ACTION 8 NEWS i-TEAM (WAKA) – August 16, 2026, marks 25 years since 11-year-old Shannon Paulk disappeared from her Prattville neighborhood and was later found dead. A quarter-century later, her killer has still not been caught.
It was August 16, 2001, that Shannon vanished from the Candlestick Park mobile home community off South Memorial Drive. When Shannon’s mother returned home from work, she could not find Shannon.
An extensive search involving a myriad of local law enforcement and the FBI began. For weeks, law enforcement and the community looked for any clues that could lead investigators to her…