a girl went to a store just a few minutes away from her house but she never came back the police started their search and over the course of the investigation they uncovered some pretty strange Clues still the mystery remained unsolved for decades until the truth came out in a completely unexpected way Christy wesselman was born on a ail 19th 1970 in Glenn Ellen Illinois she lived there with her mom two older brothers and a sister their town was considered one of the safest in the area and Christy loved spending time outside she'd spent hours wandering the streets with other kids from the neighborhood at school christe was popular and had a lot of friends she was actively involved in school life and even got elected as vice president of her class on top of that she played volleyball and softball in the summer of 1985 15-year-old christe was taking summer classes at school and spent most of her free time hanging out with friends on July 21st Christy came home from school around 3:30 p. m. right after getting home she decided to walk to a local store to grab a soda and a chocolate bar for herself and her mom her mother expected her back in just a few minutes since the store was close by But as time went on it became clear something was wrong wrong because christe wasn't coming home at first her mom thought she might have run into some friends and gone off with them back then there were no cell phones so she couldn't check in with christe and had no choice but to wait as evening set in her worry only grew she called christe's friends but none of them had seen her that day growing desperate she headed to the store herself scanning the streets along the way but there was no sign of christe anywhere christe's family spent the next several hours searching for her but when there was still no sign of her by 1:50 a.
m. her mother decided to contact the police officers quickly joined the search starting by piecing together christe's last known movements first they spoke with the clerk at the store she'd visited the man knew Christy well he lived nearby and had even Babys sat her when she was younger he confirmed that Christy had come by around 400 p. m.