Nearly 20 years after a Thorntown child was abducted from in front of her home, a group is making sure it's a case that's not forgotten. On Tuesday they kicked off a "Road to Remember" tour.
Shannon Sherrill and Molly Dattilo represent two faces of missing people and two cases 18 years apart that confound police and their families. Shannon Sherrill was just six years old when she went missing from her front yard in Thorntown, Indiana in 1986. Molly Dattilo was an IUPUI student last seen July 6, 2004. After applying for a job at a restaurant, she left behind her ID, bank card and car.
"It's hard to imagine the type of person that could do anything to Molly. She's such a gentle person. We really miss her. We want the answers for our family. We're so tired," said Kendra Skidmore, Dattilo's sister.
Molly and Shannon are two of the people featured in a national tour by the CUE Center for the Missing, a North Carolina-based group that focuses police and media attention on cold missing person cases. The hope is that renewed interest in those victims will help solve what is normally a crime. Even a $100,000 reward hasn't cleared up Molly Dattilo's mystery.
"She pretty much disappeared off the face of the earth and God knows everybody has searched for her," said Monica Caiso, CUE Center for the Missing.
Interest in Shannon Sherrill's case renewed after a woman was charged for committing a cruel hoax. Donna Walker came forward in 2003 telling the Sherrill family she was the missing girl.
"Even though it wasn't Shannon, it brought Shannon back, you know, for a short time," said Mike Sherrill, Shannon's father.
The goal of groups like the CUE Center For The Missing is to bring resolution to families like the Sherrills and Dattilos, who, like most relatives of missing adults and children, hold on to hope that someone with information will finally come forward.
"She's out there somewhere and no one's given me any indication she's not," said Mike Sherrill, referring to his missing daughter.
