Rachel Mellon age progression image released 25 years after disappearance from Bolingbrook

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Monday, February 1, 2021
Rachel Mellon's disappearance remains unsolved 25 years later
Rachel Mellon's disappearance remains unsolved 25 years laterNo one has ever been charged in the disappearance of Rachel Mellon - and she's never been found.

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has released an age progression picture of what Rachel Mellon may look like now 25 years after her disappearance from Bolingbrook.

Mellon was 13 years old when she disappeared from her home on January 31,1996.

Rachel Mellon at age 13 (left) and an age progression picture of what she might look like at age 38.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

She was last seen wearing yellow sweatpants, a pink top, red house-slippers and was wrapped in a blue blanket.

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The age progression image created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children shows what she might look like now at age 38.

Mellon's father, Jeff Skemp, recently spoke with the I-Team about her disappearance. He said he would like to see justice for his daughter in the form of an arrest and conviction for Rachel's abductor and likely killer. He said his daughter lives only in his heart now.

"I know she's in a better place," said Skemp. "And she's not suffering."

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