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aper: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution
Title: Another attempt to solve mystery
Two women hope that tests on bones found in 1980 will answer questions
about what happened to their sister.
Date: April 29, 1997
Bonded by optimism, two sisters drove to Gainesville hoping for answers to the question that has haunted them for 22 years: What happened to Sandra?
Barefoot and wearing blue jeans, 18-year-old Sandra Landrum left her Union City home at dusk, telling her mother she was going to the nearby Dairy Queen.Police said Sandra was a runaway, but her sisters, Shirley Landrum Hardcastle, now 44, of Jonesboro, and Alice Landrum Albea, 41, of Forest Park, still believe their sister would not let them wonder about her fate.
Their dogged search led them last Wednesday to Gainesville, where Hall County police told them of a "Jane Doe," a mystery that has remained unsolved since 1980.
The decomposed skeletal remains of an unidentified woman were found off I-985. Authorities determined she was about 5-foot-3 and age 18-23 at the time of death.
Sandra was about 5-foot-2 and would have been 23 in 1980.
Police will use DNA testing to try to determine if the dead woman is Sandra. The procedure will take several months and may be inconclusive.
Sandra's sisters are tracking down dental records to help police determine a match. But they have chased many bad ---and often cruel ---tips over the years.
"My first instinct is this is not my sister," said Albea, who has taken time off from her job as a mortgage processor. "But we are pursuing every lead."
The search "consumes me," said Hardcastle, a homemaker and mother of two grown children. "There are days when I can do nothing but think about Sandra."
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Hardcastle and Albea have posted hundreds of fliers bearing Sandra\'s picture. They tracked her Social Security number and credit history, which indicated no activity. In October, they consulted a psychic who told them Sandra "is on the other side."
The psychic described a place near the family\'s home where she said the sisters would find Sandra\'s remains. The sisters carried shovels to the site and spent two Saturdays digging up bones the GBI later said were those of animals.
The youngest of six children, Sandra Landrum was a small-town girl who left Campbell High School in Union City without graduating and lived at home with her parents.
"She was just the baby sister," Hardcastle said. "I was married and had young kids and so did my sister. I don\'t think we showed her the interest after we left home."
The night Sandra disappeared, her mother was talking to Hardcastle on the telephone. Sandra wanted to make a call. Rather than wait, Sandra said she would walk to the Dairy Queen, less than a block away.
"Normally I would have gotten off the phone with my mom if Sandra had to use it," Hardcastle said. "That night I didn\'t. I don\'t know why."
The next day, the Landrums reported Sandra missing. Because she had just turned 18, Union City police told them, they could do nothing ---although they now say Sandra\'s file is open and active.
There was no publicity about the disappearance, but the Landrums received frequent telephone calls, some offering gruesome information about Sandra. One caller said she was chopped into pieces and left behind a Tastee-Freez in Fairburn. Police searched the area and found nothing.
Sandra\'s father died in 1988. Her 70-year-old mother supports her surviving daughters\' ongoing search, but is disabled with a muscular disease and can\'t help them.
Both sisters maintain telephone listings under their maiden name, in case Sandra ever tries to call.
Until then, all they have is a glimmering hope.
"If she were injured, she could have amnesia or something," Hardcastle said.
"She may not know how to contact her family. I know it\'s far-fetched. . . . But I have hope. I still do."
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Hardcastle and Albea have posted hundreds of fliers bearing Sandra's picture. They tracked her Social Security number and credit history, which indicated no activity. In October, they consulted a psychic who told them Sandra "is on the other side."
The psychic described a place near the family's home where she said the sisters would find Sandra's remains. The sisters carried shovels to the site and spent two Saturdays digging up bones the GBI later said were those of animals.
The youngest of six children, Sandra Landrum was a small-town girl who left Campbell High School in Union City without graduating and lived at home with her parents.
"She was just the baby sister," Hardcastle said. "I was married and had young kids and so did my sister. I don't think we showed her the interest after we left home."
The night Sandra disappeared, her mother was talking to Hardcastle on the telephone. Sandra wanted to make a call. Rather than wait, Sandra said she would walk to the Dairy Queen, less than a block away.
"Normally I would have gotten off the phone with my mom if Sandra had to use it," Hardcastle said. "That night I didn't. I don't know why."
The next day, the Landrums reported Sandra missing. Because she had just turned 18, Union City police told them, they could do nothing ---although they now say Sandra's file is open and active.
There was no publicity about the disappearance, but the Landrums received frequent telephone calls, some offering gruesome information about Sandra. One caller said she was chopped into pieces and left behind a Tastee-Freez in Fairburn. Police searched the area and found nothing.
Sandra's father died in 1988. Her 70-year-old mother supports her surviving daughters' ongoing search, but is disabled with a muscular disease and can't help them.
Both sisters maintain telephone listings under their maiden name, in case Sandra ever tries to call.
Until then, all they have is a glimmering hope.
"If she were injured, she could have amnesia or something," Hardcastle said.
"She may not know how to contact her family. I know it's far-fetched. . . . But I have hope. I still do."
