Ten-year-old Constance Christine Smith, known as Connie, vanished from Camp Sloane in Salisbury, Connecticut on July 16, 1952. That morning she suffered a bloody nose after horseplay and had bruised her hip the night before; a camp nurse had given her an ice pack. Her eyeglasses, which she needed for nearsightedness, may have been broken and were left in her tent.

Connie told tent mates she was skipping breakfast to return the ice pack but instead left the pack on her bed and walked off the grounds. She was seen along Indian Mountain Road picking daisies and asking for directions to Lakeville, carrying no money or extra clothes. The last confirmed sighting was on U.S. Route 44 with her thumb out, apparently trying to hitchhike. Camp counselors raised the alarm later that afternoon when the ice pack was found. A massive search followed but no trace was ever found; her parents were quickly ruled out and no charges have been filed.

Are there anyone who remembers the Salisbury or Lakeville area in July 1952 who can add details about that day or people who passed through Route 44?