now investigators are opening their files to us. this is more like your ted bundy guy. and you ll get the chance to have help crack this case. there is still a killer out there and somebody has to know something. hello, and welcome to dateline. never stop investigating until the mystery is solved. that is the mission of detectives determined to crack the kidnapping case of 10-year- old amy. there are many clues and the trail of evidence has not grown called. the police have decided to do something rare, ask your help to answer a burning question. here is josh mankiewicz with what happened to amy. you see here, these are all boxes of leads and they re all numbers. the first week we got this case going down to will pass 10,000 leads. marks but so was a patrol officer here in ohio when amy mihaljevic disappeared. he worked the case for decades along with a team of investigators including detective jay hellish and fbi agent phil. i know it goes against your creed to be
She was my first friend. I remember walking by her classroom got they. I didnt know. I was scared. She vanished one october afternoon. 10yearold amy mahalik. She never came home from school. She was going to buy a present for her mother. Come home. Its been a mystery for more than 30 years. Who took amy . Now, investigators are opening their files to us. This is more like your ted bundy type. And you will get the chance to help crack this case. My new piece of information. There is still a killer out there, and somebody has to know something. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Never stop investigating until the mystery is solved. Thats the mystery of detectives. There are many clues, and the decades of past, the trail of evidence has not grown cold. Police decided to do something rare ask for your help to answer a burning question. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with, what happened to amy . These are all boxes of leads and they are all numbered. The first leavy ever got in this case going past 10,
Helped provide a composite drawing of the individual they saw. these are the composite sketches based on descriptions from 210-year-olds who each had different memories of the man. they were widely circulated, and came to symbolize the face of amy s abductor. the police want you to know they may not be entirely accurate. these were done by recollections of a couple 10- year-olds who were standing at opposite ends of the shopping area down here and down here with amy standing in the middle. investigators believe the man is a white with a medium build, who was 30 to 35 years old at the time. he would be about 60 to 65 years old today. you want to hear about anybody, even if they don t match the sketch? even if they don t look like that man. that is correct. police say the man was somehow able to gather enough information about amy to get her to trust him. that is a key to figuring
About the conversation. she told me that amy told her i m going to meet a friend, and she thought nothing of it. like okay, have fun. i m going shopping with one of my friends. she would have just walked down the sidewalk year to the plaza, to the right. detective jay ellis retrace the few steps amy took that day. so she would ve felt safe walking over here and hanging around. very safe. a lot of kids from the middle school would ve been here. it two 2 p.m., she was waiting here. two kids saw her. they described that a male approached her and engaged her in conversation. they looked away and when they look back she was gone. the 210-year-olds who saw this,
Something to one of her friends. in talking with her friends, we learned that amy had received a call or calls from a male who wanted to take her to go buy a present from her mother who had received a promotion at work and that they were going to go to the mall with $45 and buy this gift. did she say the man had told her to keep this a secret? that secret would become the focus of intense investigation for the next 30 years. lured by the chance to surprise her mom, amy heads out to a strip mall and into a trap. coming up she didn t say anything out of the ordinary that day? no. she is seen walking down toward that shopping center and walking with a purpose. the kidnappers plot is set in motion. 210-year-olds that saw this both describe that a male walked up to her, engaged her in conversation. he looked away and when they looked back, amy was gone.