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Janice Pockett Missing Person Case

Last seen in Tolland, Connecticut on Jul 26, 1973

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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 ...Read More
Last Seen: Jul 26, 1973

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    Victim Details

    Jul 19, 2009

    Jan 16, 2019

    Janice

    Pockett

    58

    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

    05/28/2026


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    Does anyone else find it eerie how Janice Pockett's bike was found so close to home, yet there wasn'... ...Read More
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