The announcement was written in bold letters across the front page of the Burlington Free Press.

Warrant issued in 1978 Mystery.

It was the feature story on June 23rd, 2006,

and years in the making.

For Juliana Woodworth, it was a and years in the making.

For Juliana Woodworth, it was another layer of hope,

hope that the burning question, the one that kept her up most nights,

the one that kept her checking in with state police month

after month, the one that kept her detailing and recording every new development.

It was hope that this question would finally be answered.

But for a devoted sister desperately waiting for closure,

the closer she seemed to get,

the more unanswered questions there were.

And nearly 40 years later, she was still asking the same thing.

What happened to Grace and Little Gracie Rea?

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is Dark Down East. Grace Reep was born to be a mother, the Burlington Free Press writes in their 2006 story,

and with three children between her and husband Michael Reep, Grace was

plenty busy. The two married in Connecticut in 1965 when she was just 19. Michael was 20. Not long after their wedding,

they moved out to Oklahoma where they had their first son Brian. By 1970

they moved back to Connecticut where Patrick their second son was born and just three

years later Gracie Noel.

In 1975 the young Family was living in Jericho, Vermont, where Michael was hired as an air traffic

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