Missing Teen's Case Gone Cold?
After 16 years, the father of Rachel Mellon just wants to privately acknowledge the anniversary of his daughter's disappearance.
It's hard to admit your missing daughter's probably not coming back, that the ones who made her missing will likely never answer for it. But after a while, it's easier than telling yourself otherwise. "It just wraps my emotions up too much," Rachel Mellon's father, Jeff Skemp, said of his struggles coming to terms with his daughter's disappearance. "I think what Rachel wants is for us to move on," Skemp said. "I mean, I know she wants justice, but I'm not holding my breath." Rachel was 13 when she vanished 16 years ago today. The morning the Bolingbrook girl was last seen alive, she stayed home from school with a sore throat and was alone with her unemployed stepfather, Vince Mellon. The first anyone realized Rachel was not sleeping off …
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C E Whittemore
7:27 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012
This man was our next door neighbor. We called him Weirdo because he was always out at night roaming and walking his dog. How is he still walking around? Thank God he got kicked out of his house. He is creepy. more ›