MUS-2026-0073
Archive card
MUS-2026-0073
Missing person
- Incident
- 1996
- Indexed
- Oct 4, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Bolingbrook Police Department
- Location
- Bolingbrook IL
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Rachel Mellon Skemp, 13, vanished from her Bolingbrook, Illinois home on January 31, 1996 after staying home sick from school. A 2000 grand jury ended without indictments and she has never been found. Her disappearance is investigated as a homicide, but no one has ever been arrested. Named persons of interest appear only in third-party sources and are presumed innocent.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1996
Rachel Mellon Skemp, 13, vanishes from her Bolingbrook home after staying home sick from school.
- 2000
A grand jury ends without indictments.
- 2026
She has never been found. No one has ever been arrested.
Key people
The people in the file.
13, of Bolingbrook, Illinois. Vanished January 31, 1996 after staying home sick from school. Never found.
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Investigating agency
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