On March 27, 1979, 20-year-old Julie Speerschneider mysteriously vanished. According to
witnesses, she had spent most of the evening at the 602 Club, a bar at 602 University Avenue,
when she decided to hitchhike to a friend’s house. Shortly after her disappearance, a man
told police that he had picked up Julie, who he had recognized from media reports, along with
a male companion and dropped them off at the corner of Johnson and Brearly. The witness gave
a description of the man to investigators, but they were unable to identify him. Julie had
many friends and at the time of her disappearance worked at the Red Caboose Day Care Center,
where coworkers described her as a reliable and friendly employee. Friends and relatives
offered a reward for information and at one point consulted a psychic in hopes of locating
her.
April 1981 Charles Byrd, 16, was hiking along the Yahara River when he came across the skeletal
remains of Julie. Because of the decomposed state in which she was found, investigators were
unable to determine an exact cause of death.
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