her."
The Misheloffs march every year, marking the anniversary of their daughter Ilene's disappearance. They are supporting both their daughter and law enforcement efforts to find her. They also want to keep the public eye on the investigation.
"We're just trying to remind people we're still looking for Ilene," said Mike Misheloff, "Maybe
Ilene Misheloff disappeared from the streets of Dublin on the afternoon of Jan. 30, 1989. The 13-year-old had left Wells Middle School and was headed to the Dublin Iceland rink for a skating lesson. Ilene has not been heard from since.
Monday night, for the 17th annual candlelight vigil, about 120 walkers started their observance at Wells Middle on Dublin's Penn Drive and walked about a mile to St. Raymond's Catholic Church on Shannon Avenue. The gathering was a representative cross section of this suburban community, ranging in age from grade schoolers to seniors and including a dog or two.
Police, who say they still get three or four new leads per year on Ilene's disappearance, support the vigil as a way to keep the case in the public eye.
The Misheloffs publicize their daughter's case all year round. Out of an office on Village Parkway, the family runs the Ilene Misheloff Recovery Effort, sending out hundreds of fliers each week about Ilene, the facts of her disappearance and a computer enhanced picture of what she may look like as an adult.
Police Detective Nate Schmidt was heartened by Monday night's turnout and figures the ample media attention will generate at least a few calls over the next several days.
"You never know -- the smallest tip might turn into something big," Schmidt said.
Ilene Misheloff was 5-feet-3 inches tall and 115 pounds at the time of her disappearance. She had brown hair and brown eyes and had braces on her teeth.
The Misheloffs ask anyone with information about Ilene's disappearance to call Dublin police at 925-833-6670 or 800-635-6306, or the FBI at 415-553-7400.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/email/news/13751627.htm
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ADMIN NOTE dated January 23, 2019
The 30th anniversary of Ilene's disappearance is approaching. The following recent post by jewelsmac has been added to list the known facts in Ilene's case:
By Sam Richards
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
Posted on Mon, Jan. 30, 2006
DUBLIN - Mike and Jan Barnes weren't going to miss Monday's annual vigil for Ilene Misheloff even if the rain had not stopped.
But like many of those who braved the unpredictable weather, the Barnes also came in the hope their presence would somehow shed light on Ilene's whereabouts after 17 years.
"We have a daughter a little older than that," said Jan Barnes of Danville, a friend of the Misheloffs. "I can't imagine what life would be like without her."
The Misheloffs march every year, marking the anniversary of their daughter Ilene's disappearance. They are supporting both their daughter and law enforcement efforts to find her. They also want to keep the public eye on the investigation.
"We're just trying to remind people we're still looking for Ilene," said Mike Misheloff, "Maybe
Ilene Misheloff disappeared from the streets of Dublin on the afternoon of Jan. 30, 1989. The 13-year-old had left Wells Middle School and was headed to the Dublin Iceland rink for a skating lesson. Ilene has not been heard from since.
Monday night, for the 17th annual candlelight vigil, about 120 walkers started their observance at Wells Middle on Dublin's Penn Drive and walked about a mile to St. Raymond's Catholic Church on Shannon Avenue. The gathering was a representative cross section of this suburban community, ranging in age from grade schoolers to seniors and including a dog or two.
Police, who say they still get three or four new leads per year on Ilene's disappearance, support the vigil as a way to keep the case in the public eye.
The Misheloffs publicize their daughter's case all year round. Out of an office on Village Parkway, the family runs the Ilene Misheloff Recovery Effort, sending out hundreds of fliers each week about Ilene, the facts of her disappearance and a computer enhanced picture of what she may look like as an adult.
Police Detective Nate Schmidt was heartened by Monday night's turnout and figures the ample media attention will generate at least a few calls over the next several days.
"You never know -- the smallest tip might turn into something big," Schmidt said.
Ilene Misheloff was 5-feet-3 inches tall and 115 pounds at the time of her disappearance. She had brown hair and brown eyes and had braces on her teeth.
The Misheloffs ask anyone with information about Ilene's disappearance to call Dublin police at 925-833-6670 or 800-635-6306, or the FBI at 415-553-7400.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/email/news/13751627.htm
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ADMIN NOTE dated January 23, 2019
The 30th anniversary of Ilene's disappearance is approaching. The following recent post by jewelsmac has been added to list the known facts in Ilene's case:
Ilene Beth Misheloff
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(School photo- ice skating picture- age progression image)
Ilene was walking home in Dublin, California on January 30, 1989 at 3:00 p.m., after her classes concluded at Wells Intermediate School. Several classmates reported seeing Ilene walking alone on Amador Valley Boulevard near Village Parkway and the Shamrock Village Shopping Center in the afternoon; she vanished shortly afterwards. She was taking a shortcut home, going through a wide alley behind Shamrock Village shopping center near Gallagher's Pub and the back of the Sawmill furniture store, then across San Ramon Road to a dry creek bed that leads to Mape Memorial Park.
- Missing Since 01/30/1989
- Missing From Dublin, California
- Classification Non-Family Abduction
- Date of Birth 03/12/1975 (43)
- Age 13 years old
- Height and Weight 5'3, 115 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A charcoal-gray pullover Espirit polo sweater, a pink and charcoal-gray skirt with horizontal stripes, black low-top Keds sneakers, and two earrings in each ear. Carrying a dark blue backpack and a black molded hard plastic flute case.
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ilene wore braces on her teeth at time of her disappearance. Her ears are double-pierced. Ilene has freckles on her cheeks and on the bridge of her nose, and a small lump on the inside of her left ankle
Ilene has never been seen again. Ilene's keyfob was found near the entrance to the park. She was carrying a dark blue backpack at the time of her disappearance. The backpack was later found abandoned in the creek bed in Mape Memorial Park. It was located after the area had already been searched; authorities believe someone may have placed it there after Ilene's disappearance.
Monday- January 30th 1989
Search effort
- 3pm- Ilene leaves Wells Middle School early, having been excused from physical education class that day.
- She is seen walking on Amador Valley Blvd , near Village Parkway
- Ilene takes a short cut, in the alleyway behind the Shamrock Village shopping center.
- 4pm- Ilene’s skating coach arrives at her home to pick her up for her lesson, is told by her brother that Ilene was not at home.
- 6pm- Ilene’s Mother, Maddi Misheloff, arrives at Iceland to pick her daughter up but is told she has not been there.
Ilene's parents, Mike and Maddi Misheloff, hold a candlelight vigil walk every year following the route Ilene would have taken home. This year's walk and ecumenical prayer service in honor of Ilene will mark the 30th anniversary of her disappearance.
- Police conduct search using helicopters with infrared to try and locate her.
- FBI brought in to assist. (Press Democrat 2/3/89)
- Mape Park, creek bed and West Dublin hills searched.
- Canine tracking used to trace Ilene’s path home. Dog tracks up to alleyway behind Shamrock Village shopping center near Gallagher’s Pub, but not beyond.(Stalemate)
- Ilene's backpack is located in creek after area had already been searched.
If you have any information about Ilene's case, please contact Dublin Police Sergeant Daniel McNaughton 925-833-6670- CASE #89D0252
NCIC # M-342562026
NCMEC719556 (Ilene's information appears to have been removed from NCMEC, efforts are being made to have it reinstated)
Ilene’s case is one of several child abductions during that time period in the Bay Area.
6/6/1979- Tara Cossey- San Pablo, CA
2/10/1984- Kevin Collins – San Francisco, CA
8/23/1984- Clark Handa- Fairfield, CA
6/3/1988- Amber Swartz- Garcia- Pinole, CA
11/19/1988- Michaela Garecht- Hayward, CA
1/30/1989- Ilene Misheloff- Dublin,CA
12/27/1991- Amanda “Nicki” Campbell- Fairfield, CA
Sources:
California Department of Justice
The Charley Project
Doe Network
FBI
Find-Ilene.org
San Francisco Examiner
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Stalemate
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