Jackie Dene Hay was 5 when she disappeared from southeast Topeka on September 12, 1981. She was last seen playing with her step-siblings near their home and then walking near Colfax and Golf Park; witnesses reported a man following her and one person mentioned a gray van in the area. The family didn’t notice Jackie missing until hours later, by which time searches had already begun.

A local man was questioned and released; no charges were filed. Jackie had blonde hair, blue eyes, and was wearing blue pants and a white shirt with orange and lavender flowers when she vanished. Authorities have long treated the disappearance as a likely non-family abduction, but despite extensive searches and investigation no solid leads have emerged.

If anyone remembers seeing Jackie that day, the man seen following her, or a gray van near Colfax and Golf Park on September 12, 1981, please come forward with information.