PA PA - Wendy Eaton, 15, non-family abduction, Media, 17 May 1975
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The property is large, and a description is available in most real estate listings for the home in question. Google maps shows 2021 map data in its satellite view - search on " Indian Lane Media PA".
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Wondering how you were able to find out who owned the house? Was by searching records or through local information because you live so close?
If you know the address, you can find past owners and often prior residents.
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Still checking for new information daily - not a word since the 17'th. Is there a way to check on State Police Case files ( Wendy's is K2-14911 ) for updates without calling them?
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Today is Wendy's birthday.
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Happy Birthday, Wendy. I miss you.
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Keystone Cold Cases just released a podcast about Wendy's Disappearance. Keystone Cold Cases
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Does it contain any updates about the most recent search? I've looked everywhere but can't find out whatever became of it.
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I just finished listening to it and no, it doesn't. They one girl on the podcast did talk to a family member about different discrepancies about her disappearance.
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Bumping for Wendy. She's often on my mind, as I grew up (and still live) within a few miles of her home. Her disappearance terrified me at the time - I was twelve years old, walked or took public transit everywhere I wanted/needed to go, and she was one of a spate of abductions/disappearances of teenage girls and young women in the county and in nearby Philadelphia over the course of a year or so. Many of those cases were quickly solved, albeit unhappily, with biker-gang members or hangers-on implicated and convicted of their senseless murders – but Wendy's case along with a couple of others didn't seem to fit that pattern, and their unsolved status was worrisome to an already hypervigilant adolescent.
I hope there is a lot going on behind the scenes, now that Wendy's case status has changed and LE has a location of interest. LE seems to be holding their cards very close to the vest in the aftermath of the property search, and I hope that's a sign that they're being painstaking and methodical in processing whatever they may have discovered. After nearly fifty years Wendy needs to be found, and whoever was responsible for her disappearance needs to face justice – or at least the ignominy of exposure for committing a heinous crime against an innocent young girl. MOO.
I hope there is a lot going on behind the scenes, now that Wendy's case status has changed and LE has a location of interest. LE seems to be holding their cards very close to the vest in the aftermath of the property search, and I hope that's a sign that they're being painstaking and methodical in processing whatever they may have discovered. After nearly fifty years Wendy needs to be found, and whoever was responsible for her disappearance needs to face justice – or at least the ignominy of exposure for committing a heinous crime against an innocent young girl. MOO.
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Janewall - Thank you for your thoughts on this. You mention LEE several times - What is LE?
Thankyou so much,
~ Dave
Thankyou so much,
~ Dave
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Hi all. To have that much activity drop out of no where back in May and now total silence. Very frustrating. - - - ACD74
I thought for sure we would hear something by now. I really don’t think they would have changed the status of the case if there wasn’t evidence to do so.
Wendy Eaton
Wendy, circa 1975; Age-progression to age 60 (circa 2019)
Wendy's family left their residence to play golf at a local country club on May 17, 1975. She stayed behind at their house on Moccasin Trail in Media, Pennsylvania and was sunbathing at the time. Wendy spoke to a friend later in the afternoon and said she planned to walk to a store to purchase a gift for her brother.
Wendy was last seen walking three blocks from her family's residence at approximately 3:05 p.m. at the intersection of Indian Lane and Media Station Road. She was headed towards downtown Media at the time she vanished. She has never been seen again. Bloodhounds were able to track her scent to the intersection where she disappeared, but there was no trace of her elsewhere.
Wendy's family told authorities that she was very interested in religion and planned to attend a singing group rehearsal at their church on the night she vanished. Her relatives stated that Wendy would not have missed the rehearsal. Her family considered the possibility that she may have joined a religious cult-type of organization, but no evidence has been located to suggest that was the cause of Wendy's disappearance.
She was a tenth-grader at Penncrest High School at the time of her disappearance and was a good student. She enjoyed scouting, camping and church activities and was considered musically talented; she played the piano and the guitar. Her case remains unsolved.
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Wendy, circa 1975; Age-progression to age 60 (circa 2019)
- Missing Since 05/17/1975
- Missing From Media, Pennsylvania
- Classification Non-Family Abduction
- Sex Female
- Race White
- Date of Birth 05/26/1959 (62)
- Age 15 years old
- Height and Weight 4'10, 90 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A yellow sleeveless terrycloth blouse, cutoff denim shorts and white sneakers with a blue stripe.
- Medical Conditions Wendy is deaf in her right ear.
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Wendy occasionally wears gold-rimmed eyeglasses. Her ears are pierced. She may or may not have worn orthodontic braces at time of her 1975 disappearance. Her nickname is Whizzie.
Wendy's family left their residence to play golf at a local country club on May 17, 1975. She stayed behind at their house on Moccasin Trail in Media, Pennsylvania and was sunbathing at the time. Wendy spoke to a friend later in the afternoon and said she planned to walk to a store to purchase a gift for her brother.
Wendy was last seen walking three blocks from her family's residence at approximately 3:05 p.m. at the intersection of Indian Lane and Media Station Road. She was headed towards downtown Media at the time she vanished. She has never been seen again. Bloodhounds were able to track her scent to the intersection where she disappeared, but there was no trace of her elsewhere.
Wendy's family told authorities that she was very interested in religion and planned to attend a singing group rehearsal at their church on the night she vanished. Her relatives stated that Wendy would not have missed the rehearsal. Her family considered the possibility that she may have joined a religious cult-type of organization, but no evidence has been located to suggest that was the cause of Wendy's disappearance.
She was a tenth-grader at Penncrest High School at the time of her disappearance and was a good student. She enjoyed scouting, camping and church activities and was considered musically talented; she played the piano and the guitar. Her case remains unsolved.
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- Pennsylvania State Police 215-459-4150
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Wendy's Charley Project Profile was updated yesterday 2/9/22 (distinguishing characteristics and details of disappearance)
Wendy Eaton – The Charley Project
Wendy Eaton
Wendy's family left their residence to play golf at a local country club on May 17, 1975. She stayed behind at their house on Moccasin Trail in Media, Pennsylvania and was sunbathing at the time. Wendy spoke to a friend later in the afternoon and said she planned to walk to a store to purchase a gift for her brother.
Wendy was last seen walking three blocks from her family's residence at approximately 3:05 p.m. at the intersection of Indian Lane and Media Station Road. She was headed towards downtown Media at the time she vanished. She has never been seen again. Bloodhounds were able to track her scent to the intersection where she disappeared, but there was no trace of her elsewhere.
Wendy's family told authorities that she was very interested in religion and planned to attend a singing group rehearsal at their church on the night she vanished. Her relatives stated that Wendy would not have missed the rehearsal. Her family considered the possibility that she may have joined a religious cult-type of organization, but no evidence has been located to suggest that was the cause of Wendy's disappearance.
A man named William C. Richardson and a seventeen-year-old boy were arrested for extortion after Wendy's disappearance, after they demanded a $10,000 ransom from her parents in exchange for information about her whereabouts. The boy was arrested when he went to collect the first installment of the ransom payment, and implicated Richardson. Neither of them knew where Wendy was; the extortion attempt had been a hoax.
She was a tenth-grader at Penncrest High School at the time of her disappearance and was a good student. She enjoyed scouting, camping and church activities and was considered musically talented; she sang well and could play the piano and the guitar. Her case remains unsolved.
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Wendy Eaton – The Charley Project
Wendy Eaton
- Missing Since05/17/1975
- Missing From Media, Pennsylvania
- Classification Non-Family Abduction
- Sex Female
- Race White
- Date of Birth05/26/1959 (62)
- Age15 years old
- Height and Weight4'10, 90 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A yellow sleeveless terrycloth blouse, cutoff denim shorts and white sneakers with a blue stripe.
- Medical Conditions Wendy is deaf in her right ear.
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Wendy occasionally wears gold-rimmed eyeglasses. Her ears are pierced and she is left-handed. She may or may not have worn orthodontic braces at time of her 1975 disappearance. Her nickname is Whizzie.
Wendy's family left their residence to play golf at a local country club on May 17, 1975. She stayed behind at their house on Moccasin Trail in Media, Pennsylvania and was sunbathing at the time. Wendy spoke to a friend later in the afternoon and said she planned to walk to a store to purchase a gift for her brother.
Wendy was last seen walking three blocks from her family's residence at approximately 3:05 p.m. at the intersection of Indian Lane and Media Station Road. She was headed towards downtown Media at the time she vanished. She has never been seen again. Bloodhounds were able to track her scent to the intersection where she disappeared, but there was no trace of her elsewhere.
Wendy's family told authorities that she was very interested in religion and planned to attend a singing group rehearsal at their church on the night she vanished. Her relatives stated that Wendy would not have missed the rehearsal. Her family considered the possibility that she may have joined a religious cult-type of organization, but no evidence has been located to suggest that was the cause of Wendy's disappearance.
A man named William C. Richardson and a seventeen-year-old boy were arrested for extortion after Wendy's disappearance, after they demanded a $10,000 ransom from her parents in exchange for information about her whereabouts. The boy was arrested when he went to collect the first installment of the ransom payment, and implicated Richardson. Neither of them knew where Wendy was; the extortion attempt had been a hoax.
She was a tenth-grader at Penncrest High School at the time of her disappearance and was a good student. She enjoyed scouting, camping and church activities and was considered musically talented; she sang well and could play the piano and the guitar. Her case remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
- Pennsylvania State Police 215-459-4150