Mikelle Biggs

Mikelle Dianne Biggs (born May 31, 1987) made headline news nationally in the United States when she disappeared early in 1999, after having left her house to buy ice cream. Her disappearance was never solved, and her family held a funeral service five years later.

Biography and case information
Mikelle Biggs was a fifth grader in Mesa, Arizona. She had no history of running away from home; she apparently led a normal child's life with her family in the Phoenix suburb.

About 5:30 pm on January 2, 1999, Mikelle and her sister thought they heard the chimes of an ice cream truck, and went down the street to wait for it. Her sister was cold and returned home a few minutes later; their mother sent her to retrieve Mikelle just before 6pm. Mikelle was nowhere to be found, but her bicycle and some spare change were lying by the side of the road. News of the disappearance quickly spread across the country, with many of the most important television networks picking up the story. Mikelle Biggs's photo and story also appeared on The Arizona Republic.

Police could not confirm the presence of an ice cream truck in the neighborhood, but questioned all of the city's ice cream vendors. All were cleared of involvement. There have been many other false leads in the case. Suspicion fell on a man wanted for sexual molestation at a nearby apartment complex, but no connection could be made between the incidents.

The Biggs family and their church organized many vigils after her disappearance; these vigils soon after spread across Phoenix, as many more groups and organizations became involved. Posters featuring Mikelle Biggs's photo were prominent on Phoenix area corners during the late 1990s.

If alive, Biggs would now be twenty years old. The Biggs family believes Mikelle is dead and held a funeral service for her on the fifth anniversary of her disappearance. Her father believes her abductor is currently serving time in an Arizona prison. There are few leads and the case is at an apparent stalemate.

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