MT MT - Nyleen Marshall, 4, Clancy, 25 June 1983

[Earth]

I've entered Canada three times and never needed a passport. The first time, I was a kid, sleeping in the back of the car when we crossed at night. The second time, we had to do the border thing. They were asking questions because my dad was travelling alone with my brother and me. They ended up refusing us entry because my dad had a record from when he was younger and rambunctious. The third time, my brother and I, older now, crossed without any problem on the way to New York.

Maybe things were different in the Seventies.

 

[theshadow45]

Nyleen has been missing for 40 years today.

 

[Caring1]

4 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[JRM94]

4 Unidentified Person Exclusions

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Those Jane Does were tested for Nyleen?

 

[Pennysmom1]

In 1983, a 4-year-old girl was lured away by a strange man who taunted her parents with disturbing calls and letters. | Fatim Hemraj | NewsBreak Original

4-year-old Nyleen Kay Marshall lived in Montana with her adoptive father, Kim, her mother Nancy, and her two siblings; 6-year-old Nathan and 2-year-old Noreen. Nyleen's biological father, Bill, was not involved in her life. The Marshalls were an all-American Mormon family.

original.newsbreak.com

2023-01-12

4-year-old Nyleen Kay Marshall lived in Montana with her adoptive father, Kim, her mother Nancy, and her two siblings; 6-year-old Nathan and 2-year-old Noreen. Nyleen's biological father, Bill, was not involved in her life. The Marshalls were an all-American Mormon family.
Kim Marshall was a member of the Capital City Radio Club and the Marshalls were invited to attend a ham radio operator's picnic in the nearby Elkhorn Mountains on June 25, 1983, along with several other families. Nyleen played with the other children along Maupin Creek while the parents socialized.

A 13-year-old girl was told to watch over Nyleen. It was around 4 pm when she told Nyleen to stay in the same spot and took off. When the girl returned a couple of minutes later, Nyleen was gone.
Some of the other children reported that an unfamiliar man in a purple jogging suit had been talking to Nyleen. A 6-year-old boy said that Nyleen told him, "That man wants me to follow the shadow." It is theorized that the strange man lured Nyleen away by telling her to play the shadow game with him. Her scent abruptly came to an end, solidifying the theory that she had in fact been taken.

What ensued was an intense search aided by over 2,800 volunteers. Local authorities utilized scent-sniffing dogs, helicopters, and infrared heat sensors but there was no sign of Nyleen and it was called off after 10 days. Her face was on milk cartons and billboards and several sightings of Nyleen were reported from all over the world, but nearly 40 years later, she had never been located.

In November 1985, the Marshalls received the first of three phone calls from the man presumed to have been responsible. He said he traveled the world with Nyleen funded by his investment income and the places he mentioned matched the reported sightings. There was also a mention of S/A.

The last call was placed on May 9, 1986; they stopped after they were traced to payphones in Madison and Edgerton, Wisconsin. The man also sent 3 letters outlining the same details to NCMEC and Child Find of America, postmarked from Madison. The individual has never been identified.

I picked “KAY” up on the road in the Elkhorn Park area between Helena and Boulder...I decided that I would keep her and love her. I took her home with me. I have a nice investment income and I can work at home so I care for her myself all the time. I teach her at home and she likes to go with me when I travel. She would gladly recount to you trips to San Francisco, New York, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Nashville, Chicago, Puerto Rico and Canada. We were even in Britain for a month last year and she loved it. Nobody questions passports...Her hair is short and curly now and she has really grown. She is about 45 inches and around 50 pounds. She has all four of her permanent upper and two of her lower incisors at this time. She takes a bath and brushes her teeth every day...She is a sweet little girl and it is because of how much I have grown to love her that I realize how much her family must miss her. But she has adjusted and seems happy. She trusts me and isn’t afraid. We play alot and she laughs when we clown around. She smiles and acts coy when I tease her...I love her and I have her. I just can’t let her go.

Nyleen was last seen wearing a yellow t-shirt and shorts. She was barefoot. She has dimples and a mole above her left eyebrow. Nyleen is left-handed. Today, she would be 44

 

[thefragile7393]

It’s seemingly like another Franklin Floyd situation in some ways

Also, a lot of the early threads on this case were rather weird in their themselves

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Nyleen’s birthday.

 

[JRM94]

Bumping. Nyleen's been missing for 41 years.

 

[BunnyBooBoo]

Around Covid year, I started searching the internet for her. Just found this site & read her story among others. I came across a Nyleen in Wisconsin (I think it was). Looked like her, the right age, I think the the first name was her mom’s name & last name was Nyleen. Wild, huh? It was very odd stuff. I made copies of her Pintrest page & Facebook. I frantically tried to get someone at the (I believe) Missing & Exploited Children. Sorry, it was a few years ago & I’m old. I finally reached someone & they acknowledged they got what all I sent & would give it to be checked. Of course, didn’t hear anymore but still hoped. Obviously, it wasn’t her but it was a good fit. I didn’t share it here because of the lady’s privacy and it not being her. It fit so well, though.
Just mentioned it now running across this. I guess it could have been her but she denied it. I so had prayed it was.

 

[JRM94]

Bumping since it's been 29 years since her mother has been murdered.

 

[ekardh]

I would be interested to know what details the letter contained that weren't publicly disclosed, whether the author knew the facts or used something of a 'cold reading' and lucked out. If they did know those details, then that would point to foul play, otherwise it was a disturbed hoaxer.

There's also the story of the pregnant girl named "Helena" who tried to get admitted to hospital to give birth, and claimed that her mother was called "Nyleen". Nyleen is an extremely rare name in the US, and she did vanish at Helena National Forest, so there's that connection. Again, if that story was true, and not apocryphal, that's another clue that Nyleen was kidnapped and raised by her abductor.

 

[JRM94]

I would be interested to know what details the letter contained that weren't publicly disclosed, whether the author knew the facts or used something of a 'cold reading' and lucked out. If they did know those details, then that would point to foul play, otherwise it was a disturbed hoaxer.

There's also the story of the pregnant girl named "Helena" who tried to get admitted to hospital to give birth, and claimed that her mother was called "Nyleen". Nyleen is an extremely rare name in the US, and she did vanish at Helena National Forest, so there's that connection. Again, if that story was true, and not apocryphal, that's another clue that Nyleen was kidnapped and raised by her abductor.

They already did test, and Nyleen wasn't a match. You can read about it here.

 

[ekardh]

They already did test, and Nyleen wasn't a match. You can read about it here.

Thank you. That's good to know!

Although that was always a long shot, its elimination does steer me more towards Nyleen being abducted and murdered soon afterwards, or getting lost and succumbing to the elements.

 

[cvdixon29]

Am I the only person who was chilled by the
"I realize how much her family must miss her, but I love her, and I have her," the letter read. "I just can't let her go"
of the letter writer/phone caller.?

What they did, IF they were really the kidnapper, was taunt law enforcement. Why call the missing kids hotline? Why call LE? I know we would all like to believe that the quoted words convey genuine love and affection, but to a disturbed mind it could mean so much more.

I truly found this portion of the story chilling.

It could also not be the kidnapper at all (as previously mentioned).

I always found it chilling! It just was on unsolved mysteries repeat on Pluto TV. That part of the segment always gives me chills! It seems so bizarre but believable.

 

[cvdixon29]

I just also read the Unsolved Mysteries fandom page about this case and it said while it wasn’t posted in the tv segment but her stepfather Kim was a suspect at that time. I wonder what made them. Suspect him?

 

[JRM94]

Bumping for Nyleen's birthday.