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Shannon Marie Sherrill, a 6-year-old girl from Thorntown, Indiana, disappeared on October 5, 1986, while playing hide-and-seek with other children near her family's trailer home. She was last seen around 1:30 p.m. in the yard, and no one witnessed her leaving the area. Despite extensive searches, including the use of K-9 units that tracked her scent to a nearby cornfield and cemetery, Shannon was never found. The case has been classified as a non-family abduction.
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Last Seen: Oct 05, 1986
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Last Seen: Oct 05, 1986
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Apr 15, 2010
Oct 28, 2022
Shannon
Sherrill
43
6
36 inches
30 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
Oct 05, 1986
Thorntown
Indiana
Boone County
261
3685
Thorntown Police Department
Thorntown
Indiana
Boone County
46071
101 West Main Street, Indiana
7654367677
Local
Law Enforcement
86-143
Thorntown Police Department
Brown
Blue
Blue
11/09/2025
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