She was abducted after getting off her school bus and has never been seen or heard from since. Race White. An article in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review outlined the events surrounding the disappearance: Cherrie's stepfather, Leroy McKinney, usually drove her the 50 yards from the bus stop at Cornplanter and Winfield roads in Winfield to the family's mobile home at the end of a steep, wooded driveway. If you have any information on the circumstances surrounding Cherries disappearance, please call the Pennsylvania State Police Missing Persons unit at 724-284-8100. I caught a glimpse of the blue van in the mirror. But to the family of a missing child, its a lifetime. I worked 40 years in a nursing home. She hasn't been seen since, and was the first child ever featured on the now-famous "Have You Seen. In print Suzanne and Jean have had numerous articles include stories about them, such as, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, the Pittsburgh Focus Magazine, the Northern Connection Magazine, the Butler Eagle (PA), the Cranberry Eagle, and the Blairsville Dispatch (PA). Later that year, she was featured on the first "Have You Seen Me?" Psychic Vincent Sisters visions and impressions were that someone who knew Cherrie's family took her and Cherrie is deceased and the man who took her lives in Butler County. Height and Weight 4'2, 68 pounds. Go to Cherrie's page on the official website of The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. [25][26], Mahan's stepfather, LeRoy McKinney, overheard the school bus slowing to a halt near his home. [13][14], On Friday, February 22, 1985, the child was excited as her mother intended to take her on a play date when she returned from school. Investigators told Target 11 they are still working on it. Although authorities have not released the actual contents of the letter, they confirmed it included specific names and locations, which were thoroughly investigated. [33] Three months earlier, she had donated the $50,000 reward sum for information leading to the safe return of her daughter to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. They played for a while. Now, in 2019, her. Vanished. Cherrie Mahan And Then They Were Gone In 1985, a bright, spunky 8-year-old girl got off the bus in Butler County, Pennsylvania. That is why we keep pushing., When McKinney, 62, wants to think about her lost child, all she has to do is look at the tattoo she got last year on her left hand. Flickr/raymondclarkimages. Police and psychics step up efforts to find who took Cherrie Mahan 38 years ago . Let her walk." She would talk to you if you talked to her.". February 22, 1985 began like any other Friday for Cherrie Mahan's family in Butler County, Pennsylvania. There were vans checked all over the place. TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Police can only hope to receive more viable, solid tips from someone with direct knowledge. At the time of her disappearance, she was 42 tall and weighed about 68 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. Cherrie's mother, Janice McKinney, keeps Cherrie's 2010 age-enhanced likeness on her desk at a Pittsburgh-area retirement community where she heads the housekeeping department. Mahan's first name is phonetically pronounced "Cherry". Due to the cold weather, she wore a gray coat, blue denim skirt, blue leg warmers, beige ankle boots, and brown earmuffs bearing the logo of a Cabbage Patch doll. Someone has to know something.. Although he often walked to the end of the driveway to meet Mahan, Janice told him to let her walk alone because the weather was particularly nice that day. There were no license plate readers or home surveillance cameras at the time. Maybe they will pick up something myself or my predecessors didnt, DeLuca said. According to 11 News, authorities conducted an extensive search of a hunting camp along the Allegheny River, as the letter indicated Mahan was killed and her remains were buried somewhere on the property. "I got it around her birthday," McKinney said. Suzanne and Jean's psychic abilities manifested themselves when they were young children and the ghost of their grandmother visited their bedside. Suzanne Vincent and Jean Vincent have been featured on the Biography Channel's Psychic Investigators show, episode "Fatal Extraction" about the murder of John Yelenic, TV One cable network "Find Our Missing" show, episode "Monica Bowie", Travel Channel's "Dead Files Revisited", Investigation Discovery on The Discovery Channel, NBC Dateline with Andrea Canning in Episode "The Premonition", as well as Japanese TV network Ashai. These cards were mailed to thousands of households across the U.S., placed inside telephone and utility bills, alongside an artist's rendition of the distinctive van seen in the vicinity of her abduction. Psychic Sisters Suzanne and Jean Vincent give detailed psychic Impressions as to what has happen to Cherrie Mahan, Abducted from Butler County February 22 1985. I can't imagine the pain her mother must wake up with every day. The team has access to technological resources the state police dont have, Kofluk said. Shes probably talking with her. They played for a while, Debbie told the AP. Cherrie went to school that day and, after the final bell that afternoon, she got on the school bus to go home, he added. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Janice McKinney doesn't get much news about the possible whereabouts of her daughter Cherrie Mahan these days, but when rare news does arrive, she can get emotional. LinkedIn and 3rd parties use essential and non-essential cookies to provide, secure, analyze and improve our Services, and to show you relevant ads (including professional and job ads) on and off LinkedIn. Shortly before her disappearance, Mahan had received a broken arm after being hit by a car. [37], A further line of inquiry investigators pursued dates from 2014, when investigators pursued a tip that Mahan was alive and living under an assumed name in Michigan. However, none of their efforts led to any new or useful information. Through the years, most leads have involving alleged sightings of the "skier van" or of Cherrie herself -- some fueled by age-enhanced drawings that police have issued periodically. Someone has to know something.. 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