Twelve-year-old Michael Dean Klitch was reported missing from Grandview Heights, Ohio, on June 28, 1971. He was last seen about 2:10 p.m. leaving his home on Cambridge Boulevard to go practice tennis; his mother reached the courts on West Goodale Boulevard about 3:40 p.m. and could not find him. An intensive search followed.

On July 11, 1971, Michael’s remains were found in a shed about 0.2 miles off the roadway near Africa and Plumb Roads in Galena, Ohio. The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the remains as Michael’s and investigators determined he had died of multiple stab wounds. The circumstances of his abduction and murder remain unclear and the case is unsolved.

Anyone with information that could help bring closure to Michael’s family is asked to come forward.