Melissa Highsmith Bio – Melissa Highsmith Wiki
Melissa Highsmith may have gone missing as a baby 51 years ago. According to the organization dedicated to finding missing children, the reported sighting occurred in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Melissa Highsmith is now 52 years old.
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A tipster contacted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) earlier this week to report the potential sighting of a woman who may have gone missing as a baby 51 years ago.
According to the organization dedicated to finding missing children, the reported sighting occurred in Charleston, South Carolina.
“Receiving tips for cases that are decades old is a rare occurrence, but it’s not unheard of,” John Bischoff, head of NCMEC’s Missing Children Division, told Fox News Digital. “At NCMEC, we will never forget about a missing child, and we are happy to see much of the community has not forgotten about Melissa either.”
Melissa Highsmith disappeared from Fort Worth, Texas, on Aug. 23, 1971, when she was just 21 months old, according to NCMEC.
Bischoff said that the tipster looked at NCMEC’s photos of Highland and recognized and reported a potential sighting “is outstanding.”
Highsmith’s mother, a recently separated mother who had just moved to Fort Worth and was working as a waitress then, had placed an advertisement in the local newspaper for a babysitter to watch over her daughter. A woman responded to the ad and agreed to meet Highsmith’s mother at the restaurant where she worked, but the respondent never showed up.
Later, the prospective babysitter called Highsmith’s mother and expressed her interest in the job, saying she had a big yard and cared for other children. Highsmith’s mother hired the babysitter, according to NCMEC.
Later, the prospective babysitter called Highsmith’s mother and expressed her interest in the job, saying she had a big yard and cared for other children. Highsmith’s mother hired the babysitter, according to NCMEC.
The babysitter picked up the 21-month-old toddler while caring for her mother’s roommate while her mother was at work. Her mother’s roommate said the woman who picked Highsmith up at the time seemed “nice” and “dressed to impress, wearing white gloves,” NCMEC said in a Thursday tweet.
Highsmith hadn’t been seen since her mother called law enforcement when she disappeared in 1971.
Highsmith hadn’t been seen since her mother called law enforcement when she disappeared in 1971.
“All it takes is one person to see the right thing and do something about it,” Bischoff said. “We are unsure if this tip will go anywhere, but it’s clear the public has not forgotten about Melissa. Law enforcement hasn’t and neither have we.”
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