On July 21, 1974, 9-year-old Jean Marie Jeanie Schoen vanished from Jacksonville, Florida after leaving her grandmother’s house on West 19th Street to walk two blocks to Hanna’s Food Store. She bought a pack of cigarettes for her uncle, briefly returned to the store after forgetting them, and was later reportedly seen at a local arcade called The Hangout. Witnesses say a man with Elvis-like hair dragged her into a bathroom; she was seen crying afterwards and then left the area with that man. Jean never returned home.

Her disappearance was the first of five girls who went missing in Jacksonville over the next three months; two of those girls’ bodies were later recovered, while Jean’s remains have never been found. Reports say investigators have not established a clear link between the cases and Jean’s file remains open. She was an excellent student and active in her Brownie troop at the time.

Any readers who knew Jean, her family, or saw her in that neighborhood in July 1974 are asked to come forward with information.