The Thompson family disappearance centers on Lydia Thompson, 43, her husband Everett Sr., and their two young sons, Everett Jr. and Andrew, who were last seen on July 5, 1996, in Chicago. That morning Lydia called her husband from home, reporting that her brother Kenneth White was chasing her with an ax. Everett Sr. went to the house and that was the last confirmed sighting of any family member.

Kenneth White, who had been living with the family, became the primary person of interest. He gave inconsistent accounts of what happened, saying at times the family went on vacation and at other times that Everett Sr. had been in a car accident. White sold the family van to a scrapyard and later sold the house; the new owners gutted the interior. An inspector noted the kitchen floor had been torn out and a bathtub and toilet had been oddly painted before the sale. Bloodstained clothing, including a boy’s sock, was found in a trailer White rented in Gary, Indiana. White died by suicide in jail in December 1997 and left no explanation for the family’s disappearance.

No definitive proof has emerged about the family’s fate. Does anyone with memories of the neighborhood, the Thompson household, or White have information that could help explain what happened?