Christie Lynn Farni was six when she disappeared from Medford, Oregon, on December 14, 1978. She had been placed in a foster home on Peach Street three days earlier after her mother’s death in a motorcycle crash the year before and allegations Christie made of physical abuse by her father. On the morning she vanished she testified before a grand jury about the alleged abuse, was returned to the foster home, and left on foot to walk a few blocks to Jackson Elementary School but never reached her classroom.

The school reportedly called Christie’s foster parents about 1:30 p.m., but the Medford Police Department was not notified until after 4:00 p.m. A search of the route between the foster home and the school found no belongings or signs of a struggle. Investigators questioned family members; Christie’s father and stepmother cooperated, took polygraphs, and were later ruled out. The case was reopened in 2008 and relatives were re-interviewed. False confessions, including one by Henry Lee Lucas, were discredited, and no suspects have been officially named.

Anyone who knew Christie, her family, or who remembers that day in Medford is asked to share information that might help resolve this decades-old disappearance?