Jovanna Stacey Crawford went missing on June 5, 1981 when she was just two years old. Sometimes, differing information is given about the circumstances of a person’s disappearance, which is the case here.

Some reports state that the last time Jovanna was seen was at her home in Bridgeport, Connecticut in the care of a family friend. The family friend gave the child to a woman who said she was Jovanna’s grandmother.

This report describes how Jovanna was left in the care of her mother’s boyfriend, Ronald Garrett. After she vanished, Garrett told police that a ten- or eleven-year old boy came to the home, telling him that her grandparents had sent for her. He claimed that he had allowed her to go with the boy. His story did not stand up to scrutiny, however, and Garrett was convicted of child endangerment and sentenced to a year in prison. Jovanna has never been seen or heard from again and no evidence has ever been uncovered to indicate what actually happened to her.

Jovanna would now be 27 years old.

In memory of those who are still missing.