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On a summer afternoon in Maple Heights, Ohio, eight-year-old Tiffany Papesh set out on a simple errand that ended in a mystery that has endured for decades. It was June 13, 1980, and her family was preparing for a camping trip scheduled for later that evening. Just before 3:00 p.m., Tiffany's stepmother sent her to the Convenient Food Mart, a neighborhood store only half a block from their home, to buy hamburger buns. A clerk at the store later recalled seeing Tiffany purchase the buns. She ...Read More
Last Seen: Jun 13, 1980

Victim Details

Apr 13, 2009

Aug 01, 2024

Tiffany

Papesh

53

8

48 inches

58 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Jun 13, 1980

Maple Heights

Ohio

Cuyahoga County

No

30359

Maple Heights Police Department

Maple Heights

Ohio

Cuyahoga County

44137

5373 Lee Road, Ohio

2166625884

Local

MA8010260

Maple Heights Police Department

7058

Brown

Blue

Blue

06/15/2026


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