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Ara Denise Johnson, a five-year-old girl, disappeared from her family's mobile home in Big Sandy, Texas, on April 2, 1986. The child was last seen sleeping in her bedroom by her father, who checked on her between 1:00 and 2:30 a.m. When the family woke up between 6:30 and 6:45 a.m., Ara was gone, along with the orange bedspread under which she had been sleeping. The back door of the mobile home was found open, but there were no signs of forced entry, and no one reported hearing anything unusual ...Read More
Last Seen: Apr 02, 1986
Last Seen: Apr 02, 1986
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Apr 15, 2010
Aug 09, 2023
Ara
Johnson
43
5
36 inches
39 lbs
Black / African American
Female
Apr 02, 1986
Big Sandy
Texas
Upshur County
Unknown
119
26654
Upshur County Sheriff's Office
Gilmer
Texas
Upshur County
76544
Larry Webb
Sheriff
405 North Titus Street, Texas
9038432541
County
Law Enforcement
8704-04
Upshur County Sheriff's Office
Black
Brown
Brown
11/18/2025
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The detail about the orange bedspread missing with Ara really sticks with me. It’s just so strange... ...Read More
05/12/2023
05/12/2023
