Michele Jolene Lakey

On a late summer afternoon in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the life of a young girl took an unforeseen turn, leaving a void that has persisted for decades. Eleven-year-old Michele Jolene Lakey, a White female known to her loved ones as Jolene, vanished on August 26, 1986. That day, she had visited her mother, who was a patient at Mercy Hospital, bringing her a stuffed animal she had bought with her own babysitting money. After leaving the hospital, Jolene, who had a small build for her age, was last ...

Walking Jolene Home: 35 Years Later | by Michael Burt | Medium