Disappearance of Ann Gotlib

Ann Gotlib (born May 5, 1971 – disappeared June 1, 1983) was a Soviet Jewish immigrant to the United States who disappeared at the age of 12 from the premises of a Louisville, Kentucky mall. The case to find her abductor was covered heavily by the Louisville news media and stretched for the next twenty-five years until a person of interest was eventually identified.

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