Five decades had passed in the calm Cobb County, Georgia, suburbs, where a disturbing mystery had remained. Debbie Lynn Randall was a lively third grader who disappeared on a cold January 1972 day while walking home from the laundry. Her disappearance left an unfillable hole in the community’s heart. But now, after years of disappointments and lost dreams, technology and tenacity have illuminated this shadowy chapter and provided the long-awaited conclusion to a horrible crime that had previously seemed unsolvable. When Debbie tragically vanished, hundreds were alerted, including law police and worried neighbors. The neighborhood was shocked to find her