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Detective Perspective

122: MURDER: Amy Mihaljevic

Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur & Square Mile Studios

True Crime

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On October 27, 1989, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic vanished after school from a shopping center in Bay Village, Ohio. Detectives would later learn she had been lured there by a man pretending to know her family.

For months, Amy’s parents, investigators, and an entire community searched for answers, hoping she would be found alive.

Then, in February 1990, Amy’s body was discovered in a remote field in Ashland County, Ohio. Her death was ruled a homicide, but more than three decades later, Amy’s murder remains unsolved, leaving everyone wondering: what happened to Amy Mihaljevic?

If you have any information in Amy’s case, please call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI. There is a $25,000 reward available. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

October 27, 1989, 10-year-old Amy Mahalovic vanished after school from a shopping center in Bay

0:15.8

Village, Ohio. Detectives would later learn that she had been lured there by a man pretending

0:20.8

to know her family.

0:22.8

For months, Amy's parents, investigators, and the entire community searched for answers,

0:28.5

hoping she would be found alive.

0:30.6

Then, in 1990, Amy's body was discovered in a remote field in Ashland County, Ohio.

0:37.1

Her death was ruled a homicide, but more than three decades later,

0:40.7

Amy's murder remains unsolved, leaving everyone wondering, who killed Amy Mahalovic.

0:46.2

The I'm a licensed

1:21.1

private investigator and former police detective. Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case and story format.

1:26.9

I'll then give you my perspective on the investigation and provide contact information

1:31.7

for the individuals or organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips,

1:36.7

you can contact them directly and maybe you can help solve a case.

1:40.3

So if you're someone who's interested in true crime, specifically unsolved cases, and you would like to hear my opinion on those investigations, please consider subscribing whether you're watching on YouTube or listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever platform you use.

1:56.1

Okay, we're going to be talking about Amy's case tonight.

1:58.6

This is a highly requested story.

2:02.3

And full disclosure,

2:08.9

there's a lot of info on this case. So like we always do, I'm going to focus on the main facts.

2:16.8

And candidly, I hate everything about this case. I have a 13 year old and a 10 year old daughter. and the timing in which I'm covering this case is both the worst and the best at the same time.

2:22.3

Just a week ago, I was having a minor disagreement with my oldest daughter, Tenley, because she wanted to have her friend's nanny pick her up after school and bring her to a local shopping center

2:36.8

to do some shopping before they came home. They needed some outfits for a school project.

2:42.3

And I do quotations on that because any parents out there know, yeah, it might have something

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