john wayne gacy was the first missing person on a milk carton.
john wayne gacy was the first missing person on a milk carton.
who was the first missing person on a milk carton?
john wayne gacy
etan kalil patz (; october 9, 1972 – may 25, 1979; declared legally dead in 2001) was an american boy who was six years old on may 25, 1979, when he disappeared on his way to his school bus stop in the soho neighborhood of lower manhattan. his disappearance helped launch the missing children movement, which included new legislation and new methods for tracking down missing children. several years after he disappeared, patz was one of the first children to be profiled on the "photo on a milk carton" campaigns of the early 1980s. in 1983, president ronald reagan designated may 25—the anniversary of etan's disappearance—as national missing children's day in the united states.
disappearance of etan patz
while at lunch one day, janie grabs her best friend, sarah-charlotte's milk carton and it changes her life completely. she notices the 'missing person' photo on the back of the milk carton and it happens to be herself when she was very young, dressed in a white polka dotted dress. the milk carton says that jennie spring was kidnapped from a new jersey shopping mall when she was three years old. janie believes the carton must be some type of joke because her parents, mr. and mrs. johnson, are loving parents that would never kidnap anyone, especially janie. janie tries to put it out of her mind, but she begins having flashbacks, or what she calls "daymares," of events and people that don't fit in with her current life. she remembers other children and a woman who is not mrs. johnson, along with the dress.
the face on the milk carton