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15-year-old girl disappeared 46 years ago today in Pa.: cold case
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Today 9:34 AM
Wendy Eaton, 15, went missing in Media 46 years ago today. The cold case is still under investigation. (Photo via Crimewatch).
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A 15-year-old girl disappeared 46 years ago today in Delaware County, and police are still trying to solve the cold case.
According to the Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Investigation Division, Wendy Eaton went missing in Media on May 17, 1975.
She was last seen walking at Indian Trail Lane and Media Station Road.
She was wearing a yellow, sleeveless terrycloth blouse, cut-off blue-jean shorts and white sneakers with a blue stripe.
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The cold case of a missing Delaware County teenage girl is now a homicide investigation as police dig for evidence in the wooded area where they believe she went missing exactly 46 years ago.
“Horrible, horrific,” Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Andrew Martin told NBC10 in an exclusive interview. “I mean it’s everybody’s worst nightmare. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare.”
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On a warm and sunny Saturday back on May 17, 1975, 15-year-old Wendy Eaton of Media, Pennsylvania, decided to take a walk into town and get a gift for her older brother. She left her home on Moccasin Trail and made her way toward Indian Lane. Eaton never made it into downtown Media however and went missing that day.