Five-year-old Devan Duniver disappeared from her New Philadelphia, Ohio, home on June 27, 1998, after going outside to play and not returning. Her mother, Lori Duniver, searched that afternoon and called police by evening; a wider search involving local authorities and community members continued the next day. On June 28 an off-duty EMT found Devan’s body in woods near the home. She had been stabbed seven times in the neck and had apparently struggled with her attacker.

Investigators focused on 12-year-old neighbor Anthony Harris, who had helped search and was later interrogated and convicted in 1999. The conviction was overturned on appeal in 2000 after the court found the confession was coerced and that no concrete evidence tied him to the killing. No other person has been charged, and questions remain about whether Devan was killed elsewhere and her body moved to the woods after an initial search there. Other potential suspects mentioned over the years include Lori’s ex-boyfriend, who previously kidnapped Devan for several days, and a recently released convicted child molester who lived nearby at the time; none has been charged.

Did anyone in New Philadelphia at the time remember unusual activity near the woods or anyone who might have been seen with Devan that day?