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The transition from one year to the next was meant to be a time of celebration, but for one family in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, it marked the beginning of a decades-long period of uncertainty and sorrow. In the first moments of New Year's Day 1988, 17-year-old John Francis Lango walked out of his family's home and vanished. John, a senior at Pottsville Area High School, was a well-liked teenager who enjoyed break-dancing. He stood at six feet one inch tall, weighed around 185 pounds, a ...
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Last Seen: Jan 01, 1988

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