Wendy Brown Stevenson, age 8, was last seen on December 29, 1969, at a beach in Pompano Beach, Florida. On that day, Wendy and her friend, Peggy Rahn, met by chance at the beach and decided to walk to a nearby ice cream shop. The two girls were last spotted around 1:00 p.m. walking towards the parking lot, where a store clerk reported seeing them with a man who bought them ice cream.
The man was described as Caucasian, in his mid-20s, around six feet tall, with sandy blond hair and a humped nose, driving a metallic blue Chevrolet. Despite multiple reported sightings of the girls with the man in the days following their disappearance, including at a 7-Eleven store, neither Wendy nor Peggy were ever found.
The investigation into their disappearance included several suspects, including convicted serial killers Kenneth Guy Shilts and Gerard John Schaefer. Schaefer, who was linked to the disappearances of numerous young women, wrote a letter in 1989 confessing to the murders of Wendy and Peggy, but he was never charged in their case. Schaefer was later killed in prison in 1995. Despite extensive searches, including tearing up parts of a seawall, the girls' bodies have never been recovered, and their case remains unsolved.
Last Seen: Dec 29, 1969
