Episode 104: Where Are You? The Disappearance of Rachel Mellon Skemp
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06/10/24 • 40 min
Episode 104: Where Are You? The Disappearance of Rachel Mellon Skemp
Episode 104: Where are you? The Disappearance of Rachel Mellon Skemp - This cold case begins when 13 year old Rachel Mellon Skemp stays home from school sick and then disappears from her home never to be seen again. Some think she ran away, some wondered if she moved out of state with relatives, others think her stepfather did something to her. Listen to Rachel’s story and hear what you think happened.
- Newspapers.com
- Chicago Tribune, “Bolingbrook family seeks teen, answers” By Teresa Puente
- Chicago Tribune, “Family holds out hope for missing daughter” By Teresa Puente
- Chicago Tribune, “Year-old disappearance a mystery” By Teresa Puente
- Lemont Metropolitan, “Police give dad closer look at Mellon case” By Kat Zeman
- Lemont Metropolitan, “Grand jury looks into Mellon case” By Kat Zeman
- Chicago Tribune, “Missing girl’s mom, stepdad at grand jury” By Ken O’Brien
- The Daily Herald, “Mellon: Police deny TV show rekindled case”
- Chicago Tribune, “New prosecutor may reopen case of missing teen” By Lola Smallwood
- Chicago Tribune, “Girl: Internet site boosts profile of old case”
- https://charleyproject.org/case/rachel-marie-mellon
- https://abc7chicago.com/rachel-mellon-vincent-jeff-skemp-bolingbrook-missing-girl/10107761/
- Chicago Tribune, “Stepfather of missing girl jailed for violating battery sentence” By Hal Dardick
- Southern Star, “Still missing” By Joe Hosey
- https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/father-trying-to-move-on-after-daughters-disapperance-17-years-ago/
- https://prezi.com/p/3-ukdzkzrtik/the-story-about-rachel-mellon/
- Rachelfind on YouTube
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Episode 104: Where Are You? The Disappearance of Rachel Mellon Skemp
Episode 104: Where are you? The Disappearance of Rachel Mellon Skemp - This cold case begins when 13 year old Rachel Mellon Skemp stays home from school sick and then disappears from her home never to be seen again. Some think she ran away, some wondered if she moved out of state with relatives, others think her stepfather did something to her. Listen to Rachel’s story and hear what you think happened.
- Newspapers.com
- Chicago Tribune, “Bolingbrook family seeks teen, answers” By Teresa Puente
- Chicago Tribune, “Family holds out hope for missing daughter” By Teresa Puente
- Chicago Tribune, “Year-old disappearance a mystery” By Teresa Puente
- Lemont Metropolitan, “Police give dad closer look at Mellon case” By Kat Zeman
- Lemont Metropolitan, “Grand jury looks into Mellon case” By Kat Zeman
- Chicago Tribune, “Missing girl’s mom, stepdad at grand jury” By Ken O’Brien
- The Daily Herald, “Mellon: Police deny TV show rekindled case”
- Chicago Tribune, “New prosecutor may reopen case of missing teen” By Lola Smallwood
- Chicago Tribune, “Girl: Internet site boosts profile of old case”
- https://charleyproject.org/case/rachel-marie-mellon
- https://abc7chicago.com/rachel-mellon-vincent-jeff-skemp-bolingbrook-missing-girl/10107761/
- Chicago Tribune, “Stepfather of missing girl jailed for violating battery sentence” By Hal Dardick
- Southern Star, “Still missing” By Joe Hosey
- https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/father-trying-to-move-on-after-daughters-disapperance-17-years-ago/
- https://prezi.com/p/3-ukdzkzrtik/the-story-about-rachel-mellon/
- Rachelfind on YouTube
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