On the afternoon of June 13, 1980, eight-year-old Tiffany Papesh left her Maple Heights home to buy hamburger buns from the Convenient Food Mart about half a block away. A clerk later said they saw her buy the buns and she was last seen leaving the store around 2:45 p.m. She never made the few-minute walk home and was reported missing when she failed to return by 3:00 p.m.

She had a noticeable gap between her upper front teeth and, according to later statements, a scar on her knee. Three years after the disappearance, Brandon Lee Flagner confessed to abducting and killing Tiffany and was later convicted of kidnapping and aggravated murder. Flagner recanted and his accounts contained contradictions; his employer said he likely was at work that day. Witnesses also reported seeing Tiffany leave the store with a middle-aged woman who was never identified.

Tiffany’s body has never been found and the case remains officially unsolved. Does anyone have memories of that neighborhood or information about the woman seen leaving with Tiffany that could help clarify what happened?