Bay Village Ohio Amy Mihaljevic walked from Bay Middle School to the Bay Square Shopping center and vanished
Amy Mihaljevic, a 10-year-old girl, was last seen walking from Bay Middle School to the Bay Square Shopping Center in Bay Village, Ohio,
On October 27, 1989, Amy Mihaljevic walked from Bay Middle School to the Bay Square Shopping Center, and was kidnapped from the center in Bay Village, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland
.The abductor had contacted Mihaljevic by telephone and arranged to meet her on the pretext of buying a gift for her mother because she had recently been promoted, as he told her. On February 8, 1990, the girl’s body was found in a field, close to the road, off County Road 1181, Ruggles Township in rural Ashland County, Ohio.
Evidence found at the scene of the crime suggests that Mihaljevic’s body was probably dumped there shortly after her abduction. Based on findings by the Cuyahoga County coroner,
Mihaljevic’s last meal was some soy substance, possibly an artificial chicken product or Chinese food. Other evidence includes yellow/gold colored fibers on her body.It appears her killer also took several souvenirs including the girl’s horse riding boots, her denim backpack, a binder with “Buick, Best in Class” written on the front clasp, and turquoise earrings in the shape of horse
heads. Mitochondrial DNA from the crime scene was sampled, which may be used to compare to suspects.. A publicly unidentified man,age 64, was implicated by a former girlfriend with whom he was involved at the time of the kidnapping and murder. She alleged that he was uncharacteristically absent from their residence, located in close proximity to the abduction site when the victim disappeared. The man called her late that evening, inquiring if she had seen media releases about the abduction. He was employed in the same city, and his niece was in the same grade as Mihaljevic
Police interviews with the man included “suspicious statements”, including the possibility he had met Amy Mihaljevic’s mother, Margaret, before. His DNA was obtained without protest, and he later failed a polygraph test. A warrant to search a storage facility led to authorities confiscating certain items of interest.
Additionally, the two individuals who witnessed the yet-to-be-identified kidnapper lead Mihaljevic into his vehicle identified the potential suspect out of line-ups conducted in May 2020. The vehicle itself was consistent with what the man drove at the time,
including the fact that its carpeting was similar in coloration to the fibers on Mihaljevic’s body. A vehicle of the same make and model had been observed near the body’s dumpsite on February 8, 1990, when the victim’s body was recovered along a roadside
