A suspect, 50-year-old Jamison Fisher, has just been charged with the murder of Trudy Appleby and the concealment of her death.

Nearly 30 years after Trudy Appleby’s disappearance in Moline, Illinois, a suspect has been arrested for the 11-year-old girl’s murder.

Trudy was last seen on August 21, 1996, getting into a grey vehicle with an unidentified man near her home in Moline. It’s believed she was trying to go swimming with a friend that day. Now, 50-year-old Jamison Fisher has been indicted by a grand jury for her murder and the concealment of her death.

Fisher was first named as a person of interest in the case in 2020. He was not indicted with kidnapping charges, as the statute of limitations had already passed. Though this investigation has been long and tragic, police are hoping

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