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Walnut Creek girl's 1976 disappearance remains unsolved after 50 years
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CBS News reports that Lisa Dickinson, a nine-year-old Walnut Creek girl, disappeared 50 years ago, and that investigators are certain someone with information could still come forward. Her parents reported her missing the evening of September 5, 1976. Her bicycle was found hidden under a tree at Heather Farm Park.
- CBS News reports that Lisa Dickinson disappeared from Walnut Creek 50 years ago, when she was nine years old, and that her case remains unsolved. Investigators told the station they are certain someone with information could still come forward. The report revisits the 1976 case through the memories of an officer who took the first call.
- Lew Doty was a new beat cop with Walnut Creek Police on September 5, 1976. He took the evening call from dispatchers when Lisa's parents reported her missing, and he went to their home. Her parents told him she had left on her bicycle to look for a shortcut to a nearby BART station for a trip planned for the next day.
- Doty knew that canals ran along Heather Farm Park, where Lisa had been headed, and he told CBS News his first thought was that there might be a drowning victim. It was dark when he and other officers searched the park. His light caught a reflection under an oak tree, where he found Lisa's bicycle hidden.
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News report · Juliette Goodrich · Fri Oct 2, 8:40 PM
“50 years later, Lisa Dickinson's disappearance from Walnut Creek remains unsolved”
Fifty years ago, a Walnut Creek girl disappeared when she was just nine years old, but investigators are certain someone with information could still come forward. On September 5, 1976, Lew Doty was a new beat cop with Walnut Creek Police. He took the call from dispatchers that evening when Lisa Dickinson's parents reported her missing.
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News report · Fri Oct 2, 8:30 PM
“Walnut Creek girl's disappearance remains unsolved 5 decades later”
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