Missing Woman: Jackie Dene Hay -- KS -- 09/12/1981

[Linda]

Jackie Dene Hay

DOB:   Feb 17, 1976
Missing:  Sep 12, 1981
Height:  3'6" (107 cm)
Eyes:  Blue
Race:  White
Age at Disappearance: 5
Sex:  Female
Weight:  45 lbs (20 kg)
Hair:  Blonde
Missing From:
SHAWNEE COUNTY
KS
United States

Jackie was discovered missing when the family gathered for an outing. She has freckles across the bridge of her nose and one small freckle between her right thigh and pelvis. She has a small cavity between top front teeth.

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Topeka Police Department (Kansas) - 1-785-368-9551

[Linda]

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/hay_jackie.html


Above Images: Hay, circa 1981

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: September 12, 1981 from Shawnee County, Kansas
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: February 17, 1976
Age: 5 years old
Height and Weight: 3'6, 45 pounds



Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Hay has freckles across the bridge of her nose. She has one small freckle between her right thigh and pelvis. Hay had a small cavity between her upper front teeth at the time of her 1981 disappearance. She has a small scar along her right eyebrow.


Details of Disappearance

Hay's family discovered she was missing as they prepared for an outing in Shawnee County, Kansas on September 12, 1981. She has never been heard from again. There was a possible sighting of Hay following a man on the day of her disappearance, but this sighting has not been confirmed and the man, if he existed, has not been identified.

Authorities did not begin searching for Hay for four hours after her disappearance was reported. They believe she was most likely abducted, but few clues are available in her case.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Topeka Police Department
785-368-9551

[Linda]

http://www.ktka.com/news/2007/jan/15/girl_still_missing_25_years_later/

Girl still missing 25 years later

January 15, 2007

A Topeka, Kansas man is reminded of his own missing daughter after hearing the news of two missing boys reunited with their families.

The father of Jackie Hay speaks out more than twenty-five years after her disappearance.

"She wasn't old enough to be bad. She was a sweet kid," remembers Olen Hay.

He still recalls the day his five-year-old daughter, Jackie Dene Hay, went missing.

"I was getting ready to leave and couldn't find her," says Hay.

The only information police had to go on was given to them by a Gas Service man who saw Jackie following a man. But Hay says police took nearly four hours to begin their search.

"By the time that it took for the police to investigate, he could have been almost to St. Louis."

Hay says he wishes the Amber Alert system would have been in place back in 1981.

The system went into effect statewide in 2002. It all began when children's advocate Jim Brewer saw the alert system featured on America's Most Wanted.

"I said, 'Topeka needs something like this', and my wife smiled and said, 'you are going to do this aren't you?'"

Brewer worked with the Police Department and Shawnee County Sheriff and eventually the Attorney General's office to bring the Amber Alert system to the state. He believe it's effective because it gets the word out so fast.

"With everybody looking, it makes it tough to hide," says Brewer.

He was ecstatic to hear the news about the two boys in Missouri who were reunited with their families, especially the one missing for four years "I'm glad they found this kid cause now he has a future."

Hay says twenty-five years later, the hardest part is just not knowing. And Hay hopes that by telling his story, others will remember the children still missing.

[Linda]

http://www.ktka.com/news/2007/dec/03/49_news_now_afternoon_update_news_and_weather/

December 3, 2007

The case of missing teen Emily Sander is reminding one Topeka man about his daughter who disappeared 26 years ago. Olen Hay's daughter, Jackie, has been missing since 1981. She was 5 years old at the time. Today she would be 31. Over the years, Hay says he's dealt with the fact he'll never see her again. But the case of 18-year-old Sander makes it harder for him to cope. "You know I think about it quite a bit anyway -- so, it's just, I feel for the people involved now because I know they've got to be suffering," he said.

[Linda]

http://www.ktka.com/news/2007/dec/02/local_missing_kids/

Missing college student reminds local man of daughter's disappearance

December 2, 2007

Olen Hay says this year has been particularly tough because of his wife's death in February, but he says to stop speaking out about his daughter's disappearance would mean he's forgotten about her. And that's something he'll never do.

He says nailing down one fond memory of his daughter Jackie is hard to come by.

"Oh, gee. I don't know there's so many," Hay said.

But there is one painful memory from 26 years ago that stands out. That day is September 12, 1981. The day his 5-year-old girl went missing.

"She was just out in the neighborhood playing," said Hay. "We lived over on Colfax and she just didn't come home."

Over the years, Hay says he's just dealt with the fact he'll never see her again, but the case of Kansas student Emily Sander makes it harder for him to cope.

"You know, I think about her quite a bit anyway so, it's just, I feel for the people involved now because I know they've got to be suffering," he said.

Sander, 18, was last seen leaving a bar November 23 with 24-year-old Isreal Mireles.

Her disappearance made headlines when her friends revealed that she led a double life as an Internet porn star. But Hay says he has no reason to believe that is why the search for Sander intensified.

"They said that she was always willing to help everybody out and everything, so I think that might have been the case more than the double life thin," he said.

Hay doubts his daughter Jackie is still alive. She would be 31 years old today. He says he's given up on the search for her but still seeks closure.

"Somebody's got to know what happened," said Hay. "I don't know whether two people do or one person does but somebody does."

[Linda]

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/200dfks.html



The Doe Network:
Case File 200DFKS

Jackie Dene Hay
Missing since September 12, 1981 from Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
Classification: Non-Family Abduction

Vital Statistics Date Of Birth: February 17, 1976
Age at Time of Disappearance: 5 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 3'6; 45 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; blue eyes.
Marks, Scars: Hay has freckles across the bridge of her nose. She has one small freckle between her right thigh and her pelvis.
Dentals: Hay had a small cavity between her upper front teeth at the time of her disappearance.

Circumstances of Disappearance
Hay's family discovered that she was missing as they prepared to gather for an outing on September 12, 1981 in Shawnee County, Kansas.
Searches of the area produced little in the way of evidence as to Hay's whereabouts.
The only information police had to go on was given to them by a Gas Service man who saw Jackie following a man.
Her Father says twenty-five years later, the hardest part is just not knowing.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning Hay's whereabouts, please contact:
Topeka Police Department
785-368-9551


NCMEC #: NCMC601673

NCIC Number: M-314208506
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

[LoriDavis]

Jackie has now been missing over 27 years.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.

[La Vina]

NamUs - National Missing Persons Data System-Jackie Hay # 2756

[LoriDavis]

Missing children remembered

Written by Mary Rupert
Wednesday, 25 May 2011 15:00

Law enforcement and community members gathered Wednesday at City Hall to remember missing children throughout the region and in America.

Names of missing children from the region were read during a ceremony. Commissioner John Mendez read a proclamation designating the day as missing children's day.

The event included a balloon release, with one balloon for each child missing in the region.

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Missing children from Kansas:

JACKIE HAY   1981

Read more: http://www.wyandottedailynews.com/component/content/article/6618-missing-children-remembered?showall=1