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featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;42px&#8221; custom_css_free_form=&#8221;selector h1 {||  font-weight: 400;||}||||\/* Hide header that shows on the legacy posts *\/||.et_pb_section_first, .et_pb_section_1_tb_body, .et_pb_section_2_tb_body  {||  display: none;||}||\/* Hide footer that shows on the legacy posts *\/||#global-footer-nav {||  display: none;||}&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In February 1985, a little girl disappears just steps from home, leaving her mother with a lifetime of unanswered questions. 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ribbon_text_padding=&#8221;|12px||12px|false|false&#8221; child_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;on&#8221; border_radii_ribbon_text=&#8221;on|5px|5px|5px|5px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<h3>Cherrie Mahan is last seen after getting off her school bus at 4:10 p.m.<span><\/span><\/h3>[\/dipi_timeline_item][dipi_timeline_item module_class=&#8221;timelineitem&#8221; ribbon=&#8221;March 6, 1985&#8243; timeline_icon=&#8221;&#xf111;||fa||900&#8243; timeline_icon_color=&#8221;#8A4DE1&#8243; ribbon_use_circle=&#8221;off&#8221; ribbon_text_bgcolor=&#8221;#7714BC&#8221; ribbon_text_margin=&#8221;||10px||false|false&#8221; ribbon_text_padding=&#8221;|12px||12px|false|false&#8221; child_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; 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pin_address=&#8221;Cornplanter Rd, Winfield Township, PA, USA&#8221; zoom_level=&#8221;14&#8243; pin_address_lat=&#8221;40.7677189&#8243; pin_address_lng=&#8221;-79.7113535&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where Cherrie Mahan is last seen after getting off her school bus.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_map_pin][\/et_pb_map][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;994px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;Additional Info:&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; 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body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; body_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.16px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|5px|5px|5px|5px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; toggle_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; toggle_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; toggle_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.2px&#8221; toggle_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; closed_toggle_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; closed_toggle_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.2px&#8221; closed_toggle_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1oAaEjmYhWcKYi9vR_Nn69HrHV_P0kqZI\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to view William \u201cBuddy\u201d Montgomery\u2019s most recent letter.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Provide Info About Cherrie\u2019s Disappearance&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#7714BC&#8221; toggle_icon=&#8221;&#xe050;||divi||400&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; body_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.16px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|5px|5px|5px|5px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; toggle_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; toggle_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; toggle_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.2px&#8221; toggle_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; closed_toggle_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; closed_toggle_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.2px&#8221; closed_toggle_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you or someone you know has any information about Cherrie\u2019s disappearance or can corroborate things in this episode, please email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:tips@audiochuck.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tips@audiochuck.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Victims of Child Sexual Abuse&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#7714BC&#8221; toggle_icon=&#8221;&#xe050;||divi||400&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; body_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.16px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|5px|5px|5px|5px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; toggle_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; toggle_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; toggle_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.2px&#8221; toggle_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; closed_toggle_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; closed_toggle_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.2px&#8221; closed_toggle_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are a victim of child sexual abuse or any kind of sexual abuse, you can contact RAINN\u2019s national sexual assault hotline by calling <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hotline.rainn.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">800-656-HOPE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (4673), by texting HOPE to 64673, or by online chatting at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/hotline.rainn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hotline.RAINN.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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You can email us at:<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;mailto:CrimeJunkie@audiochuck.com&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;CrimeJunkie@audiochuck.com&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#7714BC&#8221; button_border_radius=&#8221;5px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|36px||36px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;794px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;27px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<p><span>Episode Source Material<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;view-more&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_css_free_form=&#8221;selector a {||  color: white;||  text-decoration: underline;||}&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Original reporting by Rachel Ryan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA): Butler County girl, 8, missing, by Mike Hasch. Published February 23, 1985. Accessed June 18, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146605200\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146605200<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA): Girl, 8, missing in Butler County. Published February 23, 1985. Accessed June 18, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/89570091\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/89570091<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA): Anguish of waiting by Jean Bryant. Published February 24, 1985. Accessed June 18, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146606136\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146606136<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA): Missing child, by David Rapp. Published February 25, 1985. Accessed June 23, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/89570131\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/89570131\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA): Van sketched in hunt for girl. Published March 1, 1985. Accessed June 23, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146572350\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146572350<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA): Clues few in search for Cherrie, by Robert Johnson. Published March 3, 1985. Accessed June 23, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146574991\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146574991<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA): FBI probing possibility girl was kidnapped, by Jan Ackerman. Published March 6, 1985. Accessed June 23, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/89769635\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/89769635<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA): Missing girl linked to other cases. Published March 6, 1985. Accessed June 23, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146597502\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146597502<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA): Missing girl kidnapped, police believe, by UPI. Published March 7, 1985. Accessed June 24, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146602535\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/146602535<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA): Inns to aid child search. Published April 25, 1985. Accessed June 24, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/89776250\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/89776250<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA): Butler woman\u2019s van is focus of attention in calls to police, by Associated Press. Published June 11, 1985. Accessed July 8, 2025 via <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newspapers.com\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newspapers.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1091344479\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1091344479<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA): One-year hunt fails to find Cherrie, by Andrew Sheehan. Published February 17, 1986. Accessed June 24, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/94566956\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/94566956<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA): Cherrie Mahan leads pursued, by Mike Hasch. Published February 21, 1990. Accessed June 24, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/141480195\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/141480195<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA): Mahan may be declared dead, by Jim McKinnon. Published October 2, 1998. Accessed June 24, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/90675870\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/90675870<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA): Cherrie&#8217;s death official, mother&#8217;s memory eternal, by Dennis B. Roddy. Published November 6, 1998. Accessed June 24, 2025 via Internet Archive. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220930001333\/http:\/\/old.post-gazette.com\/regionstate\/19981104close2.asp\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220930001333\/http:\/\/old.post-gazette.com\/regionstate\/19981104close2.asp<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA): Search for Cherrie Mahan, missing 8 years, goes on, by Mike Rosenwald. Published May 24, 2000. Accessed June 24, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/90234983\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/90234983<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WPXI (Pittsburgh, PA): 25 Years Later, Search Continues For Missing Girl. Published February 22, 2010. Accessed June 24, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/25-years-later-search-continues-for-missing-girl\/289126700\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/25-years-later-search-continues-for-missing-girl\/289126700\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA): Mahan investigator says break possible, by Moriah Balingit. Published January 13, 2011. Accessed June 24, 2025 via Newspapers.com. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/96407519\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/96407519<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mercury News (San Jose, CA): New clue reported in disappearance of first \u2018Have You Seen Me?\u2019 child, by Associated Press. Published January 14, 2011. Updated August 13, 2016. Accessed June 24, 2025 via Internet Archive. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170504014748\/http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2011\/01\/14\/new-clue-reported-in-disappearance-of-first-have-you-seen-me-child\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170504014748\/http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2011\/01\/14\/new-clue-reported-in-disappearance-of-first-have-you-seen-me-child\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CNN: Tip could be &#8216;crucial&#8217; lead in Cherrie Mahan case, by Chuck Hadad. Published January 20, 2011. Accessed June 24, 2025 via Internet Archive. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110122061419\/http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2011\/CRIME\/01\/19\/cherrie.mahan.cold.case\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110122061419\/http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2011\/CRIME\/01\/19\/cherrie.mahan.cold.case\/index.html<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA): Cherrie Mahan case still open 30 years after she disappeared, by Lexi Belculfine. Published February 22, 2015. Accessed June 24, 2025 via removepaywall.com.\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/local\/2015\/02\/22\/Cherrie-Mahan-case-still-open-30-years-after-she-disappeared\/stories\/201502220103\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/local\/2015\/02\/22\/Cherrie-Mahan-case-still-open-30-years-after-she-disappeared\/stories\/201502220103<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trib Live (Pittsburgh, PA): Family, friends still seek answers 30 years after Winfield child vanished, by Braden Ashe. Published February 23, 2015. Accessed June 24, 2025. \u00a0 <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.triblive.com\/news\/family-friends-still-seek-answers-30-years-after-winfield-child-vanished\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/archive.triblive.com\/news\/family-friends-still-seek-answers-30-years-after-winfield-child-vanished\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NBC: Pennsylvania child Cherrie Mahan still missing after getting off school bus in 1985, by Bianca Hillier. Published February 15, 2019. Accessed June 24, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/feature\/cold-case-spotlight\/pennsylvania-child-cherrie-mahan-still-missing-after-getting-school-bus-n971971\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/feature\/cold-case-spotlight\/pennsylvania-child-cherrie-mahan-still-missing-after-getting-school-bus-n971971<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBS\/KDKA (Pittsburgh, PA): &#8216;It&#8217;s A Torment&#8217;: Cherrie Mahan&#8217;s Mother Still Searching 35 Years After She Disappeared From Butler Co. Published February 18, 2020. Accessed June 24, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/mother-police-still-searching-for-butler-county-girl-cherrie-mahan\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/mother-police-still-searching-for-butler-county-girl-cherrie-mahan\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trib Live (Pittsburgh, PA): Cherrie Mahan&#8217;s mysterious disappearance haunts her mother 35 years later, by Kevin Smith. Published February 22, 2020. Accessed June 24, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/valley-news-dispatch\/cherrie-mahans-mysterious-disappearance-haunts-her-mother-35-years-later\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/valley-news-dispatch\/cherrie-mahans-mysterious-disappearance-haunts-her-mother-35-years-later\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trib Live (Pittsburgh, PA): Police and psychics step up efforts to find who took Cherrie Mahan 38 years ago, by Mary Ann Thomas. Published February 22, 2023. Accessed June 24, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/valley-news-dispatch\/police-and-psychics-step-up-efforts-to-find-who-took-cherrie-mahan-38-years-ago\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/valley-news-dispatch\/police-and-psychics-step-up-efforts-to-find-who-took-cherrie-mahan-38-years-ago\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People: All About Case of Cherrie Mahan, Missing Since 1985, and Theories that Have Surrounded Disappearance, by Emily Palmer. Published June 7, 2024. Accessed June 24, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-missing-persons-case-cherrie-mahan-missing-since-1985-and-theories-that-have-surrounded-disappearance-8660204\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-missing-persons-case-cherrie-mahan-missing-since-1985-and-theories-that-have-surrounded-disappearance-8660204<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCMEC: The Milk Carton Kids, by Emma Henderson Vaughan. Published July 3, 2024. Accessed July 8, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missingkids.org\/blog\/2024\/milk-carton-kids\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.missingkids.org\/blog\/2024\/milk-carton-kids<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trib Live (Pittsburgh, PA): After 40 years of searching and praying, Cherrie Mahan&#8217;s mother asks for closure, by Tawnya Panizzi. Published February 22, 2025. Accessed June 24, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/valley-news-dispatch\/after-40-years-of-searching-and-praying-cherrie-mahans-mother-asks-for-closure\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/valley-news-dispatch\/after-40-years-of-searching-and-praying-cherrie-mahans-mother-asks-for-closure\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBS\/KDKA (Pittsburgh, PA): Mother of Cherrie Mahan hopes new tip will lead to a conclusion of the case, by Ricky Sayer. Published March 27, 2025. Accessed June 24, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/new-tip-in-cherrie-mahan-case\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/new-tip-in-cherrie-mahan-case\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Butler Eagle (Butler, PA): New tips prompt new tools to investigate Cherrie Mahan\u2019s disappearance, by Matthew Glover and Zach Zimmerman. Published April 01, 2025. Updated April 02, 2025. Accessed June 24, 2025 via removepaywall.com.\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butlereagle.com\/20250401\/new-tips-prompt-new-tools-to-investigate-cherrie-mahans-disappearance\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.butlereagle.com\/20250401\/new-tips-prompt-new-tools-to-investigate-cherrie-mahans-disappearance\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trib Live (Pittsburgh, PA): Private investigator to offer $100K reward in Cherrie Mahan case, by Jack Troy. Published May 3, 2025. Accessed June 24, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/community.triblive.com\/news\/3788822\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/community.triblive.com\/news\/3788822<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trib Live (Pittsburgh, PA): Blue backpack flagged by private eye as key to solving Cherrie Mahan&#8217;s disappearance, by Jack Troy. Published May 6, 2025. Accessed June 24, 2025. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/valley-news-dispatch\/blue-backpack-flagged-by-private-eye-as-key-to-solving-cherrie-mahans-disappearance\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/valley-news-dispatch\/blue-backpack-flagged-by-private-eye-as-key-to-solving-cherrie-mahans-disappearance\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span>Butler Eagle (Saxonburg, PA): Community grapples with 40th anniversary of girl\u2019s disappearance by Matthew Glover. Published February 23, 2025. 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