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Erica and Jamie went to the Kettering Recreation Center, and at around 3:45, two people also taking their dog on a walk saw Erica and Jamie playing close to the pond.
At one point, Erica slipped out of her raincoat and cradled Jamie inside of it.
“Soon thereafter, they saw Erica leaving the pond area and walking toward the track of Indian Ripple Middle School, which was adjacent to the KRC,” court documents state.
“A short time later, the couple found Erica’s dog, shivering, shaking, and wet, in the doorway of a building at the middle school. They looked briefly for Erica but did not find her.”
Back home, Melissa was wondering where Erica had gone. Darkness was fast approaching, and Erica knew better than to be outside at that time.
Melissa had two of Erica’s brothers head out to search for her and see if she happened to be at one of her friends’ houses.
Erica’s brothers came back to say that they couldn’t find her anywhere, and then Melissa decided to go with them to keep searching for Melissa.
Melissa’s next move was to call the Kettering Police Department and report Erica as missing, and authorities quickly came out to look for her.
A helicopter was brought in, a press conference was performed to help get the word out, and officers in their patrol cars and on their bikes combed the area.
The pond where Erica had been playing near was even drained of water to see if she had fallen in.
