This is one of the more upsetting cases I’ve come across for a few reasons: what has been made public about this poor girl suggest a traumatic existence. Add to that the fact that there is ONE photo available, which seems to be of someone younger than 14 and isn’t fully in focus, despite her disappearance in 1991. There are no details about whether she took items with her, which a runaway presumably would. They refer to her as “dating” older men and as a drug user. It’s all so wrong and raises so many questions.
Lurline and I are about the same age and would have been in the same school grade (not the same school or even state). I find it very difficult to believe that there were no other photos in existence at the time of her disappearance (unless there was a fire or flood or something). What drugs was she using? Is this a case of a teen smoking weed or were they hard drugs? (I distinctly remember adults in authority referring to pot smokers as druggies in the late 80s/early 90s and did not live in a conservative area.) Is her last seen date accurate? Were any of the “older men” identified? Why is the family still not sharing information? It’s all so frustrating and sad. I hope she is found soon and I hope that her “older men” have been held accountable for “dating” this child.
