The missing person case involving Equilla Lynn Hodrick has continued to stump investigators. It was on August 12, 1985, when the loved ones of eight-year-old Equilla experienced a life-altering moment that has gone unexplained for decades.
It was approximately 6:30 p.m. on an August evening in the Bronx borough of New York City. Equilla’s mother was eight months pregnant and sitting on the porch of their home nestled on Briggs Avenue. It was then that Equilla Lynn Hodrick noticed that the Mr. Softee ice cream truck was parked at the end of the block. At the same time, her mother’s friends were passing by, but Equilla wanted some money to buy herself a treat. She asked her mother for a few coins but was told no. Still, Equilla jolted down the block in hopes of scoring some frozen goodies as her mother turned around to greet her friends. Because of her condition, the pregnant mom couldn’t chase after her daughter, but she expected Equilla to make a swift return.