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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Girl, 10, Snatched from Ohio Bay Shopping Strip, Family Gets Bizarre Calls
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Amy Mihaljevic was just 10 years old when she went missing. She told friends at school the day she disappeared that she was going with someone to buy her mom a surprise gift.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing Amy speaking with a white male, at a local ice cream shop and then leaving with him through a parking lot.  Later police discover that Mihaljevic and other girls in the area had been contacted by telephone by the abductor. The estimated 30-something-year-old man arranged to meet Mihaljevic after school.

Just over three months later,  Amy’s body was found by a jogger in a farm field in a nearby town.  Investigators say it appears the little girl’s body was most likely dumped shortly after her abduction. Mihaljevic dies from a combination of stab wounds to the neck and a blow to her head.

Some of the things that were known to be with or on Mihaljevic that day have never been found: the boots Amy was wearing, a denim backpack, a binder with “Buick, Best in Class” written on it, and turquoise earrings in the shape of horse heads.

TIPLINE: Bay Village Police Department (440) 871-1234

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Shera LaPoint – Genetic Genealogist, “The Gene Hunter;” Twitter: @LapointShera
Dale Carson – Criminal Defense Attorney (Jacksonville), Former FBI Agent, Former Police Officer, Author: “Arrest-Proof Yourself”
Dr. Jorey Krawczyn – Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. – Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide”
Greg Smith – Special Deputy Sheriff, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office (Kansas), Executive Director of the Kelsey Smith Foundation; Kelsey’s Father
Dr. Michelle Dupre – Forensic Pathologist and former Medical Examiner, Author: “Homicide Investigation Field Guide” & “Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide”, Ret. Police Detective Lexington County Sheriff’s Department

Additional Guest 

  • Nichole Vrsansky – News Anchor, CBS 19 News; Facebook: “Nichole Vrsansky Cleveland 19;” Twitter: @NVrsansky; Podcast: “Dark Side of the Land, Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic?”

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Feature Photo: Family Handout