milwaukee journal sentinel obituaries archives

'I've never said this before, but that could be my child.' 'That could be my baby,' she said when she first examined the photographs. When the Journal Sentinel showed her the photos, Patterson's initial skepticism gave way to cautious optimism. She has been besieged by hustlers claiming to know her daughter or even to be her daughter. But she has had her hopes built up by purported breaks in her daughter's case, only to have them crash when the breaks didn't pan out. The Journal Sentinel shared the photos with the Milwaukee Police Department's cold case unit, which has been in charge of Alexis' case since 2009.Īlexis' mother, Ayanna Patterson, has never wavered in her belief that her daughter is alive. Within days, they also sent it to the Journal Sentinel, hoping for action. The couple compiled a set of about a dozen photos and, in late June, sent it to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department. They came upon a computer-aged photograph of Alexis Patterson, and became convinced that Alexis is the woman they know. That was enough to spur the ex-husband and fiancée to search for clues on the internet. She has no photographs or school mementos - indeed, no usual reminders of a normal childhood. The woman, they say, has no memory of her childhood before the age of 10. Questions about the Ohio woman arose when the woman's ex-husband and his fiancée became increasingly curious about her murky past. Law enforcement officials are trying to determine if a woman living in Ohio is Alexis Patterson, the Milwaukee girl who vanished 14 years ago, a mystery that remains an open wound to those touched by her story. New hope in mystery of Alexis Patterson’s 2002 disappearance Unsolved is available on all podcast platforms. The following excerpts from the Journal Sentinel archives, reported by Crocker Stephenson, were first published in 2016. Fourteen years after she vanished, a man in Ohio came forward to suggest his ex-wife could be Alexis. Alexis went missing in Milwaukee in 2002. The latest s e ason of Unsolved, a true-crime podcast for USA TODAY and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, examines the disappearance of 7-year-old Alexis Patterson.

Milwaukee journal sentinel obituaries archives