Lily

One rainy Sunday morning, four-year-old Lily Waters was kidnapped from the front door of her family church. Her mother sings with the choir and had come to church earlier, leaving Lily and her stepfather to come later. By the time they came to church, the rain was pouring. Lily did not want to be carried in and begged to be dropped off at the front door like the old ladies who didn’t want to get too wet running in from the parking lot. She never made it into the church.

There were no clues. No stranger had been seen inside or outside the church. A thorough search of the neighborhood provided nothing. Lily’s stepfather was questioned but dismissed as to fault. A ransom note was never received. Lily seemed to have vanished into thin air.