Shy’kemmia Shy’rezz Pate, called Shy Shy, was eight years old when she vanished from her family’s home on Crumpler Avenue in Unadilla, Georgia, on the evening of September 4, 1998. She had been playing outside, waiting for her older sister to return from a short errand to get gasoline; when the sister came back Shy’kemmia was gone. Family members initially thought she might have gone to the football game or a neighbor’s house, but she never turned up.

Shy’kemmia had severe asthma requiring at-home breathing treatments and had been hospitalized a week earlier; she was also born with an underdeveloped kidney, had bladder problems, and wore a leg brace for a displaced kneecap. On the day she disappeared she wore a neon green Atlanta Braves jersey with red lettering, Levi’s jeans, white K-Swiss sneakers, and had shoulder-length braided hair with ten to twelve small gold beads in front. Extensive searches by local police and the GBI, plus canvasses of nearby homes, produced no trace. Authorities say the family was cleared and investigators have long considered the possibility she was taken by someone known to the child.

Age-progressed images have been released and tips continue to come in; the investigation remains active. Does anyone who lived in Unadilla at the time remember that evening or have information that could help locate Shy’kemmia?