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Sara Wood Missing Person Case

Last seen in Litchfield, New York on Aug 18, 1993

Victim Details

Apr 15, 2010

Nov 13, 2023

Sara

Wood

44

12

60 inches

96 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Aug 18, 1993

Litchfield

New York

Herkimer County

27060

New York State Police - Marcy

Marcy

New York

Oneida County

13403

9017 River Road, New York

3153666000

State

Law Enforcement

DNHT05889

New York State Police - Marcy

Brown

Blue

Blue

07/17/2026


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Sara Anne Wood, a 12-year-old girl from Litchfield, New York, went missing on August 18, 1993. She was last seen riding her bicycle home from Norwich Corners Church, less than a mile from her house. Her pink and white bicycle, along with the church supplies she had collected, was later found near a tree off Hacadam Road, but there was no trace of Sara. The extensive search efforts, which involved both authorities and hundreds of volunteers, failed to locate her.

In 1996, Lewis Lent Jr., ...
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  • Sara Anne Wood murdered in 1993 - Utica Observer Dispatch
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