A sad story from Hoke County, North Carolina, remains unsolved after many years. Back in 1998, a little girl named Brittany Locklear, just 5 years old, was waiting for her school bus one morning. She never made it to school that day.
The police think someone in a brown pickup truck took Brittany. They believe she was hurt and killed. The day after she disappeared, her body was found near a road, about three miles from her bus stop.
The police looked for clues at the places where Brittany was taken and where she was found. They focused on finding the truck and who was driving it. Investigators now believe the person responsible was driving a full-size pickup truck, but they don’t know the color.
Even after a long search and many leads, Brittany’s killer has not been found. The police are still asking for help from the public. They want anyone who knows anything about what happened to Brittany to come forward, even if it seems like a small detail.
Brittany’s family still hopes that one day, they will find out who did this and bring them to justice. Her sister, Brianna Chavis, who was very young when Brittany disappeared, says she wants the case solved before she dies.
