SheWhoMustNotBeNamed
Former Member
Cherita Janice Thomas
Endangered Missing
Missing From: AuSable Township, Michigan
Missing Since: August 3, 1980
Age: 20 -- Hair Color: Brown -- Eye Color: Brown
On August 4, 1980, Cherita disappeared in Ausable Township. She was last seen on a stretch of road. Cherita was a black woman and young mother living in a mostly white, conservative town. She was on her way to pick up her baby daughter from the sitter when she vanished, barely a mile from the police station.
At the time of her disappearance, Cherita was driving a borrowed, brown AMC Matador. The vehicle reportedly stalled at the intersection of US-23 and River Road, and three area youths assisted her in getting it started and she continued on her way. The vehicle apparently stalled again on Sunset Street in Ausable Township, less than two blocks from the sitter's home.
Several witnesses reported seeing a blue pickup parked grill-to-grill with the disabled Matador about 11:15 pm. One said she saw Cherita get into the truck, which drove off in the direction of Old US-23. Cherita was never seen again. Foul play is suspected.
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