IN IN - Melinda Creech, 13, Anderson, 4 Sept 1979

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Ok. So, it looks like their mom told them Melinda was murdered in 1982? (not 1994)
 
I wouldn't pay too much attention to dates in this case b/c there seems to be alot of misinformation and the Creech children seem have started from square one too many years later with not alot to go on. i am still crossing my fingers and hoping they come on over here.
 
"We think we found Melinda alive and well, but she won’t respond. We are still trying to fill in the blanks to prove this. We over nighted her a birthday card and it has not been returned yet. That was 14 days ago. She can’t be removed from the list of missing until she does."

That was posted as of today....hope it's true for the family's sake.
 
can you post a link to that?i hope she will see her family, they seem to really want to see her again
 
i couldn't find that forum,, but wow, what great news for them!! even if she doesn't want to respond for whatever reason.. i'm sure her siblings can rest easier knowing she is alive & at least might read what they have to say to her. it might be incredibly difficult for her to respond if she has been cut off from them for so long.
 
I guess that's why the link wouldn't post...I didn't think about that...I'll let you know if I see any updates though....
 
bumping her up. my thoughts are with the creech family during the upcoming holidays.
 
not sure if this has been posted but just incase it hasnt i came across this unidentified doe.. and this missing person and it seems on a few sites that there's different answers when it comes to the hair color.... but here's a girll... i think the sketch kinda looks like the missing girl (race says white/hisp for the unidentified and for the missing on 2 of these links.. so that caught my eye too)

Unidentified
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch/UnidentifiedDetails.asp?id=U9105002

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/543uftx.html
missing girl http://www.missingkids.com/missingk...NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1297dfin.html
 
reb said:
OK (correction!), i see now that the mother told her remaining children in 1982, that mindy was killed. then the articles about the unidentified homicide victims, and the letter from the detective saying that it wasn't mindy-- that were found later by mindy's brother after their mom's death in 2003- were from the late 80's.
so...... even though their mom- in '82- had not yet followed that lead and reached a dead end,, she could have still told the lie about mindy being found dead, just to end the whole thing. and perhaps she felt in some way, that 'she would have deserved it'.
strange though-- about her protectiveness of the shed with her husband's tools in it- and the fact that mindy's friends were so convinced that it had some connection to her disappearance.. and that 'their beliefs were so strong they said it was if they could hear mindy calling out to them'......!!! what is up with that??
one thing i'm confused about though-- is that the idea of mindy & her mom having a fight & her being killed suggests that she must have come home AFTER being in the detention center.. right? but everything else on her site suggests that she ran away from center, & was never seen again. so i'm not very clear on that.

another thing that really baffles me--- how no one really know if "she escaped or tried to escape" from the center...? how could you not know which one it was? didn't her mother demand answers??? so if she escaped, then she'd either be in hiding (or not) or living under a different identity to this day (perhaps even in another country),, homeless & unaware that people are looking for her, or something bad happened to her out there & she's dead. if she 'tried to escape'.. what does that mean? does that mean she did escape but was brought back? does it mean she was planning to, but was caught? this implies to me that she may have been punished. in mental hospitals, escaping is a very bad thing... because that means the hospital is liable if something happens to you. so normally they take away ALL privileges, or put you in solitary confinement for a few days, or use whatever other punishments they have. and juvenile centers are much the same, if not worse.
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Hello,

I have been researching this case for quite some time, but somehow I have never come across the incident about the shed that you refer to. Do you recall where you saw that, or what that was about?? I'd greatly appreciate your help!
 
reb said:
also.. what is on the grounds on the old blake house now? is it still a youth center, or changed to something else? has the property around there been searched- are there any woods (or areas that were wooded in '79) or a pond/lake nearby?
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In 1977, was the grand opening of the "Blake Home", on the Bronnenberg Campus. (Bronnenberg was the county's only 'official' juvenile home) It was to serve as the juvenile girls home for the county.

(Source: Anderson Daily Herald)

A librarian told me that the name "Blake Home" likely was named for a Mr & Mrs Blake (can't recall their first names off hand) who were once houseparents at the Bronnenberg Home. What confused me though, is why would a juvenile home that opened in 1977 be referred to as the "OLD Blake House"? It seems more likely that the Bronnenberg Campus was the "OLD Blake House" since it was run by the Blakes at one time, as opposed to the NEW Blake House which opened in 1977. Just a theory, of course.
 
Melinda Karen Creech
Missing since September 5, 1979 from Anderson, Madison County, Indiana.
Classification: Endangered Runaway

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: September 21, 1965; 9/21/64 in NCIC
Age at Time of Disappearance: 14 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'3" (160 cm); 110 lbs (50 kg)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Light blonde hair; blue eyes. Possibly wavey hair.
Scars, Marks: Previously fractured left arm
Dentals: Available
DNA: In CODIS
AKA: Mindy
Many photos at the below link.

Circumstances of Disappearance

Melinda Creech ran away from home several times. When she ran away from home in 1979 she was never seen again. At least not by her siblings who were led to believe, by their mother, that she had been found dead in New York. This was untrue according to documents found after the mothers death. Creech could use a different last name.

Investigators

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Madison County Sheriffs Office
Detective Callahan
1-765-642-0221
Email
dcallahan@madisoncty.com

NCMEC #: NCMC1036765 NCIC Number:
M-934309782
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case. Source Information:
Melinda Karen Creech
NCMEC
The Doe Network: Case File 1297DFIN

LINK:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1297dfin.html
 
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