In Maplewood, New Jersey, criminologist Dr Evelyn Carter has warned that Nancy Guthrie's abductor might show up at her memorial site as the fifth anniversary of the 42-year-old's 2018 disappearance looms next month. Authorities are ramping up security amid fears the kidnapper could return to the scene, drawn by a perverse attachment to the victim.
Nancy's stepped out on a mild spring afternoon in 2018 and never came home, sparking a frenzy of searches across neighbourhoods, parks and woods that pulled in thousands of volunteers. Local police grilled family, mates and anyone who knew her, but five years on, the trail's gone frigid no body, no suspects, just a gaping void for her loved ones. That memorial spot sprang up soon after, a simple gathering place slapped together by grieving locals where folks leave flowers, notes and the odd candle, clinging to slim hopes she'll turn up alive.
