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<<Then six days later, on Oct. 19, Ghering’s red pickup truck was found abandoned. He’s never been seen since.
Amanda disappeared on her way to school one morning and the last person to report seeing her, Patrick, went missing six days later.
When Patrick’s dad, Raymond, found his son’s truck, he drove it to his home and called the police. Police records show it was found facing the wrong side of traffic on a road behind Value Villa on Second Street. The driver’s seat was pulled close to the wheel, closer than Patrick would have likely driven it. Two watches and a handwritten letter, with handwriting identified as Amanda’s, were also found inside the truck.>>
<<But Cissy Gallion remembers. The exact details are fuzzy, but she remembers the letter and the sentiment of its message. She remembers the words of an angsty teenager, new to town and mad at her parents.
She also remembers the watch. It was from Amanda’s grandmother, “Nanny,” a watch she said her daughter would never knowingly leave behind.>>
<<Cissy and Don are convinced that Patrick was involved with Amanda’s initial disappearance, but are as unsure as everyone else about exactly what happened after their daughter left for school that October morning.
Amanda left for school that day but packed for a trip. Cissy recalls a big black trash bag slung over Amanda’s shoulder and personal belongings missing from her closet. In the short time they lived in Gillette, Don and Cissy did not approve of Amanda spending time with Patrick.>>
Into thin air: The twists and turns of a 20-year disappearance
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<<Then six days later, on Oct. 19, Ghering’s red pickup truck was found abandoned. He’s never been seen since.
Amanda disappeared on her way to school one morning and the last person to report seeing her, Patrick, went missing six days later.
When Patrick’s dad, Raymond, found his son’s truck, he drove it to his home and called the police. Police records show it was found facing the wrong side of traffic on a road behind Value Villa on Second Street. The driver’s seat was pulled close to the wheel, closer than Patrick would have likely driven it. Two watches and a handwritten letter, with handwriting identified as Amanda’s, were also found inside the truck.>>
<<But Cissy Gallion remembers. The exact details are fuzzy, but she remembers the letter and the sentiment of its message. She remembers the words of an angsty teenager, new to town and mad at her parents.
She also remembers the watch. It was from Amanda’s grandmother, “Nanny,” a watch she said her daughter would never knowingly leave behind.>>
<<Cissy and Don are convinced that Patrick was involved with Amanda’s initial disappearance, but are as unsure as everyone else about exactly what happened after their daughter left for school that October morning.
Amanda left for school that day but packed for a trip. Cissy recalls a big black trash bag slung over Amanda’s shoulder and personal belongings missing from her closet. In the short time they lived in Gillette, Don and Cissy did not approve of Amanda spending time with Patrick.>>
