The Unnamed Doe Podcast

In 1981, the town of Joliet, Illinois, was rocked to its core after six-year-old Sarah Avon seemingly vanished into thin air. Over 41 years after her disappearance, rumors and unknowns still surround what happened to Sarah. Listen now for all the details.

If you have any information about Sarah’s disappearance, please contact the Will County Sheriff’s Office at (815) 727-8575. If you have any information about Jane Doe, please contact the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Science at (214) 920-5900 or the Pecos County Sheriff’s Department at (432) 336-3521.

The photos discussed in the episode are shown below.

All photos are from The Charley Project and “The Patch.”

• Slide 1: Photo of Sarah Elizabeth Avon
• Slide 2: Photo of Sarah with her firends
• Slide 3: Age progression of Sarah to age 45

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractor_pulling
• https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/14970
• http://www.idot.illinois.gov/about-idot/stay-connected/blog/i-80-blog.html#:~:text=As%20one%20of%20the%20country%27s,percent%20of%20which%20are%20truckswww.casetext.com/case/people-v-redden-11
• Baumann, Edward, and John O’Brien. “A Child Gone, and Only Memories Return.” Chicago Tribune, 9 June 1985, p. 8.
• Baxter Bulletin, 27 Jan. 1993, p. 2.
• Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 1983, p. 34.
• https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2022/watching-your-child-grow-up-in-pictures
• http://www.patch.com/illinois/joliet/sarah-avon-abducted-37-years-ago-week-ferak-column
• http://www.patch.com/illinois/joliet/sarah-avon-still-buried-miller-ave-ferak-column
• http://www.patch.com/illinois/joliet/sarah-avon-mystery-everyone-just-stayed-away-billy
• Gallagher, Jim. “Where’s Sarah?” Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan 1983, p. 149.
• http://illinoismissing.blogspot.com/2007/07/remembering-sarah-still-six-years-old.html.
• https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-05-10-9305100058-story.html
• https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-05-13-9305130184-story.html.
• http://www.wjol.com/sarah-avon-disappearance-update/
• http://www.charleyproject.org/case/sarah-elizabeth-avon
• http://www.rcccmcc.com/2019/07/21/3dfil-sarah-elizabeth-avon/.
• https://www.mshp.dps.mo.gov/MSHPWeb/PatrolDivisions/CRID/SOR/factsheet.html#:~:text=Statistics%20also%20show%20that%2067,under%20the%20age%20of%2018.&text=Missouri%20implemented%20its%20own%20statewide,Sexually%20Violent%20Offender%20Registration%20Act
• http://www.shawlocal.com/2017/07/20/every-parents-nightmare-still-haunts-36-years-later/axnpqvm/.
• http://www.crimegrade.org/safest-places-in-joliet-il/27
• Whiteside, John. “Mother Waits Anxiously for Word About Missing Daughter.” Herald News, 24 July 1981, p. 2.
• Whiteside, John. “‘Every Mother’s Worst Nightmare’ of Missing Child Haunts Woman.” Herald News, 11 Aug. 1981, p. 2.
• https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/14970?nav