She was one the first faces to be featured on a US milk carton, which later became a common practice to help spread awareness of missing children. The case went unsolved for 38-years, however in ...

Her family contacted Ronald Reagan’s administration, which brought national attention to the case and made Jonelle Matthews the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. Her case remained ...

Jonelle Matthews was one of the first missing children featured on a milk carton in 1985. (Illustration by Angel Dey ... detective and former commander of the Greater St. LouisMajor Case Squad, one of ...

Police in New York said yesterday they had a suspect in custody in the landmark case of six-year-old Etan ... involved printing his photograph on milk cartons. The announcement drew scores of ...

While her case ended with sadness, the milk carton campaign gained attention for missing children from across the United States. "We know for sure that it created huge awareness," said Barbara ...

there is no data on how many children were saved by the milk cartons. Product packaging was only one aspect of 1980s-era missing-children campaigns. Lois Lane investigated missing-children cases ...

Etan's disappearance focused attention on the plague of missing children as no other case had before. His became the face of a movement. It was the first one to appear on a milk carton.