On Aug. 16, 1972, Ingrid Bauer left her home at 9:30 p.m. in Kleinburg (what was then Vaughn) to hitchhike to the home of her boyfriend, Larry Teeple, also 14, in Woodbridge. The distance was only six kms.

Before she left, she told her father she would be home by 10:30 p.m.

Her brother saw her on southbound Islington Avenue. Another witness, Terry Bell, then 18, saw Ingrid walking south on the west side of Islington Ave near Pennon Road about 9:45 p.m.

When Ingrid’s boyfriend called her home and let her family know she never showed up, a frantic hunt began involving 200 volunteers who searched 20-square miles around the Bauer home. Police officers reportedly waded into the Humber River for eight kms. and scuba divers searched an old gravel pit.

She was never found.

Several Kleinburg residents reported hearing the cries of a young person near Islington Avenue and Sevilla Drive around 10 p.m. that night. Residents also told police that they had seen a pickup truck in that area, but a search of the location turned up nothing. There were five original suspects who were all cleared through confirmed alibis.