IL IL - Trudy Appleby, 11, Moline, 21 Aug 1996

[Kat]

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Trudy has been missing 14 years today. Come home soon.

 

[Auramyst]

Bumping for Trudy... I grew up in Moline, and this case is close to my heart... Praying for Trudy's safe return to her family...

 

[Lil Quirky]

Moline police are working a new lead in the 1996 missing person case of Trudy Appleby.

http://qctimes.com/news/local/new-l...cle_76660b86-dcb8-11e1-9826-0019bb2963f4.html

 

[whittymom4]

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Trudy has been missing 14 years today. Come home soon.

16 long years... Aug. 21
I live near here and took part in the searches, I cannot remember if that island was ever searched? Anyone here know?? Thank you!! And lease: be her so they can get the monster responsible, her grandparents are such wonderful people, I hope they can finally get some peace!

 

[dotr]

http://www.kwqc.com/story/19179413/new-lead-in-trudy-applyby-case
UPDATE: Crews have left the Rock River near Colona, Illinois after spending Wednesday and Thursday searching an island. A small piece of excavating equipment was brought to the island and authorities were seen later returning shore.. There is still no word as to what they are searching for or whether they found anything at this location off Highway 84.

The Moline Police Department announced on Thursday morning that they have uncovered a new lead in the Trudy Appleby missing persons case. Trudy, who went missing from her home August 21st 1996, was last seen getting into a silver or gray vehicle with an unknown male in his twenties with brown curly hair.

Police say a recent review of the case has uncovered a new lead. They say this lead, like the hundreds of leads the Moline Police Department has investigated regarding Trudy's disappearance, will find Detectives making all efforts to follow the new information as far as it takes them

 

[dotr]

Trudy Appleby went missing on August 21, 1996 - YouTube

 

[dotr]

by Mike Colón
mcolon@cbs4qc.com
http://www.whbf.com/story/19206167/police-wrap-up-most-recent-search-for-trudy-appleby
Police have wrapped up their most recent search for clues into the 16 year old disappearance of Trudy Appleby. Officers said Monday that the recent operation on an island in the Rock River near Colona was productive and additional leads are now being pursued.

During the search police brought in digging equipment and excavated parts of the small island near the route 84 bridge. Trudy Appleby disappeared back in 1996.

If you have any information you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 309-762-9500 or the Moline Police Department at 309-797-0401.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Vigil held for Missing Moline Girl: Trudy Appleby

Loved ones of a missing Moline girl gathered to honor her memory.

The vigil for Trudy Appleby shows her family is still holding out hope.

Trudy Appleby was 11 when she was abducted from her home in 1996, and now 16 years later, Trudy's father Dennis Appleby said not a day goes by when he doesn't think about his daughter, "You live with hope. Without hope you have nothing."

More: http://www.whbf.com/story/19337318/vigil-held-for-missing-moline-girl-trudy-appleby

 

[TroyinTX]

Bumping this for Trudy.

I grew up in the Quad Cities and Trudy's disappearance haunted me for a long time. She literally vanished with very little evidence with the exception of an eyewitness seeing her get into a silver or grey car.

 

[TroyinTX]

Very sad news:

Trudy Appleby's mother was hit by a van and killed while crossing the street Friday in Moline, IL.

http://qctimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mother-of-trudy-appleby-killed-in-van-pedestrian-accident/article_5784c3ff-a9e7-5b93-8678-d7e90cca9fbc.html

 

[KateB]

Another article about Trudy's mother - http://www.kwqc.com/story/26767370/mother-of-trudy-appleby-struck-and-killed-by-car
Mother Of Trudy Appleby Struck And Killed By Car
Posted: Oct 12, 2014 6:31 PM CST

"She was worried, yet hopeful. You're just like in limbo. You don't know where your child is. Nobody will come forward and tell you where your child is. You don't know the truth about what happened. She spent 18 years looking for her baby," said Carlson.

That's a feeling Dennis Harker with the Quad Cities Missing Persons Network remembers all too well. He says the difference is that he got closure when his son's body was found. Brenda never did.

"Maybe now she's hugging Trudy. Whenever you've loss somebody especially if you've loss a child, sometimes you just want to die yourself so you can go see them again," said Dennis Harker. "Maybe now they're reunited."

video & more at link.

RIP Brenda and I also hope you're together again with Trudy.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

"Friday marks 19 years since Trudy's disappearance"

http://www.qconline.com/news/local/friday-marks-years-since-trudy-s-disappearance/article_72f74700-2048-5180-922b-edcc1136a260.html

Nineteen years later, Trudy still is missing but never forgotten by the community that continues to call police with a few tips each week.

"People care about this case," Moline police detective Michael Griffin said. "She was an 11-year-old girl, an innocent of our society. I think that plays on the emotions of a lot of people."

He's hoping those emotions will help solve the case and provide some peace to Trudy's family.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Public vigil will mark 20th Anniversary of Trudy Appleby’s disappearance

http://kwqc.com/2016/08/16/public-vigil-will-mark-20th-anniversary-of-trudy-applebys-disappearance/

The community is invited to a public vigil to mark the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Trudy Appleby. The vigil is scheduled for Sunday, August 21 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 167 Avenue of the Cities, East Moline, Ill.

Trudy was last seen on August 21, 1996 in the front passenger seat of a gray car in front of her home in Moline, Ill. Despite efforts to locate her locally and nationally, she has not been found.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

http://wqad.com/2016/08/18/sunday-marks-20th-anniversary-of-trudy-appleby-mystery/

"There is one person out there who knows exactly what happened to our girl. We want that one missing piece to solve the puzzle. God forbid, not knowing is the worst part,", said Kelly Carlson, a former neighbor of the little girl.

Amber Holderfield was 13 at the time. She says Trudy had told her she had been talking with a man who was 20-years-old, but says she didn't really believe her at the time.

"Her mother went to her grave never having that answer. How would you feel if it was your child?, Carlson said.

Amber Holderfield of East Moline talks about the Aug. 21, 1996, disappearance of her best friend, Trudy Appleby, while visiting the Moline neighborhood where they grew up.

[video=youtube;jWJid8BJnVM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJid8BJnVM"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJid8BJnVM[/video]

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Cold Case Spotlight: Sunday Marks 20 Years Since Illinois Girl Trudy Appleby Vanished

Trudy Appleby is still 11 years old to those who knew her, even though she would now be in her 30s. That's because this Sunday, Trudy will have been missing for 20 years.

"There isn't really a day she isn't thought of in our minds," Amber Holderfield, a close childhood friend of Trudy's, told Dateline. "She'd be in her 30s now. There is so much she didn't get to do."

What happened to Trudy continues to tear at the hearts of Amber and her mother Kelly Carlson. And they've made a vow to never give up searching for answers, no matter how few clues there are out there.

Trudy's case fills nearly six file cabinets at the Moline Police Department. Interviews, witness statements and detective notes, organized in various fashions have been gone through multiple times, but no one has been able to put the puzzle of Trudy's fate together.

"It's probably one of the biggest well-known cases in the Quad Cities, especially in cold cases," Detective Michael Griffin, of the Moline Police Department, told Dateline. "We get tips weekly about Trudy. Some of them are far-fetched, of course, but they come in."

Griffin has been the lead investigator on Trudy's case since March of 2015. He was handed the case after receiving training in cold cases -- specifically missing person cold cases. Those are the kinds of cases that are hard to shake when off duty, he said.

When Trudy first vanished, neighbor Kelly Carlson made Trudy's mother a promise. It's one she intends to keep until she reaches the grave.

"She was worried people would forget about Trudy," Kelly said. "But we won't let that happen. Never. I keep my promises."

Tragically, Trudy's mother was hit and killed by a drunk driver in 2014. She died without knowing the fate of her only child. Trudy's grandmother also passed away that year. "I believe they got their answers as soon as they passed over, and that they are with Trudy now. That's a small comfort."

 

[thenotebook]

This case is so sad. I had never heard of it before Dateline posted it on Facebook. Unfortunate that it hasn't gotten more coverage

 

[dotr]

http://qctimes.com/news/local/polic...cle_7f8591d0-fb07-5ad6-bc3c-f2f5af179ffb.html
Police: We know who abducted Trudy Appleby

Moline police revealed Sunday night for the first time they believe they know who abducted 11-year old Trudy Appleby on Aug. 21, 1996, but officials don’t know why or what happened to her.

Moline detective Michael Griffin told Appleby’s relatives and friends during a remembrance vigil at First Baptist Church of East Moline that police doubt she is alive. He declined to name the suspect.
“We know who’s responsible, and while he’s probably deceased, his family chooses to lock away the secrets that would end (Trudy’s) family’s nightmare," Griffin said.
The detective is disappointed that the suspected abductor’s family celebrates life frequently but members refuse to honor the Appleby family bond.
“How can you boast of your family time with pictures posted on social media, yet keep this secret?” he asked.

 

[dotr]

rbbm.

Griffin said the people to whom he referred have been investigated in the missing person case many times from the beginning.

"We may be beyond the point of justice at this point, but that doesn't mean we just give up. We can continue to look into it, continue to investigate it and talk to people, to give the family and friends the closure that they need that I would want if I was in their position," said Detective Griffin.
In his statement to people at the vigil, Detective Griffin said he would talk about the people believed to have information on Trudy's disappearance, adding that they still live in the area. Detective Griffin said they cannot be named because no one has been charged.

http://wqad.com/2016/08/21/detective-on-trudy-appleby-case-says-department-believes-they-know-who-did-it/

[url]http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1533dfil.html

She was last seen getting into an older, four-door silver or grey vehicle with an unknown white male. The male was described as being in his 20's with brown, curly hair.
Trudy's father first noticed something was wrong when he came home from work and things were exactly as he left them.

Police first thought Appleby had ran away.
She didn't take any of her money, she didn't take anything except a swimming suit and a towel. The family believe they know who is responsible for her disappearance, a friend of the family, who is a convicted child molester. He is now in jail on unrelated charges.
A neighbor spotted Trudy inside the car, but couldn't identify who she was with.


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[Alleykins]

That sounds quite conflicting. First they say they know who did it but is probably deceased, and then they say he's in jail.
Is this two different suspects?

 

[dotr]

That sounds quite conflicting. First they say they know who did it but is probably deceased, and then they say he's in jail.
Is this two different suspects?

The part about suspect probably deceased is apparently recent info. the other description of a living poi, is from DOE..
The reason i posted both is so that someone might piece together who the suspect might be, by combining the doe description, with someone who looked like that at the time of abduction, but who is now deceased.
imo, speculation.