Delayed Justice

We just don’t know where Kathy Sue Wilcox is. It’s been 42 years this date since she walked out the door of her family’s home in Otsego as a 15-year-old…and despite a few reports of sitings in the area…and has been missing since. She may have been seen riding in a car with a slightly older boy, maybe she was seen at Yankee Springs Recreation area during a bonfire gathering…but those sightings were in the following few days after she walked out of the home and there is nothing to indicate that she has been seen in the years between late July 1972 and now.

So, this 17th, family members and friends are gathering to remember her, to acknowledge that her life mattered then and matters now. There is the hope that someone will come forward with some bit of information that might aid Otsego Police Department Det. Bruce Beckman in his search for the missing teen (who would now be 57 years old). Oh, yes, he’s still working the case and has been for years. But there hasn’t been much to go on. It’s our hope that the gathering might give him a little traction.

And if he’s there, I hope to speak with him.

The gathering–probably with cookies, cupcakes, and brownies to nibble on–will be in North Side Park, Watson Road. And it really is on the north side of town…over the river. If you’re coming, plan to bring a little something to share in the way of food and drink (non alcoholic). I plan to be there.