The Millbrook Twins
The Disappearance of the Millbrook Twins
Cold Case File
Disappearance: March 18 1990
The Millbrook Twins
One minute they are there and the next they are not. And so it has remained all these years.
So what happened to the these two 15 year old twins, Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook, from Jennings Place, Georgia.
The Disappearance
On Sunday, March 18,1990, the Millbrook twins returned home from having lunch at the local Church’s Chicken restaurant. They anxiously told their mother of a strange man in a white van that appeared to have followed them better than halfway home on their return trip.
Admittedly, not much attention was given to this observation and the girls hurried on with their day.
Jeanette changed into some sneakers but kept her church outfit on while Dannette changed into a white Mickey Mouse tee and jeans. They then headed to their godfather’s house on Forest Street in their old neighborhood. They where intending to ask him for some money to help them with bus fares to and from their school.
What We Know
The girls arrived at Ted’s (their Godfather) house, who did indeed given them enough money to last for a week. He also added some change so they could buy themselves some snacks.
After leaving Ted’s, but still in their old neighborhood, the girls visited their cousin at Tin Cup Lane. They wanted her to walk them home but her mother had said no. So the girls headed out along again. They then went to their older sister’s home on Picquet Avenue, who had just given birth. They hung out for about 15 minutes and asked if she could drive them home. Unfortunately, she declined, considering her condition.
The Millbrook twins left their sister’s house and again headed toward home. On the way they stopped at a Pump-N-Shop gas station on the corner of 12th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to spend the spare change on snacks. They bought some chips and soda, said the woman at the station, who knew the twins and the family.
And then, just like that, no one ever saw them again. Three decades later and still no one has a clue as to what may have happened to the Millbrook twins.
The Investigation of the Millbrook Twins
The Original Investigation
After the girls were discovered missing, the family was told to wait 24-hours before making a report. Little is known about the initial investigation, as the original police file is reportedly lost. There is much debate as to why exactly the case was initially closed. The family reports that they were told the case was closed when the girls turned 17 because they had reached an age at which they could no longer be legally forced to come home if found.
The original investigator claims that he was told by a juvenile case officer that the girls had been found, which led to both the case being closed and the girls’ removal from the national registry of missing children.
Case Reopened in 2013
Despite the case being closed in 1991, family members continued to persistently contact the sheriff’s department to inquire about the whereabouts of the twins over the years. The family was given several explanations for the closure of the case, including the explanation that the girls had been removed from the home and placed into foster care, where they were eventually adopted. Further investigation revealed this to be false. These calls ultimately led to the case being reopened in 2013. In 2017 the Sheriff’s office met with the Millbrook family to discuss the case and collect familial DNA samples.
1993 Jane Doe *
Skeletal remains of an unidentified black female were found in Aiken County on January 25, 1993 and were believed to be the result of a homicide occurring sometime between 1990 and 1992. The remains were found near Shaw’s Creek off of Highway 191 in Aiken County, South Carolina.
This woman remains unidentified and has become known as one of the Aiken County Jane Does. The family strongly believes that facial reconstructions of these remains resemble and could be Jeannette. When the remains were originally found, the family was told that it was not either of the twins. However, the family was not given a reason why. Plans were made to compare DNA from the Aiken County Jane Doe to familial DNA.
Joseph Patrick Washington
Joseph Patrick Washington was active in the girls’ neighborhood and some believe that he may have been involved in the girls’ disappearance. Washington was sentenced to 17 consecutive life sentences in 1995 for numerous criminal convictions associated with abductions and sexual assaults of 5 women, three of whom survived. He faced the death penalty in the murder of Marilyn Denise Kelly and was suspected in the murder of Loretta Dukes but died in 1999 before the trial started.
So, the question remains: What really happened to the Millbrook Twins?
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