A suspect has been arrested nearly three decades after an 11-year-old went missing in Illinois.

Jamison Fisher, 50, has been indicted on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in the murder of Trudy Appleby, authorities in Moline, Illinois, said during a news conference on Thursday, Aug. 14. A grand jury in Henry County, Illinois indicted Fisher a day prior.

Police said the facts of the case would’ve also supported a kidnapping charge, but the statute of limitations prohibited them from bringing the count against the suspect.

“28 years, 11 months and 23 days, that’s how long the family of Trudy Appleby has waited for a resolution to her disappearance,” said Moline Police Department Chief Darren Gault. “That is the time it has taken to sta

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