143:. Authorities immediately knew that the circumstances surrounding Fox's disappearance were suspicious in nature, believing that the girl became the victim of an abduction. Several other parents complained of men trying to lure their daughters with fake job offers. In 1976, a suspect in her case confessed to involvement in her disappearance but it turned out to be false. Marshall has never been identified.
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On June 24, 1974, Margaret Ellen Fox had plans to meet with a man who called himself "John
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her safe return. In 2017, a retired police officer entered into a partnership with the
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720:"After 40 years, Will County Jane Doe (1981) is Identified"
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