Post by Scumhunter on Mar 12, 2016 13:38:36 GMT -5
(Pictured: Above: Left: Equilla Hodrick, circa 1985. Right: Age-progression to 33 (circa 2009)
Missing Child/Person Profile as of March 12th, 2016: (Based on Charley Project, missingkids.com)
Full Name: Equilla Lynn Hodrick
Missing Since: August 12, 1985 from the Bronx, New York
Date Of Birth: August 19, 1976
Age (at time of disappearance): 8 years old
Age (as of 3/12/2016): 39 years old
Height and Weight: 4'11, 80 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Equilla had a gap between her upper front teeth at the time of her 1985 disappearance. She has a scar near her right eye and a scar on her right cheek, and discolorations on her buttocks and back. Equilla's ears are pierced. She wears eyeglasses.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: Cut-off blue jeans, a white tank top with yellow and red marks, and light blue sneakers.
TIPS: Anyone having information should contact 1-800-THE-LOST or the New York City Police Department (New York) - Missing Persons Unit - 1-212-694-7781
From The Charley Project:
Equilla and her mother were sitting on the front porch of their Briggs Avenue residence in the New York City borough of the Bronx on August 12, 1985. Her mother turned to talk to friends at approximately 6:30 p.m. that evening and saw Equilla running to the corner of Briggs Avenue and 194th Street towards a parked Mr. Softee ice cream truck. Her mother was eight months pregnant at the time and unable to chase Equilla, but the child always returned quickly. Equilla's cousin told her mother that she saw Equilla playing video games in an arcade on the corner later in the evening. Her mother became concerned when Equilla did not return home and summoned authorities. Equilla was never seen again.
An extensive search was launched for the child. Bloodhounds picked up Equilla's scent and led detectives to Webster Avenue in the Bronx, near the tracks of the Metro-North train line. No sign of Equilla was located. The detective who was originally in charge of her case retired in the late 1990s, but said Equilla was street-smart and knew her own phone number. Her case has recently been reopened by a cold cases squad in the New York City Police Department.
Thoughts? Equilla's disappearance was profiled on the January 8th, 2000 episode of America's Most Wanted. Hard to believe the case is over 30 years old. Yet Equilla doesn't seem to have had the publicity of other well-known NYC missing child cases such as the Etan Patz case. I feel terrible for Etan's family and hope the re-trial in their case brings closure. However, I also feel this is a case of a minority child not getting as much attention in the media as white children do. If Equilla did get the attention, perhaps her disappearance would have been solved by now.
www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/hodrick_equilla.html
www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/601724
web.archive.org/web/20010211175652/http://www.amw.com/site/archives/20000108/ehodrick.html
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