KENT COUNTY, Mich. — In July of 2021, an arrest was finally made in a decades-long investigation into one of Michigan's most mysterious cold cases.

Deanie Peters was 14 years old when she disappeared from Forest Hills Central Middle School in 1981. She was attending her brother's wrestling practice when she told her mom she needed to use the restroom.

After leaving the gym, she was never seen again.

Investigators have received many tips and have interviewed possible suspects, but the case went cold. In 1991, Peters was officially declared deceased.

James Douglas Frisbie was arrested in connection with Peters' disappearance. He was charged with perjury and resisting/obstructing police after his arrest on July 1, 2021.

According to court documents at the time of his arrest, statement

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