Annette Deanne Sagers was eleven when she disappeared from the Mount Holly Plantation in Mount Holly, South Carolina. She was last seen at about 7:00 a.m. on October 4, 1988, standing with her dog at the bus stop at the plantation entrance. A student recalled seeing her there; when the bus returned roughly twenty minutes later she was gone and only the dog remained.

A handwritten note addressed to her stepfather was found at the bus stop saying Dad, Mom came back. Give the boys lots of kisses & hugs & also you to. Love, Annette. Handwriting experts determined Annette wrote the note, though it is not known whether she did so under duress. Annette’s mother, Korrina Lynne Sagers Malinoski, had vanished from the same location in November 1987; searches of the 6,000-acre plantation and surrounding areas turned up no trace of either woman.

Law enforcement has treated the cases as probable homicides and the investigation remains open. If anyone knew Annette or Korrina, or was in the Mount Holly Plantation area in late 1987–1988, can you share what you remember?