PARMA, Ohio ( WCMH ) – It’s been 33 years since Elaine Johnson vanished on a December day, seemingly without her coat, shoes or any security camera footage showing her leaving her apartment building.
“She was a very good artist,” said Jodi Malcolm, Johnson’s daughter. “She was beautiful. She liked to go out and have fun and go dancing. She was very smart and talented.”
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(Photo Courtesy/Jodi Malcolm) -
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(Photo Courtesy/Jodi Malcolm) -
(Photo Courtesy/Jodi Malcolm)
It was Malcolm’s 21st birthday, Dec. 3, 1990, when her mom went missing. Early in the afternoon, she received a phone call from Johnson’s place of work — an employee said Johnson hadn’t been seen or heard from in days. After receiving the call, Malcolm drove to her mom’s residence, located at Kimberly Park Apartments in Parma.
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“My mom was very meticulous,” Malcolm said. “So when I went into her apartment, that’s when I kind of knew something was askew. Like, she wouldn’t leave her lights on during the day and leave. … The dishtowel was laying there, her glasses were laying on the counter, it literally looked like she just walked out into the hall and was coming back.”