Jessica Phelps

Jessica Jean Phelps 

December 22 1992 - July 1 1997

Age: 4 years old 

 Jessica "Jessie" was a beautiful, confident, friendly and sweet little girl. She loved having sleepovers. She loved to pester the cats and play with the noisy cat toys with them. She loved going to the zoo, playground and she loved her baby brother and family. She will forever be remembered and missed.

On July 1, 1997 on an average afternoon for Jessica, her younger brother and their mother.The trio had just returned from a trip to McDonald’s. Jessica’s mother, who was raising her two youngsters on her own, headed to take a quick shower.Their home was on the east side of Flint, Michigan. The houses on their block were nearly side by side, and neighborhood children were constantly running from one yard to the next playing games. It’s believed that’s what Jessica decided to do. Sometime while her mother was in the bathroom, Jessica must have headed out the front door.

After she finished her shower Jessica’s mother discovered Jessica was gone. She assumed the regular; that Jessica was outside playing with the other children. It was a sunny, summer evening, after all..She looked around the neighborhood, but couldn’t spot her. She called neighbors, but no one had seen the blonde child. She recruited nearby friends to help her search. They thought, perhaps, Jessica had gotten lost. But there were no signs of the little girl anywhere. And when Jessica never came home, panic really set in. Angie remembers getting the phone call while in the car. Jessica was missing for nine months. 

On April 2, 1998, about 15 miles away from where Jessica disappeared, a man excavating a stretch of road for a county ditch project uncovered a set of bones. There was clothing there that appeared to be those of a little girl. The body was identified to be the body of Jessica. A cause of death could not be done due to the level of decomposition. Jessica’s killer has never been found and she has no justice 21 years later.

Rest in peace Jessica.