Amy Mihaljevic

[gardenmom]

There are a couple of threads on Amy that I am linking here. But, since this is a cold case, I thought this is a good place for her. Amy got a phone call from someone claiming her mother got a promotion at work and asked Amy to go with him to pick out a gift. 104 days later she was found murdered. Her killer has never been charged. There are many suspects in this case, including someone who committed suicide shortly after she was found, and several men with mental problems.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26626
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44082


On October 27, 1989, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic was abducted from a public plaza

directly across the street from the police department in Bay Village, Ohio. Four months later, her body was discovered lying face down in an Ashland County wheat field, 50 miles away. The case has become one of Northeast Ohio's most frustrating unsolved murders.

http://www.freetimes.com/cover

[HollywoodBound]

I haven't read the book but I have a couple questions. Who did Amy tell about the phone call to pick out a gift? I'm guessing she told someone because she wasn't seen after leaving to meet this person, right? Any descriptions of either the car or a person she was meeting? Thanks.

[gardenmom]

I haven't read the book but I have a couple questions. Who did Amy tell about the phone call to pick out a gift? I'm guessing she told someone because she wasn't seen after leaving to meet this person, right? Any descriptions of either the car or a person she was meeting? Thanks.
The book isn't out yet, but is going to be out soon. One of the above links has excerpts from the book. She told her friend that she was going to meet a man about the gift, but told her not to tell anyone. After she was gone, the friend told the very next day. There is a description of the man, but I haven't read about a car. She was seen talking with the man at Baskin Robbins, I believe. That was the local hangout for the kids. I find that very unusual that he would meet her in such an open place. Her school got out at 2:10, and she called her mom at 3:00. Her mom assumed she was calling from home. I wonder how long it took her to get from the school to Baskin Robbins. She must have walked because her bike was found at the school. I recommend reading all the links above. This case has lots of twists and turn, IMO, and I'm surprised the killer hasn't been caught. I'm looking forward to the book to see who the author thinks is the killer.

[gardenmom]

This article answers the question of whether anyone saw the car.

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/10/26/loc_oh-mihaljevic26.html

Police had no description of the abductor's vehicle, and two girls who last saw Amy talking to the man couldn't agree on a description of him.

[Taximom]

www.wcpn.org (http://www.wcpn.org/)

Scroll down to the article about Amy. Click on "Listen" and you can hear this morning's interview with James Renner, Amy's father, local police, FBI and other callers.

I was driving around and missed most of it, and my daughter turned the VCR off without me knowing(taping a local cable channel that airs that station) so I'm glad this interview was at the website!

[Taximom]

Read the latest at James Renner's blog. The latest entry speaks of a new tip that sounds promising.
http://amymihaljevic.blogspot.com/

Admin, if I'm not allowed to post this link please let me know. I've told Mr. Renner about this website, so maybe he'll join at some point. I just think the info on his blog would be interesting to fellow websleuther's.

Thanks.

[Taximom]

Well, another year has gone by. I just finished watching this youtube video about her case. It's from the show "Missing Reward". Her mother is interviewed in this clip, but she has sadly passed away since then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW_AKM35mRE It will break your heart. There are more videos on Renner's YouTube site.

James Renner's blog:
http://amymihaljevic.blogspot.com/

Please say a prayer that this will be solved soon. Thanks.

[ttrachel04]

AMW has a page on it

http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=47070

Some other links:
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=617318

Also James Renner's book is out.

[ttrachel04]

Does anyone know what happened to A.M.Y. ??

It was a sight called assistingmissingyouth.com
It had Amy's case and two other girls on it. It also had safety tips and links to send tips in on it.
But the link doesn't work anymore :(

[Taximom]

Did A.M.Y.'s site have Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus on it too?

[ttrachel04]

yes i believe so taximom

[ttrachel04]

i just looked at pictures of them ... yes, it was the site that featured all 3 girls (Amy, Amanda, Gina)

[Betty P]

FBI has a top suspect in the case, according to an article by James Renner in the Cleveland Scene magazine.

James has done a very good job of piecing together the FBI's case on a POI linked to the calls made to Amy and other 10-11 year old girls in the area prior to the kidnapping.

http://www.clevescene.com/stories/15/80/person-of-interest

[Irish_Eyes]

I was a middle school student in Lakewood when Amy was abducted. I remember our parents, teachers, reminding us to be extra careful and not to go anywhere with a stranger. I was so sad the day they found her body...It felt like I knew her, even though we never met...but Baskin-Robbins, LENSC, were all places kids our age liked to go, it really hit home that it could have been any of us...DR certainly seems like the most promising suspect so far...with ties to New London and Northeast Ohio and resemblance to the composite sketch...I wonder even if his car has been scrapped if they could compare fibers from another gold car of the same make, model, and year?