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Janice Pockett Missing Person Case

Last seen in Tolland, Connecticut on Jul 26, 1973

Victim Details

Jul 19, 2009

Jan 16, 2019

Janice

Pockett

59

7

48 inches

65 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Jul 26, 1973

Tolland

Connecticut

Tolland County

06084

25863

Connecticut State Police

Tolland

Connecticut

Tolland County

06084

Jennilee DiCocco

Detective

Eastern District Major Crime Squad, Connecticut

8608963230

State

Law Enforcement

000000014

1973-07-26

Connecticut State Police

na

Blond/Strawberry

Blue

Blue

No

07/17/2026


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On a summer afternoon in Tolland, Connecticut, seven-year-old Janice Pockett was filled with a simple, childlike excitement. She had her heart set on retrieving a butterfly she had found and carefully placed under a rock a couple of days earlier while on a walk with her family. Around 3:30 p.m., after getting an empty envelope from her mother to safely transport her treasure, Janice set off on her metallic green bicycle. It was the first time she had been allowed to go out on her own, a small st ...
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Last Seen: Jul 26, 1973

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