PA PA - Cherrie Mahan, 8, Cabot, 22 Feb 1985

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I just came across this case and have a few questions..

-was she ever abused?

-are there any other photos of her besides the blue dress?

-Why did the woman in Michigan refuse a DNA test?

- were any of the neighbors investigated?

I have never heard that she was abused.

I don't remember anything ever said about the neighbors.

The lady from Michigan supposedly had yearbooks dating back to kindergarten showing she always lived in the area.

Here is a link to her Charley Project page http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/mahan_cherrie.html

Two pics that were on her Charley Project page

mahan_cherrie2.jpg

mahan_cherrie3.jpg
 
What street did your van guy live on in 1985? I'm trying to look at some historic ariels and see if i can find the van. I'm hoping I'll be able to do a street view too. If you want to PM the street and city, that is fine, too. Thanks!
 
Sadly the historic ariels only seem to go back to 1993, I've found some others that go back to 1985 but they are in black and white, and there is no street view.
 
How much time went by before the police were called????
Was the bus driver and the woman that saw the van ever given a polygraph test????

I am not sure. It would be nice to know.

Bumping for Cherrie...
 
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I just wanted to post that I found the thread via CatFancier's signature, and that growing up in PA this is one of the cases that has been in the back of my mind all my life.
 
They mentioned two suspects in the article about Cherrie Mahan:

1. Therese and Ben Keil
2. Two brothers who were known in the community.

I wonder if they have been investigated. It seems people in the area know who did it but law enforcement has not responded
 
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I just wanted to post that I found the thread via CatFancier's signature, and that growing up in PA this is one of the cases that has been in the back of my mind all my life.

It seems like yesterday that it was on the news about Cherrie going missing... It will be 29 years next month... I wish she would be found. Her disappearance is why I got involved in searching for missing people.
 
Every picture I have seen is with short hair. Are there any available with longer hair?

Could she maybe have had curly hair if it grew out?


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Every picture I have seen is with short hair. Are there any available with longer hair?

Could she maybe have had curly hair if it grew out?


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I have only seen pics of Cherrie with shorter hair also. Do you think you know someone that resembles Cherrie? I just found this video while searching for pics of Cherrie. Her mom is in the video, it was from 2011.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/19/cherrie.mahan.cold.case/index.html
 
This snowy weather we are having today in Western PA reminds me of the day when it was on the news that Cherrie went missing. I remember playing outside and coming in and seeing her story on the news, just like it was yesterday. Next month it will be 29 years.
 
This past Saturday, was 29 years that Cherrie Mahan went missing from Cabot PA... Where is she????
 
http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/y.../6463012-74/case-cherrie-search#axzz37nIbyWmc

Twenty-nine years ago, high school senior Chris Birckbichler watched media accounts of 8-year-old Cherrie Mahan's disappearance from Cabot, Winfield Township...

Now, Birckbichler is an experienced investigator with the state police's Butler station. He's re-checking some of the properties where tipsters insist her remains are buried. This week, a volunteer group's search dogs and the trooper combed a site off Winfield Road...

“Each time someone writes about the case or puts in on TV, we get new tips,” he said. Each one is checked. Birckbichler said he is going over some of the older information and will revisit key sites like the one this week.
 
Thanks for posting this OkieGranny! I have been thinking of Cherrie's case a lot lately. I hope they can finally get some answers. I am glad we have people out there that haven't given up on her case.
 
PA - Cherrie Ann Mahan, Butler County, Winfield Twp., Cabot, in North-Western, PA

Day 10,738

Jul. 18, 2014: http://www.wtae.com/news/new-search-made-in-cherrie-mahan-case/27015936?absolute=true#!bhSp7E

Jul. 18, 2014 via OkieGranny: http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/y.../6463012-74/case-cherrie-search#axzz37nIbyWmc:

Also Mentioned: http://www.missingkids.com/poster/NCMC/601805/1

and: http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/255dfpa.html:

Scroll Down Doe Link for Van Of Interest

As Always: PA CrimeStoppers -- 1-800-4PA-TIPS - https://www.crimewatchpa.com/crimestoppers/


May We Soon Find Long-Over-Due Answers.
 
I recall when Cherrie's abduction happened...it shook me as I am the mother of 3 girls who were Cherrie's age and younger that year and I agree it was the start of walking children to & from bus stops/schools/ and everywhere else for that matter.....Found these two separate links...hmmm....the photos look similar enough.....first link is: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/authorities-struggle-id-mystery-woman-article-1.1383957
second link is: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/19/cherrie.mahan.cold.case/index.html
 
I recall when Cherrie's abduction happened...it shook me as I am the mother of 3 girls who were Cherrie's age and younger that year and I agree it was the start of walking children to & from bus stops/schools/ and everywhere else for that matter.....Found these two separate links...hmmm....the photos look similar enough.....first link is: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/authorities-struggle-id-mystery-woman-article-1.1383957
second link is: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/19/cherrie.mahan.cold.case/index.html

Cherrie was born in 1976, the Driver's license of Lori Ruff/Becky Sue Turner has the date issued as being 1988. The girl in the pic looks older than 12, so I am guessing that is not Cherrie.
 

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