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I3y 330B SMITH Times-News Stair WriterTwdve-y ear-old Holly Jean Necessary, who disappeared in Bloom ingdale Thursday afternoon while walking along a lonely gravel road through a wooded area, was still missing Jalu Friday night.A kindred yards into the trees, her school books were found sc altered in a gully Friday afternoon. A large footprint was beside them.Sullivan County Sheriff Bill Wright said the way the books were tying — scattered at random — looked “bad,” and llml lie feared she was molested.The Kingsport Police Department's two police dogs, Sat cm and Apache, combed a large area near where the girl disappeared, but did not find her. Officers said they did fitid a fresh tire mark at the bottom of the wooded area, however.Apache, down with lt;1 cold, was used sparingly, but Satan was allowed to hunt exlensh'dy for Hetty .tern.She disappeared abouL 3:40 p.m. only a couple of hundred yards from her doorstep while walking home from Kingsley School, where the pretty blonde girl is a sixth-grade student.Wanda Hickman, a friend, said Betty Jean stopped at her home io see n newborn niece. They talked a few minutes, and deity Jean was In a good mood, laughing'1 when she left, said the friend.“She begged me la walk lip the road with her; she was scared to walk it alone,11 Wanda said.Hetty .lean usually walked home with her sister, Teresa, 14, but Teresa has been out or school with the flu for a couple of weeks.Mrs. Inn Begley, who lives beside I he patch of woods, remembers seeing Bcdy Jean pass in the center of the road ah out that lime.Mrs. iVcerssary didn't worry when Betty Jean didn't arrive at home, on lime; she often stayed until supper time at the Hickmans' hnriie.At dusk Mrs. Wocessnry culled a neighbor of Die Hickmans and was tohi that H'auda Hickman had gone to town. Thinking Betty Jenn went with her, the mother did not check further.More On Page 8, CoMJJH'ITY M'AS NECESSARY •., disappeared ThursdayKrFlicqiiajperstwo the : Dec o:hewFr;rforin IcavionIbethe(he:J;wascastcon!Alara wthattopa wandUdejlt;a“ChHiellcv.evolTVIairintiletheLairthatpayforrrealforeIS/Po;refliTill IPthrcin I was of I relx CorrMVeitpit?settl
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Kingsport News
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Sat, Feb 28, 1970
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