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Family, friends hopeful for answers, closure in mysterious 1987 disappearance of New York teen Joseph Helt
Jan. 16, 2021, 2:11 PM PST
By Andrea Cavallier
Snow flurries had just begun to fall over the village of Ellenville, New York, on the evening of Saturday, January 17, 1987, in what would soon turn into a treacherous snowstorm.
It was around 5:30 p.m. when single mother of four Lee Ann Housman got a call that would change her life forever. Her sons boss at the Napanoch Auction Barn called to ask why the teenager had not shown up for work. Lee Ann knew her son had been out the night before, but it was uncharacteristic for him to not show up for work.
Joseph Joe Helt, 17, a junior at Ellenville High, never missed a chance to make money. And that meant he never missed a chance to work at the auction barn, which only operated on the weekends. So when he hadnt shown up that night, Joes family began to worry.
Joes aunt, Beth Churchill, told Dateline she remembers the night clearly, from the first snow flurries that pelted her skin moments before she stepped into her mother's house, to the gnawing pain in the pit of her stomach when they told her about the call.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/family-friends-hopeful-answers-closure-mysterious-1987-disappearance-new-york-n1254523
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