Seven-year-old Janice Pockett disappeared from Tolland, Connecticut after leaving home on a summer afternoon to retrieve a butterfly she had placed under a rock. She rode away on a metallic green bicycle around 3:30 p.m., a destination visible from her front yard. When she did not return after about 30 minutes, her mother found the bicycle on its side on the side of Rhodes Road; Janice’s kickstand would normally have been used and the white envelope she carried was missing.

The family reported her missing at 4:50 p.m. and a large search began that night. Dozens of police officers, firefighters from ten towns, the FBI and roughly 150 volunteers searched the area, but no trace of Janice was found. Investigators later explored possible links to other local disappearances and followed multiple leads over the years, including suspects arrested on unrelated charges and a dismissed confession by Charles Pierce. Bone fragments linked to Nathaniel Bar-Jonah were tested and did not match Janice.

The case remains open and unresolved. If anyone knew Janice, saw her that afternoon, or has information about Rhodes Road in Tolland at that time, please come forward.