When a 13-year-old girl runs away from a Baltimore area group home, she remains missing for months before her remains are found in a wooded area. Investigators strive to identify the predator who took a vulnerable child’s life in this episode of Last Seen Alive.
Sarah Forrester was 13-years-old when she went missing from a children’s home in suburban Baltimore. A couple months later, her remains were found in a wooded area adjacent to an apartment complex. Her murder is unsolved. Image source: family photo.Sarah’s remains were found in a wooded area adjacent to a suburban Baltimore apartment complex. Whether or not her killer had any connection to the apartments is unknown. Image source: police photo.Sarah was missing for a couple of months before she was murdered. During that time, she stayed in a Baltimore suburb approximately 35 miles (or 56 kilometers) from the suburb from which she disappeared. Image source: Google Maps.Sarah’s remains were found in suburban Baltimore, a few miles north of the group home she’d disappeared from. Image source: Google Maps.Curtis McKissett was charged with 1st Degree Murder in relation to Sarah’s death less than a year after her murder. However, the charges were dismissed soon after. Image source: police photo.Darlene Giles was 31-years-old when she went missing from Baltimore County. She remained missing for 2.5 months before her remains were located in a wooded area. Like Sarah, she was a homicide victim, and had been fatally cut / stabbed. It’s unknown whether her case is related to Sarah’s in any way, but like Sarah’s, her case remains unsolved. Image source: family photo.
If you know anything about the death of Sarah Forrester—or the death of Darlene Giles—please call the Baltimore County Police Department at 410-887-3943. Or, text the Baltimore County Police Department’s Homicide and Missing Persons Unit at 443-862-9426, or email them homicide@baltimorecountymd.gov.
If you wish to remain anonymous, report your tip to Metro County Crime Stoppers. Check out their website—metrocrimestoppers.com—for information on how to submit a tip.
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