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Melanie Melanson was 14 when she disappeared from Woburn, Massachusetts, after attending a party in a wooded area near an industrial park close to the Woburn/Stoneham line on October 27, 1989. She was the youngest person at the gathering. The last people reported to have seen her were two boys who later gave conflicting accounts about when and where they last saw her.

Melanie left all her personal belongings behind, including clothing. Authorities initially considered she might have run away because she had done so once before, but family members say she always contacted them in previous incidents and that she was looking forward to her upcoming birthday. Extensive searches using cadaver dogs and helicopters, plus anonymous tips pointing to locations such as a nearby pond, turned up no trace.

Investigators now believe foul play was involved and that her remains are still somewhere in the local area. Both parents and the grandmother who raised her have since died and the case remains open. If anyone who attended that party or who was in the Woburn–Stoneham area that night has information, can you come forward with tips?