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Jun 2023
54m 36s

MISSING: Denise Pflum

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On a Friday afternoon in 1986, 18-year-old Denise Pflum leaves her home in Connersville, Indiana, to go searching for a purse she had left at a party the night before. When she doesn’t return home, it’s just the beginning of a nightmare that will haunt her parents for over 30 years.

  • If you have any information about the disappearance of Denise Pflum, please contact the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department at 765-222-1272.

 

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